Help me clone properly

I'm going to cut my first clones today, strain is Gg4, which rooting agent should I get? There are powders, gels, liquids etc and different strengths (like for plants that root easy, medium or hard).. And any other tips, like hours of light for the cuttings and should it go in soil or peat moss

Where in South Africa are you based? Do you usually grow in soil or coco?

Depends how you want to go about it. Aero, bubbler, rockwool, rapid rooters.

For aero:

No hormones
Tap
24hrs light (not too close)
Leave it alone for at least 10 days.

DonnyDee said:

Where in South Africa are you based? Do you usually grow in soil or coco?

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Yes south africa and growing in soil

I doubt just waters g

DustBomb said:

Depends how you want to go about it. Aero, bubbler, rockwool, rapid rooters.

For aero:

No hormones
Tap
24hrs light (not too close)
Leave it alone for at least 10 days.

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Gonna do the trick?

Ah pity, if you were in Gauteng I would've invited you over to come take some cuttings and run you through how to do it with a high success rate

From personal experience. Aero 10 days gives me nice big white roots. No yellowing or wilting, looks just day 1. . I use a recycle timer at 5 mins on and 10-15 mins off. U can play around with that.

DustBomb said:

From personal experience. Aero 10 days gives me nice big white roots. No yellowing or wilting, looks just day 1. . I use a recycle timer at 5 mins on and 10-15 mins off. U can play around with that.

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I'll have to Google what this Aero thing is, but I wanna take clones today, not order something online and wait weeks

Thanks

ANC said:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/first-time-hydro-going-to-try-ebb-flow-is-this-a-reasonable-plan.958244/page-13#post-14495628

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Very helpful thanks ANC!

I went from a low success rate to an extremely high one.
Trick I found was diagonally cutting on a growth point. A node of some type be it a leaf or another branch.

I'm busy building this contraption, got a bucket, put a fish tank pump, going to add an extra bubble maker..think it's going to work?.. I want to run a mixture of rooting powder in the water

S. African grower said:

I'm busy building this contraption, got a bucket, put a fish tank pump, going to add an extra bubble maker..think it's going to work?.. I want to run a mixture of rooting powder in the water

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Sure.. just make sure it's covered and the water is high enough to allow bubbles to "pop" allowing the stem to get wet. Should take 10-14 days . One thing I do add is something called Azos by extreme gardening.

DustBomb said:

Sure.. just make sure it's covered and the water is high enough to allow bubbles to "pop" allowing the stem to get wet. Should take 10-14 days . One thing I do add is something called Azos by extreme gardening.

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Is the stem sepose to be submerged in water or should only the splash from the bubbles popping wet it?

S. African grower said:

Is the stem sepose to be submerged in water or should only the splash from the bubbles popping wet it?

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Only the bubble popping should wet it. I would guess maybe 7-8cm away .

S. African grower said:

I'm busy building this contraption, got a bucket, put a fish tank pump, going to add an extra bubble maker..think it's going to work?.. I want to run a mixture of rooting powder in the water

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I would be concerned about algae in a clear rez.

NrthrnMichigan said:

I would be concerned about algae in a clear rez.

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I think I'm gonna scrap that idea and try cloning straight into soil, using the rooting powder

this time of year it works fine

Even if I get 10% success it's worth it, I had to trim the plant anyways...

It is advisable to clone using the same type of media to root in as you plant to grow in as roots develop according to their environment.
This saves time reconfiguring.