!!HELP!! Clones dying :(

Cannbosh

Active Member
Please help my clones are dying again, i cut them a few hours ago misted it and left it, could it be that the rockwell was damp ? should i put it in new ones?




 

Greather420

Active Member
do you have a way of monitoring the humidity inside the dome? What are your ambient temps in the surrounding room like?
 

Alexander Supertramp

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The rockwool should be wet for new clones. I personally have had poor luck in the past using RW for clones. Anymore I take the cuts and put them in a glass of water much like you would do fresh cut flowers. I crush a Bayer Aspirin and mix in the water before hand. Leave them in the water for 2 or 3 days then transfer them to cups of soil. 1/3 each peat moss, worm castings and perlite. Have a near 100% success rate. No dome or misting needed.....
 

Bublonichronic

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i had poor results with rockwool cubes, i switched to rapid rooters and have fresh white roots within in a week, i keep the dome on them for 48 hours after the cut/clone process, then start misting couple times a day, no problems
 

Alexander Supertramp

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Cuts put into dirt after a 3 day soak in a cup of water w/some aspirin(salicylic acid/willow extract). Under a 23 watt 2700k cfl about a foot above. Sometimes less is more...keep it simple and follow tried and true methods that have worked for many plants for many, many years......HPIM1344.jpg 6 plus hours and no wilt, and I doubt they wilt any at all because they were well hydrated before being put into the dirt.;-)
 

Cannbosh

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Ok i took the lid off for the dome and have relaxed a bit, its ok for the light to be directly ontop of the dome right?
 

L33tGanjaMan

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How strong is the light dood, because what you are or should be trynna do is set conditions for the cuttings to be making new root systems not photosinthisis at this early stage.
 

L33tGanjaMan

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Also the light could be causing too much heat and condensation/humidity in the propogator, it's not a heated prop is it? I see it has vents on the top, sliding that open when it is hot/too warm should allow enough hot humid air to escape. Depends again how hot your ambient temps are. hope this helps some, i have had wilted clones many times through different reasons such as i have described above but if you rectify the heat issue and just keep them moist, not wet, they will most likely pull through.
 

Cannbosh

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How strong is the light dood, because what you are or should be trynna do is set conditions for the cuttings to be making new root systems not photosinthisis at this early stage.
55w Philips Fluorescent Tube (Red Spectrum) is the light

Also the light could be causing too much heat and condensation/humidity in the propogator, it's not a heated prop is it? I see it has vents on the top, sliding that open when it is hot/too warm should allow enough hot humid air to escape. Depends again how hot your ambient temps are. hope this helps some, i have had wilted clones many times through different reasons such as i have described above but if you rectify the heat issue and just keep them moist, not wet, they will most likely pull through.
i dont know if it is causing heat but im going to leave the lid off at day and lid on at night

i NEED these to pull throuh
 

Rusty Shakelford

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Is that a Temp Gauge in the dome? The Image is blurry so its hard to tell, but it looks like your temps are in the Hi 60's? That could be one of your problems.
 
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