Hi,
I recently purchased your Bubble Gum fem (ILG-BBG-FP5) seeds. They were of the utmost quality and so far 4 of the 4 that I planted have germinated and grown. I tried to clone my plant for a friend twice but each time I did the clones just died over the course of a couple of weeks. The cuttings were dipped in root gel and placed in plain water in a clear glass.
I read somewhere that some strains cannot be cloned. Is this the case with Bubble Gum? I read and followed several guides on how to do this and the plants were definitely in vegetative state. Can you tell me why I could not clone this plant? thanks.
@bruster999 I think you need to take a different approach to cloning. I don’t think a glass of water is going to cut it.
Until the plant develops roots it needs it get its moisture through the leaves. You need a set up with a humidity dome and should use either rockwool, rapid rooters or aeroponics where the stem is moist, not soaking wet for starting your clone.
I dip my cutting in rooting hormone then straight into a cup of soil, cover with The top of 2 liter bottle Cut off and most the inside of the bottle 2-3 times a day, and see roots in about a week or so
Up to this point I tried 2 or 3 cuttings and one actually survived. If I did it once I can do it again. But this time I asked for a little help. First question, what cutting works best
I didn’t want to buy a bunch of extra stuff just to clone so was told to firmly compact some seedling mix, dip the cuttings into root hormone and stick it in the potting mix. I can handle that…
Of the 18 cuttings in the tray I lost one because it did not make firm contact with the potting mix.
I am getting a little carried away with this. The cuttings sat in distilled water till I could plant them. Put a drop or 2 of Voodoo Juice in the water after dipping in hormone. Then dipped them again before sticking them in the soil 2 days later.
Now the question is what the hell am I going to do with all of these plants. I only have one grow space for photos and it is a 3x3 tent. Some of the older cuttings are ready for their own pot.
When I put the cuttings in the tray I water them in and mist them when I think of it. The tray is under a dome to retain humidity with a funky low intensity LED. It appears to work for me.
Thanks for the feedback! I did have a humidity dome on the little babies but admittedly it might not have been the best seal around the edges. I have some peat pucks (the little brown pucks that expand with water). Do you think those will work instead of rockwoool?
My understanding is that you cannot clone a plant while it is flowering (I read that somewhere) so I’ll have to wait until I re-veg her or plant a new seed. Let me know if this is incorrect.
