Ok, I dont have a cloner perse, and I figured why not take a huge clone? Why just take a couple nodes? I want a plant… with branches! So Im going to try air layering a couple branches, i figure now would be a good time as the plants might transition in another month or so? Here’s what Ive done…
Tinfoil, sharp knife, rooting gel, and promix hp, mix gently with distilled water until moist.
I simply scraped the stem all the way around to wound it some
, smeared some rooting gel there placed some moistened soil in the tinfoil and squished the works as equally as possible onto the wound. Ill check this in 2 weeks or so. In the mean time, Ill take a few traditional clones to be safe. If this works, I will have a stalk with roots and 3 branches with at least a few nodes each!
The big advantage here is obvious, with a traditional clone you have no roots to keep the cutting alive, air layering provides a life support system while roots form. At least in theory? Ill see if I did it right in a couple of weeks
I’m thinking this will work. I’ve seen gardeners do this with other types op plants. They just cut the branch off right below the new root ball… keep us posted, please
Will do! Yeah Ive used this on trees, but the process is a bit different, you score and remove the bark completely from a tree branch, I couldnt do that with the cannabis plant because its too thin and would linely compromise the strength too much?
Great idea! Something like that in a product came across my Facebook just this last week. Some kind of black plastic hinged cup that snaps closed around the stem of the plant. I’m very interested in seeing this!
Nice! Good luck with it! Its my first attempt at layering a pot plant, so we shall see how it goes? If it works, I wont ever clone again. Id much rather have a branching plant that is actively growing without the need to babysit it for 2 weeks.
