lilzayne
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What up Farmers. Im gonna have to shut down for a couple weeks and do not wanna lose my genetics! Anyone have experience storing cuts in the fridge? If so, feel free to chime in about your methods or experience doing this. Any input is appreciated.
-Lil Zayne
Keep them in a Ziploc bag, keep them dark, keep them moist but not damp. Should be good for up to a month. Some even root in the fridge...
Ziploc bag or even a cup of water, just stuck in the fridge. If you don't do like I did and forget that they were in that fridge downstairs and thus forget to keep (fresh! if it gets slimy you've gotta change it out, just like with cut flowers) then you'll lose the cuts. If you do the baggie thing, I like to do like my mother taught me for *all* plants* (this is how I got cuttings of my grandmother's herbs from Puerto Rico to California) and recut under water, then wrap the ends in paper towels while under water and when you lift the cuttings, simply squeeze the excess moisture from the towels, then place into the baggies. In the fridge I would leave the baggie partially open with a little extra water in it, so the plants can breathe a bit.What up Farmers. Im gonna have to shut down for a couple weeks and do not wanna lose my genetics! Anyone have experience storing cuts in the fridge? If so, feel free to chime in about your methods or experience doing this. Any input is appreciated.
-Lil Zayne
Keep them in a Ziploc bag, keep them dark, keep them moist but not damp. Should be good for up to a month. Some even root in the fridge...
Ziploc bag or even a cup of water, just stuck in the fridge. If you don't do like I did and forget that they were in that fridge downstairs and thus forget to keep (fresh! if it gets slimy you've gotta change it out, just like with cut flowers) then you'll lose the cuts. If you do the baggie thing, I like to do like my mother taught me for *all* plants* (this is how I got cuttings of my grandmother's herbs from Puerto Rico to California) and recut under water, then wrap the ends in paper towels while under water and when you lift the cuttings, simply squeeze the excess moisture from the towels, then place into the baggies. In the fridge I would leave the baggie partially open with a little extra water in it, so the plants can breathe a bit.
I've kept cuttings in my fridge using the cup method (air flow is important for long term health) for a couple of months. They won't grow roots, but if you put the cup somewhere warmer then they often will.
Hey i dont know where the science is behind this but sometimes when i have too many cuttings or not enough time in the day i store my fresh cuts in a cup of tap water in the fridge for.up to a week or so. Amazingly the ones stored like this actually strike roots about one or two days FASTER than the cuts i take immediately from the mom to the cubes. Ive been doing this for years and without.a doubt it works. Must be something to do with carbs and nitrogen leaching. But all i know is that i get a faster root formation whenever i do this. Try it in a A&B type situation over several cuts over time.
My personal record is 6wks in the fridge.
Flo, stem wrapped in partially inflated ziplock.
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