Which cloning medium gives YOU the highest % of success

[Diesel840]

Hi all. With our Mr. Nice family being spread throughout the world, we all grow in starkly contrasting environments. As we're all aware, different environments and grow practices lend themselves to different styles and mediums.

Out of the listed mediums: soil, rockwool cubes, coco coir, and aeroponics (yes I know it is a method and not a medium ) which do you get the highest % of successfully rooted clones.

In a grow cycle or so, I'll do a side by side of the winners and post real world winner.


Diesel840

 

[Diesel840]

I haven't tried rooting in rockwool or coco coir yet, so I haven't experience yet. So, I voted soil. I had issues pf root rot with my limited experience using aeroponics.

Diesel840

 

[axiom]

No matter what medium you use, make sure you match the nutrients to medium type.

 

[Skunkerbudz]

Rock done properly is 99% in my word.

 

[Diesel840]

@axiom thanks for the tip!

 

[Mr. Brown]

I actually use Eazy Plugs with a mild nutrient solution and some trichoderma
So far over 90% of my cuttings rooted

MB

 

[BrotherBoris]

I made a simple bubbler/aeroponic bucket with excellent results. Very little nutrients and lower ph than normal. Maybe 5.5…use a cloning solution. You need something in the water to help with ph. Hydroton in mini baskets is what the clones are in and protrude an inch or so below bottom of the basket Scraped and sliced.

 

[CBDcure]

I’ve tried plugs,coco,aero sprayers, and once I used A-ok rock wool cubes that’s all I use now.I use same strength nutrient mix for everything except seedlings.

 

[Islandgrower]

Simplest for me and a high success rate was Rockwood cubes however cococoir worked well for me as well as Soil . and aeroponics have not done that yet but have heard good things about it. The main thing to me is cutting of the clones and preparation of the clones is paramount. Making sure you have at least 2 nodes in the medium. Light nute mix .

And I would also say I find that a flowering cutting rooted faster than a non-flowering cut.

 

[Proud Kraut]

It would also be of great interest to document the other parameters besides the medium.
°C / light schedule / total time to root
beeing the three major factors that raise my interest in learning about your methods.
Add those 3 to the factor medium and we get a ruff recipe to follow. Medium only is a poor info because depending on your climate and personal circumstances the effectivenes can vary a lot.

Looking forward to more detailed insight.
Good one @Diesel840

 

[Apollo]

We should add the propagation sponges in the vote, For example root- it sponges are by far the best in my experience.

 

[HarryPotter]

I use root riot cubes. I also think westland organic rooting powder is rather good. Most of it gets scraped off when the clone goes in the cube it seems like, but i found it roots fast and well. Smells pretty foul tho.

 

[Swifty]

We should add the propagation sponges in the vote, For example root- it sponges are by far the best in my experience.

I'll second the root-it sponges together with clonex gel.
Rairly fails me.

 

[Islandgrower]

I'll second the root-it sponges together with clonex gel.
Rairly fails me.

Yes the sponges are awesome. I turn them upside down so they have a wide base. Had great success with them as well.

 

[unnamedmike]

Cuttings from Healthy moms are easy to root

 

[CBDcure]

I use mature plants only for cuttings or bloom.Sex shows under 18/6 but may take a few months.
I cut the nodes off so a tiny bit of its stem is left on the cutting branch.(See picture).Success rate went straight up after I started doing this step and the grodan tray liner.
I try to find a branch so at least 2 nodes get down into the cube.
I poke a hole all the way through the cube to bottom so cutting branches don’t get bent or injured.
Once I dip the cuttings in clone liquid I push it in the cube and cut it off flush with bottom of grodan cube.
I use grodan tray only for they last a lifetime,won’t collapse or break if stood on, and raise cubes out of the water in tray.
I put an inch of water/nute in bottom of tray,put dome on, in a few weeks roots.

 

[charlesufarley]

Park seed company sponges are what I use:

 

[Diesel840]

I need to check out these sponges.

 

[Swifty]

Peat sponges and soil work great for me, the sponges have the advantage of being free of pathogens or bugs.
I'm using the root-it sponges for over 10 years now and they rarely fail.
You have to make sure that the peat touches the stem everywere, no pockets of air!

 

[acrid]

I used to use the rapid rooter sponges but it's a hassle and gets expensive for nothing,
now I just use coco drenched in some willow tree 'tea'. The new way might take a few extra days
but still getting 100%. I might add that I cut the clones small, like 2-3 inches (that's 5-6 centimeters ).