Well don't leave us Hangin on the Cup of Water!! Do you PH the water? Do you put anything in the Water? Do you still use Clonex? What kind of success rate are you getting? Just short of an aeroponics unit, I think it would be great to be able to see the roots grow.
I told you I have 2 wells...They seem to do better with the one that is pH 5.4 vs 6.8
When I clone in water I do not put anything in it.
No Clonex or root powder/hormones.
The only ones that I ever lost doing it like this were ones that were on weak stems and the leaves had either some sort of deficiency or tip burns already.
I have joked with others on here and called it my 5 cent "hydro-cloner" system.
I have always thought about building an aeroponics cloner, but I think I will stick with individual cups. The reasoning for this is because I have seen too many threads where people lose the whole batch when something goes wrong. Also the pump makes the temps run high and that makes a perfect breeding ground for pithium and algae. Sure you can use additives to keep the bad stuff down or you can use a 3 cent cup per clone and get the same results...I have had some start making roots in as little as 5 days. Usually they are rooted in about 14 days and by 21 days some get very long.
I use my Fiskars micro tip shears to take the cuttings. I leave the tip and 2 leaves and strip it down from there. I use a sharp paring knife to make one scrape down the stem. Not too deep mind you, but I do scratch a little off. I then put the cutting in a big clean cup filled with water and make a steep cut under water. Some say 45 degrees, but I make mine a little steeper than that. Then I transfer it into a cup already filled and waiting. Be sure it is long enough to have at least one node well under water. I have used 3 oz opaque plastic bathroom cups with great success. They no longer have these atwalmart and now they are slightly bigger at 5 oz. Very cheap cloners. Change the water every 3 days and you won't have to worry about algae.
During my testing, I noticed that the roots always formed on the other side that was not scraped. I jumped to the conclusion that scraping did not help and was not needed. The next few I did without scraping and they took a lot longer. I am a believer that scraping does indeed help.
I am testing something different this time. Remember my test 2L/DWC with just a smidgen of perlite at the top ? I bought some net pots and collars and have some cuts floating in 5 oz cups. When they root, I will suspend them in full size 2L's without any medium....I may even journal it.
