New clone bay setup. The earlier tests I were doing were all failures so I decided to splash out and just get a bunch of stuff to help with cloning. I bought 4x 20w led tube lights to use to mount on my shelf rack, clonex gel, clonex spray, and rapid rooters. Took 6 cuttings off plant A and 4 off the rest. took a range of different cuttings to see which are more successful. I’m hoping I can get some this time, I just have to be patient and not mess with them 
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Did you cut again the end of the stem after applying Clonex gel? 
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oh its supposed to be attatched to the clone? 
lol yeah I been studying all week to try make sure I did everything right. Cut the stem at the base with 3 nodes & immediately put into water, 45deg cut just under the lowest node with a sterile scalpel, trim off the lower nodes and give it a lil hair cut. Dip in clonex and put into rooter (I watched a vid where a guy mentioned injecting a little clonex into the rooter which I did also), pop into tray and spray with the clonex spray. Spray dome with water and place ontop.
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ifish kindly gave me some advice for cloning: as clones have no roots they absorb water through the stem, like flowers in vases, that’s why you must recut the stem so it is free of Clonex before sticking it. Also he said you shouldn’t spray directly the plants, as water blocks the stomata and the clone doesn’t transpire … 
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What’s the point of the clonex then? i know you can do clones by water but the success rate is much lower than if you dip in rooting hormone, i assume it gets absorbed into the stem to promote root growth.
That makes sense. I have a habit of not spraying directly from growing shrooms now because you’re also supposed to mist the walls else you hinder the mycelium from growing so i’ve been doing that also for the clones
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I think you must just stick the stem with it so it promotes roots, you block water intake if you just drip it, and it loses its properties while mixed with water. If you check clone roots they always come out from the stem, not the bottom:
Before knowing that I succeeded with a DIY invented method while applying gel only to the stem and leaving the bottom in water …
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Ooo I’ll have to check it out, I plan on taking more cuttings in a couple weeks time I’ll try a different technique
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The I series of mycelium I’ve been cultivating has been selected from 4 candidates I currently have growing in grain jars (I, III, V, VI) but I was looking the strongest.
I’ve already inoculated 4 more jars with the 2 dishes of transfers. Nice thick mycelium unfortunately I didn’t take a pic, but I made 2 transfers on to new dishes to keep the strain going. This is a pic from a week ago
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Big day big update
The jars posted above were ready to be birthed into a new tub. The I series looking GOOOOOD and the dishes i’ve put into the incubator to promote faster growth (the others are currently just in the SAB at normal room temp, the incubator is set to be between 24-29oC)
The next transfers for the I series
The next jars for bulk. All from the I series
Tub with jars I, III, V, VI, “n/a” spawned
From misc jars spawned on 06/06
The first and second tub currently on their second flush. I may dunk these, but seeing as I have 2 more tubs, and like 60g of mushrooms that would take me a decade to consume, I may just cut then bury in the nearby forest.
All the tubs now
It finally rained after about 6 weeks. I dont even remember. It rained a little bit last week but my waterbutt was dirty with the dust from the lack of rain so it was all thrown. Probably only had like 10L anyway so I cleaned it out and manage to refill 70L worth of containers.
Mother plants are looking good. All under 1 set of lights now at about 50% brightness. Feeding calmag, seasol, canna B currently.
The clones are currently looking a bit sad. Couple of them are wilting, but a good few of them are still upright. Will open for fresh air tomorrow
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The cuttings from here. Most of them died, but a few of them I decided to keep around, they are holding themselves alright and as I was misting the outside of the jiffy pods as they were dry, I noticed A ROOT!
Incredibly happy. I hope I get much quicker and higher success from the recent cuttings that are in the rapid rooters.
And to top off my day, i’m having pizza 
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Girls are getting big. Need to take some more clones this week and do a major trim. Stems are quite flimsy though, might be because ive been running them under low light so have increased that. hopefully they dont stretch too much 
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heh too many mushrooms huh? 
I’d gladly take some off your hands but no way we can ship em across the pond so hopefully you have a lot of trustworthy friends near ya
Very interesting reads though with the mushrooms, its like reading a scientific journal almost, I love it ^^
Plants are lookin great! Hopefully your clones turn around soon ^^ My two big girls also have pretty flimsy stems and it’s weird for me. The Godberry I just ran and the plants I grew years ago were all solid stems 100%, I couldn’t even squeeze them between my fingers really but these Russian Snow and Purple Mac stems are like fast-food straws, can super easily crush or bend them over and I don’t like it at all And that’s WITH extra silica and plenty of light. Supposedly some breeders take the straw stems as a trait that means Potency, but to me personally… I think it’s just a bad trait. Who knows but its a thought.
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I have a couple i’m trying to hand them off too, but yeah i’m scaling back on the production a bit, think im already going to have tons of supply to last 
I’m hoping!
I actually stopped using silica because i thought it was making my stems too thick and would make it harder to root, but maybe i need to reintroduce it 
Interestingly this plant has solid stems (based on the culled plant), just the offshoots cant really hold themselves up. Think it might be because theyre stretching for the light 
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Trimmed the ladies up. They are all looking so good, but I am planning on culling at least 2 of them so I can start off some seeds from the next pack. Im leaning on keeping A because I have 2 cuttings that have rooted from her, and either B or D. I like B because its a little shorter than the others, but D is a beast and must have a great root network because she is always thirsty
The I series jars are looking great. Couple more days then I will shake them
Third tub starting to pin, looking good
Last of the first 2 tubs looking like this. Real weird, almost like the myc has recolonised the sub, but the sub would be really dry so maybe its searching for moisture? Going to leave it to see what happens - I dont need any more fruit from this tub.
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2 days after shaking! really nice growth from the I series. May keep this line going as my sole genetics
This tub is still going strong haha! this will be the 3rd flush
3rd tub starting to grow nicely. Some odd-balls growing which is really strange. Not sure if nature or nurture
Took about 20 odd more cuttings today and put each plant into its own tray so I dont have random tags everywhere. The trays I bought are actually way too big for the rooters I have, so i’m having to use clothing pegs to keep them upright
One more culled. D was a good one, but A and C are looking better, and B is shorter - so keeping that one. Them stems tho!!
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I use the brown half gallon mason jars for sun tea. I can taste the difference versus a clear jar
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You got me really thinking hard about busting out this Burma Syringe I have been sitting on for a while now and trying my luck.
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Go for it!
