nutrients for clippings?

[blink_inc]

Looks like there is some yellowing on my clippings after 3 days.
They have been only give tap water via 2 mistings a day.
Rockwool is moist and the light and temps should be good, a little humid if anything.

Can I foliar feed them with Botanicare Pure Blend at 1/4 or 1/8th strength every 2 days or is this too much? or not at all and stay with the tap water until transplanting, then give em da food.

blink_inc Reviewed by blink_inc on 08-22-2007. nutrients for clippings? Looks like there is some yellowing on my clippings after 3 days. They have been only give tap water via 2 mistings a day. Rockwool is moist and the light and temps should be good, a little humid if anything. Can I foliar feed them with Botanicare Pure Blend at 1/4 or 1/8th strength every 2 days or is this too much? or not at all and stay with the tap water until transplanting, then give em da food. Rating: 5

[Delta9Haze420]

Don't give them tap water at all if you can help it - too many additives like chlorine that will burn the plants. Use distilled water (you can let your water sit out with a large surface area on top for a few days to achieve this). Clones usually have yellowing at the bottom after a few days because, as the new root system begins to grow, the little plants feeds on themselves for food. Finally, I would recommend waiting until the plants have established themselves before adding nutes, similar to seedlings.

[stinkyattic]

No nutes without roots
Don't spray to the point of runoff
I mist my clones with city water but only when they are wilty, otherwise, I just mist the inside fo the prop dome- prevents rot from water sitting on the fresh growth
Yellowing is not a bad thing for the reason d9 said.

[the image reaper]

did you pH-balance the rockwool cubes first ? ... :smokin:

[blink_inc]

eeeee!
nope..

I didn't know I had too.
I did soak them in 48hr tap water though, for a few minutes...

corrective action required?

[blink_inc]

Well, here they are.
Moms seem to be very mature as there are pistils everywhere. Still on 18/6 and this will be approx the eighth week. There sisters just went into flower.

The babies make me worry. I know yellowing is normal and some leaves will even fall off, but do these look normal?

They have been in the dome for 5 days now and they get misted twice a day, at wake up and at sleepytime.

Any thoughts?
Should I be concernerd or continue as I was?
Sorry that the pictures aren't that clear, my camera got dropped and has never focused right since...

[bongerstonerd00d]

For the next time you can buy regular rockwool soak, or just use pH water (5.5) and soak for 24 hours. Either works. Just be sure to squeeze the excess water out of the cubes after ya soak em.



b0nger

[PharmaCan]

The cuttings look pretty good. They are alive anyway and, at this point, that's all that matters.

I would suggest that you space them out on that tray so that they get some air circulating around them. The leaves tend to rot easier when you have them so close together.

PC :smokin:

[blink_inc]

good thought. i will space them out and get some air circulation in there.

thanks as always.

[blink_inc]

11/14 showed roots and they were transplanted into 8" pots with a little rooting hormone and watered with rested tap water .5 litres per plant, PH 6.5, no nutes.

3 wilted to what looks like the point of death after transplanting. I'll still give them a few days in an "incubator" unter 2 cfl's 24/7 to see if they will come back to life.

Thanks to all that help along.