Clonex Mist is the latest innovation in cloning technology, developed to make cloning even more successful. An innovative, complex blend of amino acids and mineral nutrients to accelerate healthy rooting process.
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It is a good idea to have all your propagation equipment clean and ready to use before starting to take cuttings. Your propagation tool box should contain the following: a plastic cutting board, sharp scissors, scalpel, Clonex, Clonex Mist, propagator with cube tray, and last but not least, lighting.
Cuttings can be taken using a number of different growing substrates including: Rockwool, Perlite, Vermiculite, grit, and soil, but we find Root Riot Cubes give us the best success rates for cloning. Root Riot Cubes are a peat-based propagation cube containing micronutrients for initial growth and they have a spongy texture, which provides the ideal air/moisture ratio needed for rapid root growth. Cuttings in Root Riot Cubes can then be transferred into any growing method, such as soil, coco, hydroponics, but depending on the method, Rockwool may be more suitable for some aeroponic systems.
Your propagation cubes will perform better by soaking before you take your cuttings. This solution contains the following: a quality grow nutrient, such as Formulex at one-third strength, 3 ml per litre (EC 1.0) We would reccomend that you pre-soak the Root Riot cubes for a minimum of 2 hours and a maximum of 24 hours.
If you have access to a pH meter/test kit, it would be a good idea to get the pH of the soak/feed solution between 5.8-6.3, so that when the roots emerge they are exposed to moisture in the correct pH range. This allows the nutrients to be taken up at the right concentration to produce healthy growth.
You should take your cuttings from the strongest and healthiest growing tips on the stock plant. Start by cutting off a shoot tip with 4-5 sets of leaves. This allows you to insert 2 nodes (removed sets of leaves) inside the propagation cube, and 2 nodes (attached leaves) above the cube (a plant node is the area from which leaves grow). Put the plant material on the cutting board and remove the bottom 2 pairs of leaves and then make a diagonal cut just below the point where you removed the lowest pairs of leaves.
Next, immediately dip the cutting into the Clonex gel to cover the fresh cuts, which seals the cutting and provides the essential hormones needed to produce strong and healthy roots. Let the cutting sit in the Clonex gel for a minute whilst preparing the Root Riot cube. Use the dibber to enlarge the hole in the Root Riot cube to accept the cutting, and once this is done insert the cutting into the cube and place in the propagator.
