Help! Clone transplant going bad

Hey everyone,

So we just got some clones and transplanted them into coco. They were showing roots coming out of their cubes when we transplanted. They got 1/4 strength organic nutrients day of planting and full strength yesterday. It is the end of the third day now and they are still yellowing. Will they snap out of it? What are we doing wrong? They have been kept very well watered, could it be overwatering? Is it normal.

The big one is actually a larger clone from a dispensary that is over a week after transplant now and still looking yellower..

Please help!

Not allowing them to sit in stagnant water in the catch trays would be a good start to solving your problem.

I was trying to make sure they stayed humid. Is that fertilizer water bad for them??

If they got roots they don't need to be kept extra humid. I hate coco but whether that's likely the problem I couldn't tell you. Letting them sit in water will be a problem if it already isn't as KryptoBud pointed out. Light levels should be kept lower until they begin growing well too.

Don't spray the plants either as that leads to problems like powdery mildew tho some light foliar feeding might help at this point. 1/10 strength nutes or some kelp fertilizer could boost them a bit. Thrive Alive is a good one too.

Good luck and good growing!

OldMedUser said:

If they got roots they don't need to be kept extra humid. I hate coco but whether that's likely the problem I couldn't tell you. Letting them sit in water will be a problem if it already isn't as KryptoBud pointed out. Light levels should be kept lower until they begin growing well too.

Don't spray the plants either as that leads to problems like powdery mildew tho some light foliar feeding might help at this point. 1/10 strength nutes or some kelp fertilizer could boost them a bit. Thrive Alive is a good one too.

Good luck and good growing!

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So it sounds like if I take them out of those trays let them dry out a tiny bit and then keep them on a low nute schedule they should come out of it and get healthy?

Ps. Why don't you like coco?

GanjaFarmer503 said:

Hey everyone,

So we just got some clones and transplanted them into coco. They were showing roots coming out of their cubes when we transplanted. They got 1/4 strength organic nutrients day of planting and full strength yesterday. It is the end of the third day now and they are still yellowing. Will they snap out of it? What are we doing wrong? They have been kept very well watered, could it be overwatering? Is it normal.

The big one is actually a larger clone from a dispensary that is over a week after transplant now and still looking yellower..

Please help!

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Did you rinse the coco?

Bareback said:

Did you rinse the coco?

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The coco is brand new

GanjaFarmer503 said:

The coco is brand new

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If you didn't rinse it, then it probably is holding a lot of salt.

I don't grow in coco , but everything I've read seems to subjest rinsing, and preloading with 1/4 strength nutes. If I'm wrong I apologize, but I've checked it out and I choose to not use it bc I think it's a bad fit to my style, but I know a lot of people like it. If you have a ppm meter check the runoff of your water .

Bareback said:

If you didn't rinse it, then it probably is holding a lot of salt.

I don't grow in coco , but everything I've read seems to subjest rinsing, and preloading with 1/4 strength nutes. If I'm wrong I apologize, but I've checked it out and I choose to not use it bc I think it's a bad fit to my style, but I know a lot of people like it. If you have a ppm meter check the runoff of your water .

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Oh I see. No we don't have a salt buildup, our pH is only a 7, we used some pH down to get it closer to 6.5.

Measured on the saturated soil

GanjaFarmer503 said:

Oh I see. No we don't have a salt buildup, our pH is only a 7, we used some pH down to get it closer to 6.5.

Measured on the saturated soil

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Ppm and ph ain't the same thing.

Ppm = tds total desolved solids

Ph = acidity / alkalinity

GanjaFarmer503 said:

Oh I see. No we don't have a salt buildup, our pH is only a 7, we used some pH down to get it closer to 6.5.

Measured on the saturated soil

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Ohh I forgot to mention, I think coco is supposed to be ph,ed at 5.6/5.8 , the runoff will be a bit higher. And there's a coco subsection in the indoor grow section I think , here on riu.


Edit: I can't find the subsection I mentioned so never mind.

First problem is you are over watering. Get that stagnant water out the bottoms. Will cause root roit. What ppm are you feeding. PH to 6.2. 7 is to high for coco. What type of water are you feeding them with.

Levinthelyf said:

First problem is you are over watering. Get that stagnant water out the bottoms. Will cause root roit. What ppm are you feeding. PH to 6.2. 7 is to high for coco. What type of water are you feeding them with.

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No clue on my ppm. Guess I need to get a ppm pen. Favorites??

Water is nuetral @ 7. Just purchased some ph adjuster to get it down to about six for our plants.

what arent you doing wrong shoulda been the question

Morriston55 said:

what arent you doing wrong shoulda been the question

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Sometimes you just gotta do it and figure stuff out as ya go!

I use a bluelab pen. Ran me like 70 bucks reads 500, 700, and EC(if it don't make sense Google is your friend) figuring stuff out with no knowledge is going to take you years. Read this forum. It has helped me thousands of times. I have hundreds of hours reading time even before posting or becoming a member.

GanjaFarmer503 said:

So it sounds like if I take them out of those trays let them dry out a tiny bit and then keep them on a low nute schedule they should come out of it and get healthy?

Ps. Why don't you like coco?

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It was most likely my fault that the coco didn't work for me. This was about 14 years ago and I bought a big brick of compressed coco. Didn't know shit about flushing it and just soaked it in RO to re-hydrate it and used it like peat moss to mix with potting soil and the plants went to hell pretty fast. lol

Still got about 5lbs of that brick left so if you pay the freight it's yours!

Coco is not available anywhere near me but various ProMix blends seem to be the latest craze at gardening centers these days so I'm all stocked up with HP, Veg and Herb and their potting soil mix. Over 1000L all told.

It works for a lot of folks so I'm not putting it down. ProMix makes coco blends too.

GanjaFarmer503 said:

Sometimes you just gotta do it and figure stuff out as ya go!

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No. No you don't. Research and more research is what you just gotta do. You are in the wrong pH range, you have no idea what your ppm is, and you don't seem to know how to use the medium you're growing in. I'm not trying to be harsh, but I don't understand why you'd invest time and money in an undertaking like this and not even do basic research to try to ensure you have some level of success.

NanoGadget said:

No. No you don't. Research and more research is what you just gotta do. You are in the wrong pH range, you have no idea what your ppm is, and you don't seem to know how to use the medium you're growing in. I'm not trying to be harsh, but I don't understand why you'd invest time and money in an undertaking like this and not even do basic research to try to ensure you have some level of success.

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Some people learn to swim better by being tossed in the deep end and some need rescue. Don't know until you try.

GanjaFarmer503 said:

Hey everyone,

So we just got some clones and transplanted them into coco. They were showing roots coming out of their cubes when we transplanted. They got 1/4 strength organic nutrients day of planting and full strength yesterday. It is the end of the third day now and they are still yellowing. Will they snap out of it? What are we doing wrong? They have been kept very well watered, could it be overwatering? Is it normal.

The big one is actually a larger clone from a dispensary that is over a week after transplant now and still looking yellower..

Please help!

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Keep going with a mix of around 1.1 ec for a week then up by 1 eg 1.2 second week ,And the yellowing will soon be gone remember that the bottom growth is never really important above the cube level,Its the roots that matter are the roots nice white,I would have just put into a larger cube for a while i never put in medium till there through second cubes,Add a bit of clone x,to the feed or Organic Aloe Vera this will help promote more root growth
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