🌱PERFECT Clones Every Time Part 2, with Mike from GrowersHouse
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🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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(00:00) Scissors vs Scalpels
(05:03) Optimal Clone Defoliation
(07:41) Cloning Gel and Alternatives
(11:49) IBA and Optimal Moisture
(18:32) Dome Vents and Airflow
(29:15) Clone Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls
(33:04) How to Care for LOTS of Clones
We pick up right at Part Two of our cloning exploration with Mike from GrowersHouse. Mike shares insights into his actual cloning technique where he emphasizes the need for proper clone placement and depth. He explains how plugs hold water at a certain "table level" in your clone dome, and where you should be placing your cuts to allow them to take up water and nutrients. This leads a conversation about optimal moisture levels, and Mike. drops some tips on using weight as a metric of moisture. Mike also talks about using household alternatives to clone gels like aloe and willow bark extract- and why IBA is still the best choice for home growers. Mike wraps up the show by talking about caring for many many clones at once, and how the difficulty of cloning goes as the amount of genetics increases.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings growers worldwide. Jordan River here back with more growcast. Today with a part two |
| 0:04.9 | with Mike from Growers House all about cloning. On this half of the episode, we get into tips |
| 0:10.1 | and tricks for cloning, water table levels, and most importantly, how to get 100% success rate |
| 0:15.4 | with lush green cuts. I know you're going to love it, but first a quick reminder, our best |
| 0:20.7 | class of the year is coming up October 11th and 12th. It's the O Kallix natural farming immersive, teaching you everything you need to know about KNF and Chad M. Find out more at growcast.com slash events, and I'll see you October 11 and 12. Let's get into it with Mike. Thank you for listening. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:38.1 | And from there, you're ready to get started. |
| 0:39.6 | You're ready to take cuts. |
| 0:40.6 | So what are you, what's your strategy when you're getting in there, actually slicing the plant, |
| 0:45.3 | de-leafing or not? |
| 0:46.4 | Talk to me about that. |
| 0:47.8 | So one big thing that I try to really tell growers is to don't use scalples by many decent scissors like it scissors |
| 0:59.9 | scissors allow you to make a cut in the air like it that is way cleaner than using any cutting |
| 1:06.8 | board the scalpel and cutting board thing when i see people taking cuts off that, it kind of makes me cringe because it's like, that's not clean. |
| 1:13.9 | I don't know what your disinfection technique is between every plant, but I'm probably sure |
| 1:19.3 | that they're not taking the time to disinfect that completely between every plant because |
| 1:22.9 | it would just take too long. |
| 1:24.0 | If you just use scissors, you could literally have a set of scissors for each plant that follows, it's a two to four month pair of scissors. And honestly, the types of shears that we use in the garden world, two to four months for a pair of scissors is like, that's a good life. That's a good life, you know, that's a full scissor life for that guy. He died an honorable death. Yeah, he did a good |
| 1:45.4 | certain. That guy did good work and we put him away with that root ball. So that's what I |
| 1:49.7 | would recommend more than trying to use surgical tools and like auto play or, or disinfect them. |
| 1:55.3 | Just buy scissors that are dedicated to those plants, clean them and then disinfect them |
| 1:59.2 | before and after each use. As far as the |
| 2:03.9 | cutting of the plant, so there's going to be a lot of debate about where you take cuts. Here's my |
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