If you want to learn to grow marijuana, then learning how to clone your plant is a must. Cloning cannabis or marijuana is quite easy and will speed up the propagation process while allowing you to grow your favorite strains season after season.<\/p>\n
There are several different methods growers use to clone cannabis, but the basic supplies and tools are the same. You can find most tools and supplies at home and at the local nursery, hardware or hydroponic store. (Note I like using rockwool cubes which are most readily found at the hydroponic store)<\/p>\n
My supply list includes common household items like scissors, a straight edge razor, glass baking pan and spray bottle. In addition, you will need rooting hormone (I like a gel), cloning solution, B-1, cloning tray and dome, and a grow medium (I prefer rockwool); all readily available at your friendly hydroponic shop.<\/p>\n
Good preparation is key to producing consistent quality clones. Start the night before and give the mother plant(s) a good watering. Next, prepare a mixture of B-1 vitamin and cloning solution to be used to store your cuttings, prepare the grow medium, and feed the clones.<\/p>\n
Strain label a plastic cup and fill half way with prepared cloning \/ B-1 solution. With a sharp pair of scissors, begin taking cuttings approximately 1\/4 each below a leaf node, allowing for a 3-4 inch stem with at least 3-4 leaf nodes. Immediately place the fresh cuttings into the plastic cup and store overnight in a cool dark place. I find this method allows for a transition period and helps avoid shock.<\/p>\n
The next day I will strain label the plastic sleeves surrounding the rockwool cubes and place them in a glass baking pan to soak for several hours in the cloning \/ B-1 solution. I make sure to turn over the cubes to insure complete saturation.<\/p>\n
Once the rockwool cubes are saturated with the B-1\/cloning solution mixture I remove the dome and place the cubes in the cloning tray. I take my rooting gel and pour an ample amount into a shot glass. I use a shot glass to avoid contaminating the bottle of rooting gel, which can be quite expensive. Rockwool cubes come with premade holes, so I take a toothpick or Q-tip and generously apply the rooting gel into the premade holes.<\/p>\n
Now I am ready to make my final cuts and start the rooting phase. I pour enough water into the glass baking pan so that the cutting will be completely submerged underwater when I make the final cut. This helps avoid any air bubbles in the stem that would kill the new clone.<\/p>\n
I organize my plastic cups to their respective rockwool cubes and begin with my first cutting. I place the cutting in the glass pan and hold the stem firmly while submerging underwater and making a 45 degree downward cut with my exacto knife across the bottom leaf node. A 45 degree cut will create the greatest surface area for roots to propagate.<\/p>\n
I take the cutting and dip the bottom into the shot glass and apply a generous amount of rooting gel before placing the stem into the premade hole in the rockwool cube. The stem should be held firmly as you gently place the stem down into the hole. Be careful not to push the stem too far and avoid pushing the stem out the bottom of the rockwool cube. Once the cutting is firmly in place in the rockwool cube, I place the cube in the cloning tray and make my final 45 degree cut on the next cutting and continue until all my cuttings have been placed into rockwool cubes.<\/p>\n
My last steps are to fill a spray bottle with my mixture and give the newly made clones a generous spraying. Finally, I spray the inside of the plastic dome to create humidity and cover my tray of freshly made clones.<\/p>\n
I take the tray of new clones and place on the floor with my vegging plants. I monitor the clones closely the first several days to insure a high level of humidity is kept, otherwise the clones will likely wilt. Many cloning domes do not fit securely on top of the tray allowing the moisture to escape and cause the new cuttings to wilt. If the problem persists, I place a wet paper towel in the tray to help maintain moisture levels. At this stage, lighting is not a concern since clones will root under indirect light.<\/p>\n
On the third or fourth day, I feed my clones by filling the bottom of my glass baking pan with a 1\/2 inch of my cloning mixture and placing the rockwool cubes in the pan. I let the clones soak and feed in the mixture for a couple of hours before returning them to the cloning dome. After the initial feeding, I continue the feeding cycle every other day. I continue to monitor my clones and gradually reducing the amount of moisture in the dome. For most strains, tiny root hairs will begin poking out the bottom of the rockwool cube in about a week or so. I find it generally takes 7-12 days to develop sufficient roots that are ready to transfer into a permanent grow medium.<\/p>\n
Cloning is a great technique to learn and master and is one of the most efficient ways to grow and maintain a cannabis garden. The propagation phase is greatly reduced over seeds, females are a guaranty, and you will have a continuous supply of your favorite cannabis strain.<\/p>\n
Want more cannabis gardening tips? Check out Hal Kemp’s website for more on Cloning Your Cannabis Plant<\/a> and Cultivation Workshops<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you want to learn to grow marijuana, then learning how to clone your plant is a must. Cloning cannabis or marijuana is quite easy and will speed up the propagation process while allowing you to grow your favorite strains season after season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[310,74,309,308,305,307,306,312,311],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-container-gardening-ideas","tag-cannabis","tag-container-gardening-ideas-2","tag-how-to-grow-hydroponics","tag-how-to-grow-indoors","tag-how-to-grow-marijuana","tag-how-to-grow-pot","tag-how-to-grow-weed","tag-pot","tag-weed"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}