I came across some research that suggests we may need to rethink the way we take cuttings.
The research suggests we should be making sure the cuts get sealed up to prevent infection.
I will update here with more info as I find it.
Until then let us discuss this topic.
Do you ensure your cuttings are sealed up before planting them?
I have not been, but I may start now.
What are your thoughts on this matter?
I cut with zero regard for sterility.
Maybe I was not clear enough.
Not your sex life brother…LOL 
Callus sealing up the base of the stem, to prevent infection.
Nope slice dice in the cloner.
I’ve been trying to take cuttings for practice and just in case it’s a great plant but it’s completely new to me and I’ve been able to successfully root my first cuttings with the snip dip and into the rooting dome and I sorta understand what you mean about this @shag but like I said I’m still in kindergarten for cuttings so how do you get it to callus up before putting into water?
Ill be cloning soon too so im listening in to any tips, heard aloe is good for rooting and have wanted one for a while so might go down that root as my heh rooting gel 
i do have a tote i could turn into a bubble cloner 
sealing the cuttings sounds interesting but is that by getting it to callus up or by using superglue like i do on my cuts?
I believe this is what slownickel on IG is showing lots of pictures of. Basically letting the wound callous over to prevent an infection in the pith.
I believe @Tonygreen sealed some clones with paraphin wax recently for the same reasons.
Random stoner thought? Does cloning gel work as if its a callus? Closing off the end from anything? I’ve also been considering using this product FloraLife® Quick Dip 100 as an experiment. I have easy access to it commercially at work. Works for cut flowers that have been dry shipped. Nip a few inches off the bottom of the stem (the callus), dip, and into treated water. Flowers perk up within hours.
Thanks!
I have to check him out there.
He sure is an interesting cat…
So-Yea, I was reviewing my notes from when I followed him on ICrag and came across this information.
He has been talking about this for years.
I wonder why it has not caught on.
I am always spewing…got a problem it can be solved with what “Gypsum”
And you are right on here.
Nice work!
Hmmm?
Interesting!
Does anyone break open their stem at the end of harvest to judge the health of the plant?
Nothing beats a new blade and rock wool in my book. Cutting the clones at the right place helps, I also don’t use any rooting gel or powder because I’ve read mixed things about the hormone having the potential to effect the plants in negative ways.
Not before you put em in water.
That is just the thing, I am not sure this is easy to do in a cloner.
It seems best done in rockwool, but more info is needed to be sure.
Yes and no…LOL
Yes it seals while it is there and when it is gone it no longer works.
I would imagine that is why @Tonygreen chose to use the wax.
I don’t know how to copy pics from instagram so here is a good link.
Good clone/Bad clone (scroll right)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CjG_wL7u3sTLwsKilvjrOS4TBor-WqHrrtiZPY0/
Interesting. I have cloned in almost every way known. Never really had issues. Not to say I am 100% successful but in the 30 years of doing this I bet it’s close to 80%. But some clones do take off quicker than others at times. Maybe this would keep it more consistent. I usually take more than I need and throw away the slower ones. I agree with @Heritagefarms use fresh blade. Kavman tip is to go to a dollar store buy a bag of disposable razors. Get the single blade type. Tear them apart and you will have a blade that is a lot sharper than those scalpel ones you find at the grow stores.
To be honest that is what I thought.
You may never know that you did have issues if you do not crack open your plant.
Check it out and see what you find.
You may in fact be throwing the infected clones away.
Check your plants after harvest, especially if they are found to be underperforming.
Not you in particular @Kavman 
We as growers. 
Lets get to crackin’…LOL 
I have a rack in the oven as we speak. Been there almost a week. They are rooting in potters gold soil. Which is how I have been doing clones lately. I may be able to rinse the dirt off for an inspection.
Interesting concept.
I’d look into pruning pastes, grafting wax, bonzai healing baulm 
Get some carpet blades, they are very thin and super sharp… but be careful because they are super sharp! 
