damn sprucey....wtf do u do to get roots like that in 8 days? i mean exactly what do you do? we need a world class post from you on this one buddy.
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I wish I had some fancy secret to fill you in on, but it's all pretty straight forward stuff.
I prefer big clones, they seem to root a little faster. But hey, sometimes you've gotta clone what you've gotta clone.
When I take my cuts, on top of scraping the end a little, I also make a slit or 2 down the side, this seems to really speed up the formation of good roots.
Then I give them a dunk in rooting gel, I don't have a peticular brand loyalty, but lately I've been buying this stuff because it contains .65% iba rather than the .55% most other brands seem to sport.
In reality you could probably just pour the stuff in the reservoir, seeing as the sprayers take it all off the plants within an hour, but for some reason I insist on doing it this way.
Lighting is just a plain floro shop light I had lying around with daylight bulbs in it. I keep it about 10" from the tops of the clones.
I run the sprayers 24/7, I've heard a cycle timer can speed up roots, but i'm cheap.
I use regular tap water, which comes out here about about 6.5 ph. I don't even bother lowering it at all.
I have a little 12 dollar, fixed temperature, submersable aquarium heater that keeps it a steady 79f. I leave it on until all (or most, I always take about 50% more cuts than I need, so I can pick the best ones.) of my cuts have at least one substantial nub. At which point (usually day 4-6) I unplug the heater and do a water change to straight cold tap water (which, over the next day will warm up to, and stay at about 75f), I also add to the reservoir a shot each (about 1/4 the reccommended dose) of prop-o-gator and super b+ at this point.
If i'm taking smaller, wimpier cuts, I'll also add a small splash of no-damp to the first mix, which prevents the dreaded mushy stem. This stuff smells really foul, like turpentine, so I prefer not to use it, but better safe than sorry
And without fail, if I keep my temperatures in check I'll have some nice roots under 2 weeks, sometimes, like this time, under 10 days.
Oh, and as always I'm using 35% h202 at aroun 1ml per gallon at all stages.
I'm currently super blasted on some White Rhino so I hope this makes sense.
