indoor cloning trouble

[Dubbaman]

i have 2 clones of my plants one off of each and they are doing great, topped one (sativa) and been doing pull and tug LST on the other (indica). now i want to make a couple of clone mothers now so i can keep one of each of these plants (incase my seedlings turn out male) but im having trouble getting any clones to take off indoors (these were done out side in the end of july). i used a rooting hormone on them then but it was found to be open and went bad (its a gel based one) so my plan is to just use some 24-8-16 plant food mixed up at 1/4 strength and a rockwool cube in a cup. my thought is that i can soak the RW in aired tap water for a couple of hours and then take the clones recut under water and shave the bottom 1/8" of its skin and put it in the RW and then put the RW and clone to be in the cup with it filled about 1/4 of the way up so it just touches the bottom of the RW. have any of you tried this method its similer to some of the ways ive read on here with minor changes. oh and my house stays kinda dry not very humid at all most times and we keep the temps about mid 70s any tips on this aspect i was thinking of putting the cups in a plasitc box and keeping it closed except for a couple of breathers during the day (1 day 1 night).

 

[Dubbaman]

i was just in the DIY section again and now im off to go and build a bubbler (mini) for clones so wish me luck with it

but heres the thing this is more of a hydro cloner and im gonna be growing in soil but once i see the rooting going on im going to put them in rockwool and then into the ground (potter) after i see the root again

hey its my 420th post gotta :bong::hubba:

 

[jash]

im also doing my cloning attempt but directly in soil-good luck with cloning Dubba

 

[Dubbaman]

well i got my bubbler built in aobut 20 mins had most of the componants already and i downsized it to one that can do 4 plants (with room for more) if you want to see the general idea it was this [thread=2799]thread[/thread] i had most of the parts and but what i didnt have only cost me 6-8 bucks total. when i find where the heck the camera got off to ill put some pics of it out for you all.wish me luck CLONES AWAY

 

[Dubbaman]

got the bubbler built up its small ( see pics) about the size of a shoe box really. had one here we used to keep pencils in but found it empty, cleaned it,used it, painted it black (i see a clear box and i want to paint it black :rofl got it all togother, with 3 6" airstones didnt glue them in place or anything like that they sit real well on their own in such a small place and low water leval (about 5" of water to fill it) drilled some holes and got me some cuttings ready soon after checked on them this A.M. and they are looking good so far so my hopes are high ( and so am i ) :bong:

 

[Dubbaman]

well its been 4 days and 2 water changes and no sign of any roots as of yet but all the little cuttings are just as green as they were the day i got them so my hopes are :stoned: be back in a few more days to tell you guys and gals if this mini bubbler pans out

 

[DLtoker]

It's looking great man. Keep being patient and those roots will come.

 

[Dubbaman]

Hey DL, yeah man I'm real happy with the mini bubbler so far i have high :rofl: hopes for it once i get my 400W HPS that will be my flower machine these little ones will be flying out of the bubbler and right into the fluro table to veg fro a couple of months and then its of to bright light land to become the beautiful girls that we all whistle at

 

[Dubbaman]

its 6 days in and when i looked i could see some root :bump: starting to form on the ends so it should only be a couple more days till they can go in the RW

 

[Dubbaman]

day 8 and one of the littleones has about 5 half inch long roots shooting off or it so its now in the RW and getting ready to head off to the potter the others seem to be rooting fine i think they are taking a bit longer due to how long the cuttin was and how short the tub is i think that the end was just sitting in the water and not doing its thing all the way so i trimmed them back a bit to where they sit more above the water than in it so it may be a few more days for them but i know it works at least :woohoo:

 

[DLtoker]

Nice man! Good to hear they are coming along so well!!!

 

[Dubbaman]

its been 2 weeks now and the clones have all rooted up as of yesterday and been in the RW for almost a day now the other one that rooted faster is in its potter and doing well. so the bubbler is a success.