Hey all,
(This is for breeding sex reversal purposes via CS.)
I'm cloning a delicate strain and want to reduce all potential stress to her. I've cloned tomato's before as test runs and have cloned af's before and had 95% success rate. The method I use is take a medium sized cutting that is already flowering, cut it at a 45 degree angle and put it in water. I leave the cutting in a dark cabinet with air-flow for 5 days, then move the cutting into shaded sunlight for a further 3-5 days and roots begin to form. This method has worked for me 95% of the time. Only time it didn't work was once stubborn tomato clone that didn't want to root at all. Have cloned AF's with this with 100% success rate. Once the clones have first signs of roots. They're moved into seedling starter soil with no nutrients and are "stunted" for about a week, after a week the clones begin growing rapidly as the root system expands.
Due to the nature of the strain. Is this a good method to clone it? Or is there another alternative more "stress free" method with a potential higher success rate?
Just wondering because a few days ago I learned a totally new way to transplant plants (100% stress free) and I thought there might be a way to clone stress free too. Just curious that's all. I've researched and googled prior and found a few methods but I'm looking for feedback from people who have cloned previously.
Cheers.
(This is for breeding sex reversal purposes via CS.)
I'm cloning a delicate strain and want to reduce all potential stress to her. I've cloned tomato's before as test runs and have cloned af's before and had 95% success rate. The method I use is take a medium sized cutting that is already flowering, cut it at a 45 degree angle and put it in water. I leave the cutting in a dark cabinet with air-flow for 5 days, then move the cutting into shaded sunlight for a further 3-5 days and roots begin to form. This method has worked for me 95% of the time. Only time it didn't work was once stubborn tomato clone that didn't want to root at all. Have cloned AF's with this with 100% success rate. Once the clones have first signs of roots. They're moved into seedling starter soil with no nutrients and are "stunted" for about a week, after a week the clones begin growing rapidly as the root system expands.
Due to the nature of the strain. Is this a good method to clone it? Or is there another alternative more "stress free" method with a potential higher success rate?
Just wondering because a few days ago I learned a totally new way to transplant plants (100% stress free) and I thought there might be a way to clone stress free too. Just curious that's all. I've researched and googled prior and found a few methods but I'm looking for feedback from people who have cloned previously.
Cheers.
