no in cloning, the medium must stay soaking wet thats why some people clone in straight up water but iff its actually growing the rockwol shouldnt be soaked

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Thanks for stopping by.

I shake the majority of the water out of the cubes. They are damp not soaked. I do not ever spray them.

The less you mess with them the better the rate of clones. Just keep them damp.

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So you just open the bags a few times a day, no spraying the leaves with water ever.....?

Then you take them out of the bag once roots are poking through, or do you let them stay in the bag until theirs alot of roots?

Thanks again man.

how long do you wait til trans planting?

I do not spray at all, I may get high and leave the bag open and they dry out, in that case you dip a bottom corner into the solution until the rockwool. I believe the plant will get it's moisture where it can, and I try to force it to get it through the cut on the bottom.

I usually leave them in the bags until I see a few strong roots but before they get too long to put into 2" net cups.

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If they are under 2 100W Equivalent 6700K CFLs I would say on the average of 7-10 days at 80* (size and strain dependent), lately they have been getting colder at night and I'm not sure how to keep them warm just yet, but this batch will take longer due to abient winter temperature.

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Hey dubb, if the temps get too bad u can always use a heating pad, maybe set it up so it comes on at night through ur timer. I'm havin to use one right now to sprout a seed in a peat pot, the peatjust gets a bit too cold when it gets watered ya know.

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I still have a spare rooting heat mat laying around, just looking for an acceptable place to put it and regulate the temp on it. Last time I used it the darn thing baked my clones and I have been afraid to do use it again until I have a new box for it and everything. I might get an aquarium T5 and use another tray and humidity dome. Usually I take 25 clones at once and let them hang out for a while and the ziplock bag gets a bit annoying with large amounts of clone.

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LOL.... Ya, I could see how 25 zip-locks could end up bein a bit in the way. Iwas a bit worried about my regular heating pad bakin my seedling, but so far it's worked out quite well, considering the ghetto-ness of the situation.

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I just never liked the humidity domes because they kept the plants too wet it seemed. I may fill the tray with perlite and place the rockwool in it for better water absorption, similar to a wick cloner. The bags give me complete control over each environment and that is what I like.

Before I move on, more cloning tips:
Take clones just before a dark cycle, placing the clones in the dark for 4-6 hours after cutting will improve your success rate.
Always take more clones than you need.
I only need 18-20 clones so I take 25 just to be sure this method, while being reliable, is not a sure fire 100% success rate.

Back on to an update:
(pics will follow soon)

One H3 clone died the first night, seems it is one of the harder strains to root.
The other H3 clone is doing just fine.
Both of the H1 clones are doing as expected.

The H3 phenotype was a seedling I was growing to determine if it had ruderalis genetics or not, it started producing massive amounts of pollen sacs under 2 100w equivalent 6700K CFLs. I deemed it male and ruderalis and it was uprooted. The other H3 clone will be killed off soon, unless someone in my area wants a ruderalis male to create their own af variety. J/K! I'll find a good home for it over at my friends where my old ruderalis setup still lives.

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