Smallest rooted cuttings

[PhilCuisine]

Back in the day there was a thread about posting your smallest rooted cuttings…ever since then I’ve been hooked on rooting small cuttings…In the old OG days my smallest cutting was 1/2 inch but I don’t have that picture anymore, it was in my old OG gallery…Someone here suggested maybe that challenge is worth repeating and I should start a thread on it again…

I used my small black cheapo aero cloner to root this cutting and the roots are over 3" long and it took 5 days for the roots to appear, …it’s been in my cloner for 2 wks. and the strain is Matanuska Thunder Head…

as you can see I use short plastic collars on my cloners.

[Foreigner]

No pics but I’ve gone as small as 3-4” with good success.

[Nagel420]

Just a thought, but ya might wanna paint / tape the clear tub. Roots really do grow faster in darkness. When I built my first cloner it was just like that. When I taped it (duct tape, go figure) and darkened the inside, root development was much better.

Looks like you have no issues rooting though, they look healthy! But its a thought I figured I’d pass on…

[PhilCuisine]

No thank you, I’m doing fine and dandy…check out my other post…

My homemade bubble cloner

Ok, again back in the day the old Overgrow people said make your cloners out of dark plastic do not use clear plastic because the stems need to be in the dark when you’re trying to root them otherwise it won’t work…well guess what people that was just a myth, that’s why I made one out of a small black container and one with a clear container…I had 2 cuttings same strain and 1 went in the dark one and the other cutting in the clear one and they both started showing roots at the same time with opt…

[Stevie1durr]

It’s not so much that roots won’t grow in a clear container its more that algae will grow

[PhilCuisine]

I don’t get algae in my cloners, never had algae in over 18yrs. since the get go.

[Stevie1durr]

I get algae every time I use a clear container, I’ve even gotten it in dark containers with a clear hose entering it letting the light in

Not saying you’re wrong just reporting my experience

[PhilCuisine]

Your lights might be too strong, I use an old school fluorescent tube under the cabinet light as you can see…you don’t need a high wattage light for cloning…BTW, been using these cloners for over 18yrs. and no problems with algae.

[Floyd]

I always cut mine at 3.5" but for the hell of it Ill see how small I can root one. So I got to beat 1" for now I guess. lol

[4ftfarmer]

You guys and yer fancy contraptions! Lol
Thanks,
Now im gonna try to clone every little piece I pinch off!

[anon81143130]

I have aero cloner but have never used it lol. What would you suggest adding to the water?

[Foreigner]

I add nothing. I change the water once a week.

[MTL]

Do you use just strait water. And how often did you change water.

[Nagel420]

@4ftfarmer

fancy contraptions! Lol

Oh, c’mon! its not that fancy!

[Floyd]

Ok, here we go. Tap water, nothing else.

I wouldn’t call this a fancy contraption. lol

[MTL]

I have cloned a single fan leaf before. It was a white widow, but I didn’t use an aero cloner. It was in a 4" pot with dirt that I set in a saucer of water. It took over 2 months but it never died. I set it in the back of the veg tent. It had about 7 roots on it that were about an inch long.

[PhilCuisine]

I use Chicago tap water only no additives or rooting hormones and I don’t change the water weekly…

[Floyd]

Same, but change water after about 2 weeks.

[MTL]

I have a TurboKlone that I haven’t used yet. This weekend when I get home I’m gonna join in on this experiment I have an Alaskan purple that I need to down size. This should be an interesting experiment to see how small of a cutting I can root out.

[PhilCuisine]

Here’s a cloner I made back in the day…people said your cuttings will not root if the rockwool is always wet, the rockwool need to have a dry time, well guess what myth busted…I had a few left over rockwool and instead of just tossing it away I did an experiment and it works…this cloner can use a rockwool or just cuttings to root, notice the small holes for my small clear plastic collars…