Plant cloner

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This is a plant cloner that can be used to make air layering easier. Air layering is a propagation technique that allows you to duplicate a plant while it is still attached to the mother plant, which makes it much easier for amateurs such as myself to clone plants without the clones drying out and dying. There is a video that explains air layering better here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c9fT5IrI1g These are designed for use with 2" net collar inserts at each end, such as these: https://www.amazon.com/GROWNEER-Collars-Hydroponics-Germination-Machines/dp/B084MJ69P2/ They are designed to be held together with 5mm bolts, however they friction fit fairly well. They can also be secured with electrical tape. The "Cloner_Tape" is a bit easier to print but will not friction fit well and will require tape. To use it you strip away the outer layer of the plant's stem, apply rooting hormone (I used Hormex #3), place the collars around the plant, stuff damp sphagnum moss in the cavity, and close the device. The attached photos show a fig tree that I started about 6 weeks ago.