Help with rescuing clones!

daisy2687

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Alright I'll try to keep this short and simple. I'm trying to get some input and bounce ideas around to save my clones. I took 20 clones before I put my girls in to flower and followed correct procedure etc etc (had done it before with success). I had them in peat discs under a humidity dome, misting 2-3 times a day..

Everything seemed fine and going smoothly, until week 2 arrived and I still didnt see roots, but I knew they rooted 6 days before because I tested a few by tugging on them and they were in firmly (I ended up trying them all and only 2 were not rooted..they ended up dying). The last couple of days they have been looking real bad, lots of yellowing and curling etc.. But not dead.

I wish I had gotten to it sooner but I looked for a reason and I found it in the bottom of the tray. The misting had been accumulating and soaking the discs constantly. The roots were saturated and suffocated. I pulled one all the way out to look at the roots and they were tiny (probably 1/16in).

Yesterday I picked up some jiffy mix and planted them all in to dixi cups hoping the dry jiffy mix would soak up the moisture from the discs I planted in to the cups. I need root growth to begin again before I water... Thats my theory anyway.

I've been misting more often (4-5 times a day) because the soil is dry...

I'm thinking about watering late tomorrow...

Any input is GREATLY appreciated!
 

daisy2687

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Hmm well I need input/help tonight...

So here's my shameless bump...

If no one chimes in I guess I'll give an update tomorrow. Like a grow log lol
 

Hobbes

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Daisy try a single cutting cloner - I use fruit cups from the supermarket, the kind they use for cut up strawberries. Moisten your peat pad or pro mix as normal, put in the cutting with rooting powder, leave it. I haven't touched these since February 19 (the earliest ones), no water, they're all rooting.

Biosphere Cloners and a Chubby Cloner


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Pro Mix


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I love the Chubby Cloner


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Peat Pad


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bongsmilie
 

Hobbes

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"lots of yellowing and curling etc."

Are they under direct light? If so move off to the side, shade with taller plants.

How much dark are you giving them? Too much light makes the cutting focus on photosynthesis, give them 6-8 hours dark each day.

You might try something like Jump Start or Recover to bring them back to health. Foiler (leaf) spray. They've been staying alive for awhile without nutes, cannibalizing themselves to stay alive.



http://www.advancednutrients.com/landing_pages/jumpstart_landing.html

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If you can show some pics we might be able to help with the curling as well.

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bongsmilie
 
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