I believe @PreyBird1 has an ez cloner though I may be mistaken
About the leaves, I usually cut them or “palm tree” them as I’ve heard it called, in the belief that it maybe helped stop fan leaf growth and stimulate the new growth tips instead, not sure if effective or not, I just do it
There was a post recently (might have been different forum) from someone saying they had better root growth when not cutting them, but again, I don’t personally know
I run a turbo cloner. Always have it running. Change the nutrients every week. Keep it at 78 degrees. I cut my leaves also. I saw it on a cannacribs. It makes new growth cease and makes plant find nutrients and water.
I’ve ran both clipped and non clipped. I didn’t notice too much of a difference as far as rooting. both took less than a week. The reason why I was taught to clip them was mainly for space in the propagation dome. So leaves don’t over lap and can utilize more space for clones.
I do it for air flow and makes more room in the cloner dome. Permaclone collars have an offset cuts in them so i can rotate the cuts for odd shapes and keeps clones from touching. In the canna cribs episode they used flying skulls clone dip. Helps the cuts stress. Phat panda episode #2
From what I’ve read and seen, the reason why would apparently be water uptake. Because they have no roots yet, the belief is this helps the leaves take in more moisture.
Ten days till roots pop or 10 days till ready for transplant? I’m taking my girls from veg to bloom this weekend and didn’t want my clones to be far behind.
Are you running fems or do you just already know they’re female? Are you planning on flowering these clones alongside your other plants? What’s your end goal with cloning, just multiplying plants? Looking for a special one?