1st Soil...1st clone attempt. PICS!!!!

2nd grow 1st soil. used 1 part miracle grow moisture control, 2 parts perlite, 1 part worm castings. Fed raw tap water with the recommended amount of SuperThrive (bottle's instructions.) 2months old. 24hr light until 16days old, now 18/6. 5-23w cfl's (daylight and bright white mixed) with 8"reflectors and 1 15w vertical floro T8.







First clones were taken today, day31. First cloning attempt ever. Soaked 4-3" rockwool cubes in Tecnaflora ThriveAlive B1 (as per instructions) for 30 mins. 8"cuttings were taken, each with 3-4 nodes, (one of which has triple-stem'd nodes). Cuttings were immediately dip/held in technaflora cloning gel for a 5 count, then placed into the presoaked cubes. They are now under 4-25w floros. They will be given 48 hours of light then swithched to 12/12 until harvest.






This is mostly expiremental, no point in keeping moms if you can't clone, right? If the cuttings root to become clones 12 more cutongs will be taken to supply the upcoing "600w Aero Bucket V-Scrog".

Bump!

about 1 1/2 hrs in. theres alittle drooping from the clones is that normal?

It's normal. Take some scissors and cut off the leaf tips of your clones. It helps.

really? any reason to that?

Damn good job!! And you keep a tidy grow room too,superb!! KEEP SMOKE ALIVE!!

Use RO
and trim the leaves back a lot.

Here is a link to a thread that has a lot of info.

There are links in the thread also.

Hydro Cloning for Dummies

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you need to mist the plants 4 times day or put them in a humidity dome. And I do trim my fan leaves, I cut 50% off each leaf, the plant will in turn root faster I'm not exactly sure why...

so when you say trim them back alot u mean about 1/2 or so?

this pic is where i want to cut it.. to far in?


Oh and the mothers topped topped

HOLY SHIT!!
thats some cutting back.. this is what i just cut... think i should trim more??
never did a clone before and everything i do has been
successful...and will be.

here the next pic

so Earl see the wilting in the one on the left?
shit should be straight right?

Your doing a lot of worrying. I went to youtube. Watched some videos.
Went and cut clones, some the way he says do it... and some random.... just about all of them rooted... about 80 of 90 clones i cut rooted.
Get a dome.
Mist it a couple times a day.
Get some root stimulator to water your rooting medium with.
Use a touch of nutes in the watering solution.
Just know that clones are HIGHLY susceptible to mites.
Also get some rooting horomone. I happened to have the same stuff he has in the video... cheap and very good. About 12 bucks.
Call it good.

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There ya go... Good luck.

What to look for:

day 1) a little wilting is normal
day 2) plants should look a little livelier
day 3) cuttings should be standing to attention, no signs of wilting.
day 4) leaves should have a good green healthy color.
day 7) if yellowing and wilting are evident, then discard cutting after breaking open the medium to examine the root structure.

have an update here.. less then 24 HRs plants are up right and pretty stiff.

heres a pic.. also trimmed them back according to earls post.. not as hardcore but a little more. i really think it helped, bout 2 hours later looked like the weight was off them.



this is my home made humidor

oh and forgot to mention.. keep an eye on my signatures gonna be checkin out my outdoor grow will have pics!

Thanks for the replies guys!!!!

not too bad!!! be careful though! are you sure they are all females??

fuck ya.. aint wasting time bro

13 Finger!!!

Front side



Backside

nice!! those clones really perked up after the trimming!

Fuck ya man!!! hahah less then 24 hrs!!!!!

Thank you everyone...