Newbie Cloning Question | | Hit there, im new to this so please understand if i ask silly questions, but after hours of reading through the forum i cant seem to find the answer. I have recently come into possesion of 2 cuttings (from what i have read not very good ones as they only had one set of leaves). I followed all of the instructions ie placing in water to help prevent air getting into the stem, cutting stemat an angle, cutting the leaves down to reduce weight & surface area, dipping in hormone rooting gel etc. They are currently planted in soil placed within a propagator. Up until today i had them sitting upon a window ledge (we have been experiencing quite a heatwave here in the UK, but the ends of the leaves where i cut them have now started to turn yellow/brown and dying. I took a peek at the stems and they have reduced to about half the thickness and turned brownish in colour (is this the first stage in rooting?) I have now moved them into a warm cupboard (boiler cupboard) with 2x 100w equivalent (20w) cfl's approximately 15cm above the top of the propagator with a timer set for 18/6. I have been misting the leaves and watering every day with the heatwave. I really hope they work out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |