hazydreams
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A while back i decided to test various cloning mediums and techniques (scientifically as i could, you be the judge) to see if there were any discernable differences in rooting times. I had at the time two mothers to test with a haze and a durban. I decided to take more of one mother (durban) to make sure that the results werent too skewed due to a difference in rooting times of the strains.
The clone box is a constant 78*. The control in this case was done with happy frog. i see roots in 9 days with the happy frog from both the haze and durban varieties.
The test was conducted on 8 durban and 4 haze cuttings.
It was a decidedly small test as i dont have alot of room.
Medium Used:
4 Rapid Rooters (wetted as per instructions)
4 Rockwool cubes (wetted and PH'd as per instructions)
4 Happy frog soil (straight fromt he bag with tap water)
Technique used:
The 1 haze each was cut on a 45* angle and put into rock wool and Rapid rooter. the remaining haze were placed into Happy Frog with just a 45* cut at the base.
The durbans on the other hand recived a variety of "tricks" for cloning. 3 RW - 3 RR - 2 HF
each clone was treated a different way in each medium. one was cut on a 45*, one had the base scraped on two sides and one was split down the middle.
All were dipped into Clonex gel.
The test:
this is the test set on the first day in the box.
You can see the two lone haze on the right in rapid rooters and rock wool, two trays of durbans in rapid rooters and rock wool, and then two trays of Happy frog'd haze and durban clones on the left. I labeled each to know which were scraped, split, and 45'd.
All the clones were in the same cloning box and given the same number of mistings throughout their life.
Days 1-5 were a little boring. I noticed that the clones in RW wilted slightly more compared to the RR and HF.
6 days in i noticed the bottom leaves on the RR had started to get yellow tips. No signs of root though. most of the other clones were still very green.
7 days in all the clones in the Rapid Rooter's had one or more roots poking out. The clone with most roots was a split durban clone. 1 haze clone in happy frog was showing a tap root, none of the rockwools had anything (the cubes were split to inspect closer).
8 days later everything but one haze in happy frog dropped roots. the 45* clone of the durban showed more roots then the other.
9 days in one of the durbans (45*) started showing roots from the bottom of the cube.
10 days all clones in the RW cubes had taken root. the final haze in Happy frog (labeled wimpy) took root. The rockwool cubes showed no difference in root mass from one technique to the other.
Analysis-
medium:
In my case, the Rapid rooters slightly outperformed the HF and Rockwool. the test was extremely close showing that there is very little to be gained from choosing one of the three mediums tested.
Technique:
The results suggest that 45* angle cut might offer an advantage over split or scrape. i would not discount any of the techniques tho as all produced viable rooted clones.
Id like to add that at 100% sucess this round, its rare for me to hit this number. There is always one for me that just gives up.
Hope this is helpful.. look forward to hearing from you guys.
The clone box is a constant 78*. The control in this case was done with happy frog. i see roots in 9 days with the happy frog from both the haze and durban varieties.
The test was conducted on 8 durban and 4 haze cuttings.
It was a decidedly small test as i dont have alot of room.
Medium Used:
4 Rapid Rooters (wetted as per instructions)
4 Rockwool cubes (wetted and PH'd as per instructions)
4 Happy frog soil (straight fromt he bag with tap water)
Technique used:
The 1 haze each was cut on a 45* angle and put into rock wool and Rapid rooter. the remaining haze were placed into Happy Frog with just a 45* cut at the base.
The durbans on the other hand recived a variety of "tricks" for cloning. 3 RW - 3 RR - 2 HF
each clone was treated a different way in each medium. one was cut on a 45*, one had the base scraped on two sides and one was split down the middle.
All were dipped into Clonex gel.
The test:
this is the test set on the first day in the box.
You can see the two lone haze on the right in rapid rooters and rock wool, two trays of durbans in rapid rooters and rock wool, and then two trays of Happy frog'd haze and durban clones on the left. I labeled each to know which were scraped, split, and 45'd.
All the clones were in the same cloning box and given the same number of mistings throughout their life.
Days 1-5 were a little boring. I noticed that the clones in RW wilted slightly more compared to the RR and HF.
6 days in i noticed the bottom leaves on the RR had started to get yellow tips. No signs of root though. most of the other clones were still very green.
7 days in all the clones in the Rapid Rooter's had one or more roots poking out. The clone with most roots was a split durban clone. 1 haze clone in happy frog was showing a tap root, none of the rockwools had anything (the cubes were split to inspect closer).
8 days later everything but one haze in happy frog dropped roots. the 45* clone of the durban showed more roots then the other.
9 days in one of the durbans (45*) started showing roots from the bottom of the cube.
10 days all clones in the RW cubes had taken root. the final haze in Happy frog (labeled wimpy) took root. The rockwool cubes showed no difference in root mass from one technique to the other.
Analysis-
medium:
In my case, the Rapid rooters slightly outperformed the HF and Rockwool. the test was extremely close showing that there is very little to be gained from choosing one of the three mediums tested.
Technique:
The results suggest that 45* angle cut might offer an advantage over split or scrape. i would not discount any of the techniques tho as all produced viable rooted clones.
Id like to add that at 100% sucess this round, its rare for me to hit this number. There is always one for me that just gives up.
Hope this is helpful.. look forward to hearing from you guys.