Can someone show me WTF the "break and rip" method is for clones? A Video perhaps?

FROM ELSEWHERE~
"As for the cut, I encourage the break and rip method that is more natural. Break the stem and pull it so you have what looks like a thin root @ 1-2 inches long.

Your cutting tools can transfer and spread disease and pests and DNA .

Only fools work with dirty tools"

goes on that others do it I can't picture it or get it, never heard of it but the reasoning seems sound.

Im sure there is a proper slang term.
 
MidnightSun72 said:
Is it supposed to be a time saving method?

I do a lot of cuttings and can't really see a mom being very happy with this kind of treatment haha.
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That's the thing. You stress the plant more by cutting with scissors than riping along the natural plant fibers and stem layers. Its how the plant break apart and survive in their natural habitat. It's also why it's so hard to kill a cannabis plant by breaking the stem, it's a fibrous plant.
 
Wastei said:
That's the thing. You stress the plant more by cutting with scissors than riping along the natural plant fibers and stem layers. Its how the plant break apart and survive in their natural habitat. It's also why it's so hard to kill a cannabis plant by breaking the stem, it's a fibrous plant.
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Ya I get it. I do all my pruning by hand. But I really can't see taking a 1/8-1/4" thick cutting without mangling the shit out of the mom. Feel like that would lead to a pretty woody mom
 
tommyinajar said:
FROM ELSEWHERE~
"As for the cut, I encourage the break and rip method that is more natural. Break the stem and pull it so you have what looks like a thin root @ 1-2 inches long.

Your cutting tools can transfer and spread disease and pests and DNA .

Only fools work with dirty tools"

goes on that others do it I can't picture it or get it, never heard of it but the reasoning seems sound.

Im sure there is a proper slang term.
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I just use any old snips I can find to take cuttings. That could be garden pruners, scissors, or the Fiskars I use for trimming at harvest. Whatever happens to be the first thing I grab. I've never spread disease, pests, or DNA. I've been doing it this way for years with 99.9999999% success rate. I see people with fancy cloners, rooting products, over complicated procedures, etc... having terrible success rates. While others just cut a clone, stick it in water, and have great success.

But this spreading DNA has me rolling my eyes. Did you read this on some cannabis broscience site?
 
Seems like good way to "tear" big piece off just use tools soak in iso I soak just so they don't get resin build up and stuff. How long can plant dna survive on tools anyways? Not sure if the DNA on tools can cause it to replicate in a clone your not breeding your cloning all that cutting is doing is sprouting roots
 
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