Transplant clone from soil to rockwool

I have some clones that are rooted in dirt. I need to get them into rockwool cubes to use with my drip irrigation setup. What is the best way to go about this? Has anyone had success with this? My thinking is:

1. Rinse the roots of any soil, cut a cube in half and gently sandwich the rockwool cube around the stem and roots.

OR

2. Cut the clone at the base and re root. Since these have recently been rooted, will re-rooting them again stress the plant out too much?

TIA

how much root is there?
split a plug...for sure.

If you left some good nubs they would probably re root in no time.

As in, don't chop above the soil, just clean it up good and leave some roots. Then hot dog it in a cube.

If they were tall enough, I myself would probably just scrape off the outer layer of the stalks, just above the soil for about 1/2 inch or so, and wrap the rockwool cube around that. Then wrap it with plastic wrap or foil, and keep it moist.

Air layer it, then cut below the rockwool once it has roots too.

Yes.. what you said..

I would cut and reroot them in rockwool plugs and would take about 7-10days but would give the best foundation to start with imo.

Rinsing the soil off and switching mediums is going to be pretty stressful on the plant and probably take just as long to recover as it would to just reroot the

BTW, there is nothing wrong with using soil in a drip set up. It’s a lot more forgiving than rockwool is.

waterproof808 said:

I would cut and reroot them in rockwool plugs and would take about 7-10days but would give the best foundation to start with imo.

Rinsing the soil off and switching mediums is going to be pretty stressful on the plant and probably take just as long to recover as it would to just reroot the

BTW, there is nothing wrong with using soil in a drip set up. It’s a lot more forgiving than rockwool is.

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If they're new roots without hair root coming off them he should be fine.. but if they are really established roots i would just trim them leaving them short instead of rerooting

Not soil but I've taken cuttings that were rooted in coco, rinsed off the coco, and put the plants in hydroton for flood and drain. The plants didn't skip a beat.

Here is a pic, they are pretty good size. I'm thinking I will rinse the roots, trim them back to about an inch long, roll in rooting gel, then sandwich a cube around it. Would that be a good place to start?

Ya it should work fine. I've rinsed soil off clones quite a few times, but usually transferred to net pots in DWC.

They have the mini rockwool cube medium that acts more like a loose substrate, so you could probably even dice up a few cubes with a sharp blade, and make your own. Careful not to breath the fine dust.


Then you wouldn't even need to trim the roots, and could place it directly on top a bigger RW block or something later. You could even re use that solo cup, and cut the bottom out once established, then place it on top the larger block.

Anyway, I see nothing wrong with just slicing a starter cube, and sandwiching it, other than some roots will die off.

That's how I would do it, right over the soil though, and probably even remove some of it first.

I use rock wool cubes these days (and IV gravity feed to the air layers instead of injecting it all the time), but the same principles apply with rockwool cubes.

Technically your not supposed to AL more than like 50% of a plant, but small clones are an exception IMO. Especially if you layered it right above the roots

Just another idea for you, good luck!