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Today I will discuss my cloning process.
Cloning plants is a cheap and easy way to increase your number of plants as well as keep the genetics of a plant that you want.
The whole process basically consist of cutting off a portion of the plant you want to duplicate, applying root hormone or not, placing the cutting in soil, and covering with something that will hold humidity aroung the cutting.
I am using a 72 cell seed starter kit with a humidity dome over it.
First I select the plant I want to duplicate and choose a branch or limb that looks strong and has some what healthy leaves.
I then remove any fruit, flowers, and excess leaves to force the plant into survival mode. Encouraging it to produce roots.
I then dip the cut portion of the cutting in water. This does 2 things:
- It cleans the cutting.
- It wets the cutting so that the root hormone will stick to it.
Now I dip the bottom portion of the cutting in root hormone solution.
This is not a necessary step but some believe this increases the chances that your cutting will survive.
There are many different brands and types of root hormone you can use. Liquid or powder.
Now once the root hormone is on the bottom portion of the cutting I then push the cutting down into the soil and secure the soil around the cutting.
Now it is time to cover the cutting with the humidity dome and place in a warm area out of direct sunlight.
Remember your cuttings don't have roots so it has to intake moisture through its' leaves so something to keep moisture in the air around the cutting is critical.
I am not sure what my succes rate will be. So follow along as I will give updates either good or bad.
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