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Originally Posted by potpimp Two of the clones are standing at attention this morning but the rest seem to be sleeping still. I took the humidity dome off and sprayed them again. Do you think I should switch to a smaller CFL? I'm using a 65w now but I have some 26w. Haven't checked the temp in the cab but it feels like it's around 80ish, maybe a little over. I have another thermometer and another timer; I can use these if necessary. And what about rapid rooters, think I should stick them in rapid rooters?

I thought the idea was to get that fogger going. You will know in a couple days. What happens is if the clone starts rooting the lower leaf will turn yellow. This is the plant taking the energy from the leaves and making roots. In your case you will be able to open it and see. During this process the plant does not grow. Kinda looks like its dying for a couple days. Then in about 4 days you see the new growth. It is light green and you know your on your way. The plant will straighten up again.

The way I see it is If you have too much light the cutting thinks it can still grow and it will die. Trying to continue to grow without and roots to supply it. Your tricking it with the light thing. I have had the same results with the 24 hour dark period and just keeping them under a 40 watt light for a week at 18/6 and 24/7. I go 24 hr dark because that is what I have learned. But I am the kind of guy who likes to see for myself. By not going 24hr dark at first I found they still root, just takes a few days to a week longer.

The important thing is not the temp in the cabinet but the root temp. If the root temp is higher then the plant it seems to send the energy that way. Then you get roots. By not paying attention to the root temp I get about 50% success. By keeping it at 80 I root them all. I thought I saw a heating pad under your fogger so I didnt mention this again.

I noticed most of your fan leaves were still full size. I cut them in half because thats the way I was shown how to do it.

Well, I tried not cutting them and they took longer to root.
The weight of the leaves bent the plant. Like yours. Once it did finally root it took a few days to get back up but it was a bigger plant to start with. So it has its good points and bad points. I believe by cutting them you are forcing the plant to send the growth hormones elsewhere. sort of like topping a plant. It sends the energy to the lower branches, well in this case to make roots. The sooner you have roots the sooner you can get to rapid growth stage.

I have had better success spraying the dome, not the cuttings. I am not sure why but I think it has to do with transpiration. Humidity is not water. It took me quite a while to figure that one out. It is a mix of water and air so it makes sense to spray the dome and not the cutting.

Well, it works for me.

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