After a dark cycle, I switched over to subs method last year and never looked back. 100% success everytime
It actually allows you to take cuts every week and keep a perpetual really easy if thats your sort of thing, after a week in the shoebox I transplant to solo's then wait for the root to catch up then off to 1 gal where I will usaully pick a donor out of the group then clone her then throw her outside, stretch her clones, clone them ect..
View attachment 2277713Even though you don't see roots you can usaully tell if its starting to establish a root system because it'll perk up after 2-3 days. I took these cuts on 7/26, today they are due to go in solo's but i'm giving them another day in there.
View attachment 2277740These were taken on 7/19, soon they will be transplanted into 1 gal after they develop more roots, I use solo's to conserve space. Otherwise I would put in straight one gal, also I like taking small cuttings because in my experience they always root faster, rather than large ones.
View attachment 2277759Here is the next donor plant taken on 7/5 that will most likely get hacked up tomorrow, after that she will begin getting acclimated to go outside after I take cuts and transplanted into a bigger container. All of this happens under 1 Sunblaze 4ft 4 bulb. I had 5 other plants the same size as the donor in their yesterday, snug fit. Cant complain~
P.S. This doesn't mean you need T5's and MH for this too work, this is the only time I've had my shoebox under the T5's because of the extra room from the move out yesterday. Usaully I use a 26 watt CFL with a hood reflector around it, works like a charm. Good luck and ALOHA~~
Hopefully it don't steal too much of my hard work.