Can you tell if my first cloning is on the right track?

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planehopr

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I have been buying packs of 10 clones. I decided I need to try to save money and make my own. I've been reading all around and this is what I came up with:

-48" Shop light with 2, 32 W 6500K florescent bulbs.
-Clear plastic tote from Walmart turned upside down to act as a humidity dome...with some small holes drilled in the bottom
-24 3" jiffy pots
-Rooting powder
-New Razor blades
-Trimming/manicuring shears
-Styrofoam block
-Bowls and cups of water for holding plants and making cuts.
-Coco Coir
-91% Isopropyl

I'm not going into the procedure that I used--but those are all the materials I used following basic procedures of PHing water and sterile conditions. I made steep cuts 45-60 degrees. I took cuttings above the 3rd node I think...below growth tip and next leaf set. Some were smaller than others.

I think I can pull it off with the materials I have, and after a couple days the clones look perky (though I know they haven't rooted yet).

I'm concerned that I should be using bigger cups. When I buy my clones they come in pods smaller than what I'm growing in! That is why I bought these little jiffy pots. After looking at a bunch of pictures, people are using plastic cups, gardening pots, pudding cups...all sorts of things.

Is this short little pot going to interfere with my plans? Is there anything else I can do or buy to ensure success?

I have the money to do this thing with an aero cloner, but I wanted to try my hand at a "low tech" method just for learning purposes right now. I'm giving these clones away, so I'm not really attached to the process...my vegging plants produce ample growth tips, so I know I can always try something else if the path I'm on doesn't work.
 
AMCHEESIER

AMCHEESIER

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jiffy pellets are great for cloning with and will intergrate into almost any grow medium/system. if you know the basics there is no reason why you shouldnt have some success
 
spex420

spex420

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you might wanna consider (if you don't alrdy have one) getting a heatpad to increase the heat around the rooting area increases the success rate ten fold

edit: how do you have max rep but only 50 posts? it requires 50x more rep then amount of posts that you have
 
CaptainCarnival

CaptainCarnival

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spex420 said:
you might wanna consider (if you don't alrdy have one) getting a heatpad to increase the heat around the rooting area increases the success rate ten fold

edit: how do you have max rep but only 50 posts? it requires 50x more rep then amount of posts that you have
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well clearly everything he has said has been gold and everybody has loved it
 
spex420

spex420

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planehopr said:
I have a heating pad. I will try that on low for sure. I don't have any rep that I can tell. That's weird.
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sorry i meant AMCHEESIER i thought it was his thread

i had to put a towel ontop of mine it was cooking the plants in my dome i opened that joker up nd it was like a oven seedlings loved it clones..ehh not so much :)
 
CaptainCarnival

CaptainCarnival

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if you have a heating pad under it and its too hot for them put a towel on your pad then put your container on top that little bit of towel in between can make a huge difference and you can keep folding it until its thick enough that its not too hot
 
Bonzo

Bonzo

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i've never used a heating pad of any kind. i usually just sit my seedlings on top of my T8's until they've spouted, it produces a nice temperate heat for them, never checked soil temps or anything and don't have any issues.
 
CaptainCarnival

CaptainCarnival

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yeah i usually do the paper towel in a bag with water method but then i put mine in a tin can with a lid and just set it under my lights that way they get the heat and are still in the dark
 
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