smokefrogg's economical and small cloning solution

my cloning technique is really simple, here is a list of ingredients needed:
1 lime
ro water
16oz. plastic party/beer cups
plastic wrap if the cuttings are short, a clear plastic sandwich bag if the cuttings are taller
rubber band large enough to go around the top of the 16oz. cup
container large enough to put rockwool cubes in and have them completely covered with water
rockwool cubes
rooting hormone
steril razor blade

the procedure:
1) fill a container with ro water, add enough water so that rockwool cubes will be completely covered
2) slice the lime and squeeze half of it into the container with the water, i eyeball this and don't really have any true measurement, i am using small key limes, and only used half, although i am only taking 2 cuttings, the point of this is just to raise the acidity level, make sure to stir up the solution well
3) place rockwool cubes into the lime/water solution, let them sit there for a few minutes
4) get your rooting hormone out and sprinkle some out into the lid
5) now it's time to take cuttings, get the razor blade out and slice off the pieces you want to become clones, you may want to slice off some of the lower leaves on this cutting so the stem portion is a bit long
6) i like to slice diagonally on the bottom of the cutting, so the cutting's stem goes into a V shape, this exposes more of the inner portion of the stem allowing for greater surface area to root
7) roll the bottom of the cutting into the rooting hormone, get it all over the bottom and the sliced V shape part
8) take the rockwool cube out of the water and stab the cutting into it, get it a good 1/2" - 1" or more deep into the rockwool (i don't like using the premade hole in the rockwool, i feel the cutting is too loose in the hole, stabbing it in makes certain that rockwool is directly touching the cutting stem)
9) place the rockwool cube with the cutting into the 16oz. cup, i like to fit 2 side by side per cup as it keeps them elevated from the bottom about 1", with just 1 the rockwool sits on the bottom and can become far too damp
10) add a little bit of water into the cup, make sure that the water is not high enough to be touching the bottom of the rockwool, leave about 1/4" - 1/2" of air space between the bottom of the rockwool and the water
11) place the bag or saran wrap over the cup, use the rubber band to keep the bag on tightly
12) place this now self contained clone bio cup into your grow area, i like to keep direct light off of the clones, i have been placing mine in a flowering cabinet with a 12/12 light cycle and they have been doing great!
13) after about 5-7 days your clones should be good to go! they may look a bit wilted after a couple hours of leaving their high humidity bio cup, they will perk back up again after a day or 2. it is good to put them under a somewhat low intensity light during this time, i take mine out of the room with the hps, they sit under a small led panel and a couple of cfl bulbs instead

happy cloning!

why beercups? why such a small number of clones? here's some background:
i started using the plastic cup method after visiting several garden and hydro stores. all of the cloning stations that i saw were large, i just don't have much room to work with, and am only doing a small number of clones when i need them, so none of the existing commercial solutions really fit my particular needs. with 2 clones per cup, and each cup being it's own separate portable environment, it has worked out very well for the small level of growing that i am doing.