Can You Really Preserve Cuttings With Water?

[vangs]

im going to take cuts at location a and then i need to drive 10min to another location... opeople say if you cut them and submerge them in water, they will be fine.. is that true? how long will they last in water? i dont want air getting into the cutting and killing it.

 

[tinderthumbs]

yes its true I have done some times take cuts put in cup fill about 1/4 with water and dump it every 12-24 hours and refill

 

[iKharon]

You can root it the cup of water bro

 

[iKharon]

I got 4 cuttings of my vortex chilling in water now.. lower left of pic near the mama

 

[iKharon]

yes its true I have done some times take cuts put in cup fill about 1/4 with water and dump it every 12-24 hours and refill

This is very true! :) I also use 6.3 water on it.. seem to respond to the lower ph than like tap water which mine runs at like 7.7-8

 

[GT21]

im going to take cuts at location a and then i need to drive 10min to another location... opeople say if you cut them and submerge them in water, they will be fine.. is that true? how long will they last in water? i dont want air getting into the cutting and killing it.

I throw them in a bucket sometimes hours... give yourself some room on the stem to cut fresh stem when you dip and plug.. that prevents embolism

 

[iKharon]

I throw them in a bucket sometimes hours... give yourself some room on the stem to cut fresh stem when you dip and plug.. that prevents embolism

Also, if you wait too long to get them in water.. you can get them submerged and make a new cut about an inch down Original cut.. also prevents embolism as my bro said up top!

 

[tinderthumbs]

make sure to keep them in water bc it wont even take them a hour to die with out the stem in water

 

[NaturalTherapy]

300ppm and 6.0pH soak for 24 hours before you set them in plugs. With proper environment you'll start having 90%+ rates following that formula.

Not that you asked, but figured I'd offer a suggestion

 

[One drop]

Yes I sometimes leave mine in water for a week and yes they will root on in water that's how my dad dose his just like his roses .

 

[GT21]

make sure to keep them in water bc it wont even take them a hour to die with out the stem in water

Well people mail cuts all the time with a wet paper towel and zip lock bag. ... the stem doesn't have to be in a cup of water per say

 

[iKharon]

Well people mail cuts all the time with a wet paper towel and zip lock bag. ... the stem doesn't have to be in a cup of water per say

Also a fact ^^

 

[tinderthumbs]

Well people mail cuts all the time with a wet paper towel and zip lock bag. ... the stem doesn't have to be in a cup of water per say

so I re word make sure keep plants moist that better??

 

[vangs]

yeah im trying to avoid embolism... i read that air can get into the cuts really fast... is that true? so if i cut 50 cuts. i just put them in a cup of water and then i can move the cup with the cuts in it to my other location 10 minutes away and i wont have to worry about them getting embolisms?

 

[iKharon]

yeah im trying to avoid embolism... i read that air can get into the cuts really fast... is that true? so if i cut 50 cuts. i just put them in a cup of water and then i can move the cup with the cuts in it to my other location 10 minutes away and i wont have to worry about them getting embolisms?

When you transfer to new cup, make a new cut a tad above original cut..just to be safe

 

[vangs]

When you transfer to new cup, make a new cut a tad above original cut..just to be safe

i only plan on putting the 50 cuts in a cup of water once and then 10 min later when i get to new location, im gunna put them in ezcloner.... so do i still need to recut it an inch ligher when i twsake them out of the cup of water?

 

[iKharon]

i only plan on putting the 50 cuts in a cup of water once and then 10 min later when i get to new location, im gunna put them in ezcloner.... so do i still need to recut it an inch ligher when i twsake them out of the cup of water?

Play with it bro.. cut some don't cut some.. see what happens.. no one magical set in stone way of doing it. Be a mad scientist.. that way you'll see what is best for you :)

 

[Two.Bears]

Also, if you wait too long to get them in water.. you can get them submerged and make a new cut about an inch down Original cut.. also prevents embolism as my bro said up top!

Yep! Right on the money!

 

[Two.Bears]

i only plan on putting the 50 cuts in a cup of water once and then 10 min later when i get to new location, im gunna put them in ezcloner.... so do i still need to recut it an inch ligher when i twsake them out of the cup of water?

No.

Here's tge way I do.

There's NO water in tge green house. I take cuttings with a razor Blade.

Take them in tge house where i have rooting hormone dissolvef in ib a clean ash tray. I place stems in Water abd cut my 45 degree angle and cut the stem vertically so tge clone has more area to develop roots from. Dip ret stem in Dry rooting hormone and stick in rock wool.

 

[GT21]

yeah im trying to avoid embolism... i read that air can get into the cuts really fast... is that true? so if i cut 50 cuts. i just put them in a cup of water and then i can move the cup with the cuts in it to my other location 10 minutes away and i wont have to worry about them getting embolisms?

Thats an air embolism. .. if you cut a plant dry and dip it and plug it... you increase the chance of killing the cut by at least 50%
Make your second cut under water... skin the side... dip and plug