dex always bomb digity with some good information or a link!
much appreciated.
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i like to do my best to keep cuttings in the 4" to 6" range. i have a guide on my cutting board to ensure i stay in my size range.
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i do cuts like this :
1) prepare
great white (myco) tea several days in advance
a) i use 2.5 gal of water to a half scoop of myco , a dip of the finger in molasas swirled in the bucket , air stones, pop the lid on bucket, and turn on air pump.
2) two days later i ph the tea to 5.6 to 5.8 (ish) & toss in the required number of rockwool cubes into the bucket.
a) let soak for a day
3) i prepare the cubes even further by squeezing them several times & , using the side with no hole, i flip the cubes over and make my own hole for the cuts (tight fit)
a) cubes ready, i remove them from the bucket and squeeze just right (not too dry, not too wet) and stack on a tray
4) empty bucket of myco tea now gets the cuts from my mom. i go through and snip cuts longer than i need , toss them in the bucket, & try to work them into my size range later.
5) after i take my preliminary cuts , i get my cutting board , razor , rooting powder (i like powder) ready & sterile while the cuts soak in the tea
6) everything ready , i glove up and use the marking on my cutting board to bring the cuts down to size.
7) i always try to make my final cut near or through a node ...if i cant i dont sweat it ...but i try.
a) i gauge my final cut location &, right above that area, I scarify the a few times.
8) quickly i cut on an angle , even quicker dip in tea , and quickly dip in rooting powder , & confidently put the cut into my hole in the rockwool block ...and place in cut tray.
9) batch finished and cut tray full, i mist with a simple solution of foxfarms kangaroots and water (5ml to a quart)
10) dome on till roots bust , keeping humidity up
11) keeping a careful eye on the cubes making sure they're never soaked or bone dry
12) once rooted , i leave them in the tray & start feeding light nutes ph'd to 5.6 to 5.8 by dipping the cubes by hand in my nute solution.
13) i never throw a tray down to flower until ALL the cuts have the right color and have stretched a bit... into the 6 to 8" (ish) range this is how i get those beautiful trays full of big colas.
a) we don't use 2" cuttings for that reason, they'd have to veg a hot minute
14) i have taken to putting the rockwool cubes directly into my bubble cloner in place of collars & netties.
a) fact is : the bigger, better, and more beautiful the roots... the better the end result will be. i've taken rockwool cuts, put them in the cloner, and grown out full beards in a few weeks which give me both height & root mass.
b) in the bubble cloner i also use the myco tea.
c) there's a thread in the hydro section (on myco) in which i posit my thoughts and a pic.
~gud
