Well I see many directions here so what I did was put the cutting in plain water with a PH of 6 after dipping it in Clonex. We shall see how it goes. I can always add some nutes but had to get it into something.
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Thats a lot of leaf on that clone… I wouldprobably trim a bit of that off
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Yo @DougDawson ! Like seed-popping, everybody’s got their own ‘tricks’! Just go for it!
With that said… 
One of the ideas somebody posted that’s worked out well for me was when you re-cut your clones w/the angle cut, to immediately put them into 50 ml. H20 + .5-1 ml. Clonex Rooting “Solution” (not the ‘gel’) and let 'em sit in that for an hour before putting them into the cloner. I’ve seen a marked improvement in my initial rooting!
Good luck bro!
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My 2 cents: I use 1/4 of what I’m feeding my regular plants. That way as soon as roots show, they are taking up some nutrients. I literally take what I prepared for my normal size plants and dilute it to 1/4 volume and make sure pH is balanced after dilution. One issue with using the Clonex gel applied to the root in a cloner, is that the water is either going to wash it off and dilute it, or it’s going to stick there and prevent water from hitting the *stem which could cause other issues like drying out. That’s why I like that IBA-K hormone that dissolves in water.
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I was taught by one of my mentors to always use distilled water for clones and seedlings.
Good luck .
So many ways to skin a cat you know.lol
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Wow that’s what new foam pucks are supposed to look like think it’s time to buy some new ones .
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Right now I just hit it with Clonex rooting gel. It perked up overnight. I have some Clonex CCSQT solution coming tomorrow which I can add to cloner water for nutrients. Not sure if this is the best way to go but it seemed logical to me, lol. What brand do you use?
Lol, I guess they loose their luster after being used a while. I ordered a pack of 192 of them this morning just so I have them.
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They last a while mine are faded from being bleached probably washed them a dozen times now.
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That cloning solution should work great. IBA is what Clonex uses in their products.
I just get my IBA-K unbranded online and add it with the nutes, making my own solution:
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Nice, I will look into it, thanks. If I can get as good a solution for less money I am all for it. I had clonex gell, the solution to add for feed I just ordered. Never used a fancy cloning machine before, lol, so I just went with a brand I know has had good results as a starting point.
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I’m with you on that train of thought. My 2 cents, is “I use excatly the same feed ratio on the clones as the mom I took them from” . If clones where at ec1.6 while on mom, once cut, dip stm in aloe water after cut/shock, then into ec 1.6 solution in cloner. LITFA for 10 days strait, then check for first time. I also make sure to double check initial balance. Imhe
Hapi growing
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So @bluelizard uses 1/4 feed and you use 100% feed that you were using on doner plant, is that right @Hapi?
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I’d also like to note that as soon as I see roots, I start moving toward a full feed until I transplant.
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So yesterday the poor clone was completely flopped over, I am assuming because it was a few hours sitting before I go the cloner going and I didn’t have it in water.
However today it is looking perky and happy. Ignore the brown spots and such. The thing was literally squishing itself into the light so took a bit of damage but it will be fine I am thinking. I will continue to take some clones and fill up some of those other spaces.
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Hey @DougDawson
Did your cloner come with a dome?
Do you have it going with no dome?
Curious 
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It did come with a dome. I had it on but the clone was too tall and hit the top so I removed it. I found most cloners don’t come with a dome anyway.
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I threw my cloner in a tent for best results to be able to control the humidity. I suspect this is the reason many cloners come without domes.
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Mine is in a tent but the humidity is very low. When I was researching I found many just don’t come with them and in the Q&A sections the response was always that it was not needed. I got one with a dome anyway. I would have it on but the clone was too tall.
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