A couple photos of some roots just to prove we’re not storing sticks lol, these were done with no nutrients or enhancements, just plain coco and clonex gel.
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Nice man! Are those the cuts from march or January?
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The rooted ones were March 11
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Book marked this. Seems some of you have great success just throwing clones in fridge with water in a ziplock. I would like to try that, seems very low effort which is perfect in my book.
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Hey @Naptown916,
I just jarred up a half dozen Frankenstein clones using your method. They are resting happily in their sterilized Ball Jar in my refer. I don’t expect to open them till November!
I didn’t have any large woody cuts available so these are little green-stem shoots prepared per your method. I realize this isn’t the recommended protocol, but I wonder if you think it is doomed? Frankie is the easiest plant to clone that I’ve found, so perhaps that will be a factor.
Appreciate your advice,
-Grouchy 
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So I have found that if you plan to keep them that long, you will need at least pencil sized diameter stems. The stems kinda wear away or deteriorate as they’re stored, and if the stem isn’t thick enough, the plant won’t have enough strength to support itself, even if it roots. That’s kinda what was going on in this photo. The cuts are still alive, but too weak to actually be used. These were at 4 months. 8 weeks was the max the wimpy ones would root for me. are you doomed as you put it? Maybe not but the odds are definitely against you. Best of luck, nice to see people trying this, happy to help anyway I can.
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I know you recommend against it, but have you opened a jar briefly to pull a cut and then resealed the jar? These aren’t “End of the Woild” critical to me so I could try any tweaks of your method…
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You could open the jar if you want I would just spray the jar down with alcohol, run alcohol over your hands first, dry your hands/jar with a paper towel if you want, then go in. Do those steps as quickly as you can to limit contamination, but no I don’t think that would mess anything up.
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New month new batch. Little mold on a couple. Never been a problem before so likely because I was rushing when I did these or the larger jar did not have enough ventilation. I’ll address both when I do my next batch of Romulan/Gluey cuts. You can see a little one also withered. Got a few good ones though so should be no problem to root. Given that these are older I am using all power ups this go to ensure success.
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How have you been reviving these when the come out of the jars? Any special techniques to get them rooted and growing?
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I’d love to hear this answer as well bros.
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When I take cuts out of the fridge, usually about 60 days later. Cut the ends with a razor blade(about an inch), stick them in cups of water for 24hrs, then right into rockwool cubes(however you would usually clone). Some take a bit more time to root, some have no issues.
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My method for bringing them back/rooting
I stick them in a cup of water with super thrive and let them sit for a few hours till the leaves come back to room temp and feel like leaves.
Make a fresh cut and insert into your chosen cloning media.
I use rockwool for longer stored ones. Soil or coco 6 cell starters for fresher ones can also be used.
Soak your choice in ph adjusted bloom nutes. I usually go 25% strength and I also add a rooting stimulant.
Mist twice a day with ph adjusted super thrive spray.
Water with ph adjusted bloom nutes and rooting stimulant as needed.
Usually takes about 10 days.
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Thanks @Naptown916 & @Slammedsonoma420!
Sounds simple enough, I have SuperThrive on hand and the rest sounds like bringing them out of hibernation is bidness as usual.
I have a handful of Frankenstein cuts that I hope to revive mid September. I’ll report the results here.
Cheers,
-Grouchy
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Really insightful experiment and outcomes. I will use this technique for my upcoming project.
Thanks! 
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This is awesome Ty for posting
Hay @Cormoran check this out wow 
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That’s kinda how they usually look, fingers crossed, I think with the cloner that’ll really help ya out.
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I thought I was gonna be testing this technique myself this run, actually… life got in the way a bit. I still have the plastic bags in the fridge, in theory I could still pop them in the cloner after 5 months and watch them die. 
Looks like it works if you’re at least minimally organized though. I’m just not. 
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As long as there’s no mold never hurts to try. As long as they will still stand tall and the stem doesn’t crumble under its own weight you got a chance that at least some will root. In older ones I been getting about a 30% root.
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