I'm having a really had time cloning. It's been 9 days and I still see no roots. Does anyone have a method with rockwool that works?
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I'm having a really had time cloning. It's been 9 days and I still see no roots. Does anyone have a method with rockwool that works?
explain a little more on how you are cloning. do you have a humidity dome, what kind of growth are you trying to clone, any rooting horomone?
i do soil so i dunno if ill help but heres my .02 cents.
Makes sure you get root hormone first of all. Pick a nice stem you wana make a clone cut it at a 45 degree angle and dip into some water [as to much sure air doesnt get up into the stem]. Then dip it into your root hormone and plant into [in my case] soil. Get some kinda of incubator type dome as keeko said, i've found that those salad containers from fast food places actually work good. I fill the bottom black part up with soil [after poking a few holes in the bottom] then i cut to small sections on each side of the top clear plastic peice [for air flow], then i put the clear piece on and spray my leaves to keep it nice and wet inside the homemade dome. So far i've gotten a 100% success rate with this even after transplanting, if you want pictures im sure i can make a write up, which i think maybe i will just for shits and giggles
Well here are some pictures of my 10 Day old clones. It's really starting to piss me off that I can't even get a healthy clone to root for me.
I think i'm going to give it a shot but this time i'll make my OWN hole with a toothpick into the side of a Rockwool cube. I feel that the hole that's pre-made is a little too big and could be the reason it failed. Everything was perfect but I just can't get clones to root.
The whole in the top being to big would not have made them fail. Humidity should be about 85% when clones are rooting and make sure to let fresh air into your dome every day and tap the condensation off the top.
Completely Stoned, give it time, that's all they need. Give them another 4-5 days (a week at most) and you will be rooted.
Try backing the light off a little bit also, they will root quicker.
What about those yellowing leaves and burned leaves? They're WAY yellow. will they survive? :(
Yellow leaves are normal -it is taking all of the energy from the cutting to make roots - I always get yellowed leaves and my cloning is pretty much 100% of the cuttings i take
you may already have roots and just not to the point where they have made it beyond the rockwool cube. Yellowing leaves are normal as the plant uses up its stored nutrients to make fresh root and shoot growth. As long as there is no brown rotty crap or excessive wilt, you're fine.
I have noticed if im having a hard time controlling my temperatures they take much longer to show roots.
Like now in the winter it is usually closer to 2 weeks before roots show.
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:OoOoOoO! Stinky "Addict" has come to the rescue! Seriously, hearing these good things and seeing the word "normal" in these replies makes me feel better already. CS thanks you very much, guys.:D:D:D:rastasmoke:
Stinky.... check out the first pic. Does that qualify for Brown Rotty Crap?
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Originally Posted by Completely Stoned
Actually no! It qualifies as 'dat brown non dank shnizz' but I don't see any surface mold going on and if it's already rooted or nearly so, and almost ready to take out of the dome, the cutting should survive just fine.
YAY FOR ROOTS!
Looks as if you took cuttings from the woody part of the stem. They should have been older parts of the plant with a flexible stem. They are tall. I would have taken them from a node and not more than 5 inches in length.They have a better chance to root with the cutting being tender at the site you are to put in the blocks or soil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Completely Stoned
Well every single one has roots. I opened the rockwool to check them this morning and the one with roots showing out the cube now has 3 already. :)