Hello Everyone,
Today I created a new 3D printable design for water cloning with mason jars.
Let's check this thing out.
It's a simple insert that I created with Tinkercad, a browser based CAD software.
The browser based CAD program is very easy to use, and things like this can be made by utilizing basic shapes, some as solid, some as holes.
The slit from the center is for easy removal of the clipping after it has developed roots. Oftentimes clippings are rooted in bottles with limiting cap holes, and this will sometimes cause damage to the newly developed roots. With my insert this will never happen because it is slightly flexible and so it is easy to offset that gap for removal of larger stems.
This thing prints in forty five minutes on my printer and uses ten grams of filament, which is awesome because it doesn't take much material and I don't have to wait very long for an insert.
I got super lucky and my first prototype design was a perfect fit, and also the hole and slit are quite the perfect size for clippings.
Look at the top glow green. This filament is super cool because it glows in the dark.
It brings out the kid in me and I like to have fun with it.
See what I mean... This kind of behavior used to get me into trouble when I was a kid in school.
All those mean teachers should leave those kids alone so they can be creative and make cool stuff like this ;D
Anyway let me get back on track here...
I'm super proud of this design because it's a creative solution to clone plants. These can be used with other types of plants too, not just cannabis!
I like other methods of cloning too, but the water method is surely the easiest and most practical when it's difficult to clone via the other methods because of obstacles/lack of proper tools/equipment.
Right now I have a total of six clippings. Three are in this 3D printed container, and the other three are in those mason jars. My goal is to get three rooted clippings, so I have cut twice as many as I am aiming for in the event that some of these fail to increase my odds of success.
This Crack Mack cannabis plant at day fifty eight is poised for monstrous growth.
I'm hopeful that she will get as big as I want her to be by the end of the first week of July. This gives me a couple of weeks of vegetative growth still, and there will be minimal defoliation or training work done in these next couple of weeks. I may apply some more LST's here and there to direct growth where I want it, but defoliation will not occur for the next two weeks.
That will do it for this update.
What do you all think of my new mason jar cloning insert?
I'd love to read your thoughts in the comment section!
Thank you for stopping by!
Have a good day! -@futuremind
Wow, man, what a cool idea, I'm glad your first prototype worked. It really is a little gadget that makes cloning easier, great idea, thanks for sharing it!!!! 😊
Thank you @littlesorceress!
I was trying to find an easy solution that is uniform and nice for water cloning.
I think this might be my new favorite method 😎
I hope you have been well, thank you for stopping by!
Your design seems very good for cloning. I used a keg cup with ~72 cuttings dipped in rootone in a closet without light for weeks and got ~50% survival/success back in the day. However, I always risked a 100% wipeout in the event of some pathogenic infestation, which your individual technique avoids. Honestly, with present yields and methods, individual cloning is extremely preferable and warranted.
Thanks!
Thank you @valued-customer!
That is impressive that you were taking 72 clippings at a time for cloning.
Do I comprehend correctly that you were keeping the cuttings in complete darkness for rooting?
I try my best to minimize pathogenic exposure, but admittedly sometimes I use my bare hands when I'm feeling in a hurry. With these cuttings I touched them a little, but I am not too worried about it and feel the chances are high for success.
I also clipped from inner nodal shoots, by way of razor blade flush against the node/stalk, and if close enough it does not expose the "hole" that sucks air, which may produce better results (I hope). Also considering giving them a rooting hormone powder dip after a couple of days to see if that promotes faster rooting.
Thank you as always my friend for your thoughts.
Yes. The successful cuttings would etoliate strongly, but I'd just strip the stalks of all but the top and bury deep. Seemed to promote strong rooting. I just used my thumbnail to strip the stalks, although I had scissors for taking the clones. The rougher wounds seemed to root readily when buried and availed 24/7 light after their Stygian trial. It was not a sterile procedure at all, but I had no expectations of delicate divas in my grow.
They were all hardy survivors or compost.
Hello and welcome back! I was wondering what kind of cloning material you use? Will be interesting how it will go.
Hello @mandragora88, thank you!
I have experimented with different rooting hormone compounds, and what has worked best for me is powder based rooting hormone.
I still have lots of experimentation left to do.
This 3D machine is really useful for you
The design looks nice
Thank you @rafzat.
All kinds of things can be made with that machine. It's a mini home manufacturing machine.
Your gifing technique is getting better by the day. That dark background will be nicer if you wear an alien eye at the back 🤣
Thanks man, I try to improve the gifs in different ways. The hosting size restriction is the biggest hurdle, because I have to compress them so much to get them to work on Hive, but I also understand the need for the size restriction.
Alien eyes would be cool but I still think a space helmet would be the best. I can get by with just the helmet without the suit if need be.
You've been curated by @amazingdrinks! Delegations welcome!