Rooting a Cutting in Water

[Paradoxic]

Salvia divinorum is a very easy plant to propagate by cloning and rooting a cutting in water is one of the simplest and most effective methods for doing so. Take a cutting at least 4" (10 cm) long with at least 2 nodes. Cut approximately 0.5 inches (0.6 cm) below a node at a 45 degree angle. Use a knife or razor that has been sterilized (by burning it, soaking in alcohol, or both).

Find a bottle, glass, or vase thats about 2/3 the length of the cutting. Clean it out throughly (using 10% bleach solution or H2O2 is ideal) and fill it with purified water. Place the cutting in the water and cut off lower leaves if necessary. Its best to have at least one node above and one below the water. Top up the container when necessary, the cutting should have a few inches of stem under water.

Put the vase in indirect light (near a window is best) and keep the humidity above 50% (get as close as possible to 100%). You can cut off the bottom of a 2 liter soda bottle and place it over the cutting, but make sure to open it up everyday to remove C02 build-ups. You should mist the chamber with purified water. Ideal temperature is around 70F(20C).

To keep the cutting healthy you can foilar feed it, but this is optional. Spray it every few days with a low strength nutrient solution, use no more than a 50% strength solution. I use a solution of 2 tsp of Maxicrop Liquid Seaweed per gallon of water.

You should start to see roots form in 1-3 weeks. Once the roots are at least 1" (2.5 cm) long you can plant the rooted clone in soil or in a hydroponics system.


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[tator547]

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LEAVES NEED LIGHT FOR CHEMICAL REACTIONS TO PRODUCE ROOTS but too much light ON THE ROOTS WILL KILL THEM THIS IS A GOOD SETUP couple things i thought that might need to be highlited

[tigerbunni]

Nice, simple to understand guide,  appreciate it, Paradoxic!!!

[gnorme]

Here u Got my latest little project..

[donna81503]

How about rooting in a brown vitamin bottle to prevent light from the roots?
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[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

That's a damn good idea donna81503! [Genius +] I have been racking my brain on how to keep my rooting area darker and that is a very simple solution. I am going to have to try that soon.

JARG

[curiousmind]

How about rooting in a brown vitamin bottle to prevent light from the roots?
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Just curious if this was ever done and did it work?

[drift]

How about rooting in a brown vitamin bottle to prevent light from the roots?
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Just curious if this was ever done and did it work?

Yes, I prefer it over normal water rooting. It's hard to tell in this pic, but this blosser cutting is rooting all along the stem at a much faster rate than my normal cuttings. Roots don't like light, so it only makes sense.

[the twist]

i am trying to root in a brown beer bottle  is it better to have an airpump when rooting?

[nitelife]

i am trying to root in a brown beer bottle  is it better to have an airpump when rooting?

They say that it is because it delivers oxygen to the roots- but you have to use an air stone- which you can pick up at any local pet/aquarium store.

[drift]

i am trying to root in a brown beer bottle  is it better to have an airpump when rooting?

I feel like a noob posting in support of water rooting. Here's what I recommend you do: take your cutting and stick it in some dirt. Give it humidity and in a week, it'll have roots.

[Nezahualcoyotl]

Really? You can root in straight dirt?

[nitelife]

Really? You can root in straight dirt?

LOL!
Of coarse you can!
It is probably the most effective method!
You just water a little more often and keep the soil a little more than damp but not soggy at all times for a week and you have a fully developed root system!

[CoryDeLarge]

You can even root a cutting in a block of foam. lol Someone posted a topic on it but I can't remember who it was or what section it was in.

[Nezahualcoyotl]

What about a cup or perlite with a cutting placed in it and then fill the cup with water?

This might be the best of both...