The soil should remain moist, it's good to let it dry out a little bit - Root development requires water and AIR in the soil pores, if their is water in the soil pores, there can't be air! So an even balance is your goal. Don't water log the soil (or the stems will rot) but don't let the soil completely dry out either (clones will wilt and likely die or impair rooting time).Should the soil always be wet? Do you use standing water for the first few days. Can you use clonex solution?
If the high times DVD says it's ok, then give it a try, if it works, geat! If not, maybe try something different ... The pH I use is around 7 (because that's what comes out of the tap) I believe the optimum pH is 5-6I have a high times DVD which says to use an inch of standing water in the tray for a week and change it daily. But they add an oxygen supplement to the water. I have 5 clones in pots in an inch of standing water. Should I take them out and just saturate them when they need it? What PH again?
Wait til they are like 14 inches tall or more if its going to be a mother plant and your not going to flower it, otherwise 12" shout worki want to just say thank you i'm a new grower and i'm about to grow my first plant but how tall does the mother plant suppost to be when you cut it? i was thinking pretty tall
I use wet soil in my cup, and don't actually water the clone until it has roots and gets dry...with a humidity dome, or ziploc bag, or clear cup over the area it can't dry out, and overwatering kills more clones than poor taking of the clones...you can mess one up and it will still take as long as you make it fight to live...so don't water it til it is a plant.. just use wet soil...don't let the soil dry though, and oyu accomplish this feat with a dome or clear cover of some sort...I am using cut off bottle ends right now...when I plant a tiny seed in a big pot I just wet all the soil or coco first, then put in the seed, and then I push a bottle end over the place where the seed is...I just find that this way my seed doesn't dry out, so I can't overwater it...and it keeps anything from hurting them when they first sprout...anyway same idea...use wet soil and a dome so you don't have to waterI am doing this exact thing, I just have one question... Do you water the soil also? if so.. how much and how often?
Well you can clone straight into soil, you can clone using a paper towel with success for christsakes, or just a cup of water can clone a plant...but I know this and have used every method...some are harder than others...with soil I have around a 90% success rate, but it takes like 2 weeks...when I am taking clones on purpose I take out my DIY cloner that i made for around $30 including the pump necessary...anyway I take it out and clean it up add water and plug it in, stick in my clones and in 4 days to a week I have new plants in the soil starting to grow...or I can clone into soil which usually takes freaking 2 weeks sitting at the bottom of the tent before it starts to even appear alive..lol. Just like suspended...anyway cloners are faster, and so insanely easy to make, as long as you have a drill..Wow, and all this time I thought I had to go through the trouble of getting a hydroponic system. Perhaps the people running the major grow videos came to a sort of agreement with the companies selling hydroponic systems/accessories (just a theory .) If soil seriously does the job then why should I waste hundreds even thousands on these grow systems?
Also, when should the clones be given nutes??