That is REALLY only 11 days of rooting?

I am going to try this. I bought one of those Sterilite storage containers that fits under your bed. It's about 6" deep, 48" long and about 24" wide. I got it at Canadian Tire for $16.

I am not going to use the styrofoam though, I'm going to poke holes in the lids and use soemthing like plasticine to hold them at a proper leve without letting light in. Is there a better way to hold them there?

I saw this post somewhere else on the forum,I'm using a dish tub $3,fish tank air bubbler $10. I cut 24,1 rotted,its taking a little longer but works.I'm at about 15 days,& just starting to see roots.In the other post it says to scrape the bottom of cutting with a razorblade.Thx Aussie for the post.

If you are going to poke holes in the lids make them approx 1" round,so that when the clones have roots developed they are easily removed without damaging them.Plasticine would probably work,also another way is to get a piece if thin foam big enough to cover the hole up,put a small slit with a razor blade and slide your cutting in.This will hold your clones up,works good for me.The water can be straight from the tap,no need to Ph adjust,you can if you want Ph 6.You can add a cloning gel also to *encourage* the root development,Clone X,Pro Gel,any of the gels would be good,or even a very mild bloom solution.Plain water works fine though.Place flouros over the top and wait.There are probably many different designs to this type of cloning.The main thing is to make it lightproof,have aeration,have light,and most of all have patience.And if at first you dont succeed then try again.I have seen rubbermaid containers with net pots filled with rocks ,and when the roots are established the grower just moves the net pot to his/her system.I prefer this way because you can do many cuttings at a time.I think I have covered most questions that may arise.Good Luck ppl Happy growing and success to all.

I have been planning on cloning some cronic plants when I grow them but I have to wait for my current plant to finish. These posts answered a few of my questions and made it seem easy to do. I have one question though, can light hit the rooting area or does this even matter?

AussieJoe: When you do it, do you let the stem of the cutting go INTO the water? OR just barely touch the water? Or hover above?

Thanks for answering the questions...

i used the "too stoned" method...works great
i like it... nice and cheap.

two nodes
snip snip
snip snip ( leaves gone )
snip
plop
done and done

Wow man that is like poetry.

Kinda gives me a Haiku feeling

I cut through my plants
Place them in water with love
New life develops


LOL

was talking to a friend just one day about cloning and he told me that he just makes the cut , dips the end of the clone into root hormone and then gently puts the end with hormone into the soil, carefully not to rub the hormone off the plant. he told me that he has done about 50 clones jet with success rate of about 85 % so ....

I would also like to point out the importance of a clean cutting instrument. You success rate will go down horribly if you cut with something that is not clean.

I know there was another really good post about cloning a while back using an aquarium and piece of plexiglass.....be back in a few to post the link when I find it.....I thought when I read that one, I thought it sounded good too!!!....i just clone in vermiculite....or my planting medium...but if I could get roots like THOSE in 11 days, well, then tis time to get my husband building....

Bella