firstly choose the growing shoots from the plant which you'll take the clones/cuttings from like so ~
select the areas from the plant
select the cuttings
then prepare the clone/cutting
cut the stem @45 degrees and remove the lower leaves, i personally would only remove the lowest set of leaves leaving the rest on the clone ~
prepare cutting
remove lower leaves
cut stem @45 degrees, i'd advise using a clean razor blade
pour some rooting gel into a small container, this saves the whole gel from contamination, next take the cutting and dip the stem in the rooting gel or powder, id recommend using a rooting gel (especially Clonex) as this covers the stem better and seems to produce a better rooting (strike) rate for clones/cuttings ~
dip clone into gel/powder
then place your clone/cutting into your desired rooting medium, either a light soil/perlite mix or Rockwool cubes or peat or coco coir pellets ~
peat pellets
coco coir pellets
then place your cuttings into a propagtor, give them a spray mist with plain pH balanced water and put under 24 hour light ~
here's my two new NYC Diesel clones sitting in their propagator
some people cut the fan leaves in half as they say this helps the cutting transpire (lose) less water, but in my opinion, the little plant needs all the energy it can in getting its new roots growing so i personally leave them intact
i also leave a very small amount of water in the bottom of the propagator and i also dont mist them much at all, only 2-3 times over the next 5-7 days, i believe this spoils the plant and it needs to get its own roots down if it wants water
in 5-10 days you should see new roots growing out of the medium, it is now time to repot and you can now vegetate the plants for a few weeks to grow them up before flowering or put them straight into flowering as soon as they have rooted, the choice is yours!
hope this guide is of some help
cheers
dj#
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