The "C" Crowd

[Weedhound]

Dutch Dragon cutting in Fox Farm soil....(enough perlite Rock? )

2 White Berry cuttings (taken at 13 days into flower) placed in dip n grow, scarified, RE-DIPPED in dip n grow, leaves clipped to one inch, sprayed with anti-stress (top of leaves only) placed in rapid rooters with new holes cut in the bottom and placed in dome (misted). One q.....am I supposed to water the rapid rooters or is there anything I missed or should know?

Thanks :stoned:

[rhizome]

Ya wanna pretty much keep the RRs @ the moisture level they were in the bag.
Put one aside and watch how it dries up- kinda hard to describe. If they get too dry, they're suddenly hydrophobic, but till then they take water really nicely. Watch out for too wet- well before saturation.

All depends on conditions, around the RR as well as the plant. Heating pad will accellerate drying, high humidity around RR will delay- yer gonna have to f%^k with it.

Ya might want to try taking a bunch of cuttings of your house plants, just too practice. It's all pretty much the same, and they make great gifts.

[Weedhound]

House plants....that's funny.....with my creatures you pretty much have to beat them off anything that may have once been edible with a stick. I've just discovered that the only reason they don't touch the hydro seedlings is because......well....it's hydro.....

Rhiz make sure you check out my Redwood Tree log when you get a chance. Beans are in setup....pics manana.

Thanks for RR info....

[Weedhound]

Hey Stinky, thanks for the tip on wilting...cause/effect. My new clones started to wilt a bit last night and I was able to to pin it to the light being too close.....before I just would have misted them more and wondered what the problem was....thanks.

They look good so far this am! :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

The mutt and jeff combo are White Berry and White Widow.....in that order....at 15 days flowering (or close to.....).

Dutch Dragon, Day 43 Flower. I had been wondering if this plant had been slowing down with the flowering but I just read on the breeders website that she's a 9-10 week finisher, a "massive" yielder (which I don't think she will be here due to "root constraints") and is 75% sativa. Considering that 10 weeks really isn't bad and with that in mind I don't think she's having any issues with slowing down (knock on wood....)

She's just starting to "fill in" her buds but has some very nice frost going already.....and has had some for awhile now.

[Weedhound]

Well I must say that so far cloning in the rapid rooters beats the bubbler thing hands down....thanks you guys. :thumbsup:

The clones have stayed perky this time instead of wilting, less fungus worries because everything isn't so wet, no checking and adjusting the ph several times a day. So far I have two whiteberry clones and they both still look quite happy. Amazing!!

[SnSstealth]

awesome...glad the cloning went good...still using gel, or did you try the powder opie was talking ab out?

whisekytango

[Opie Yutts]

Well I must say that so far cloning in the rapid rooters beats the bubbler thing hands down....thanks you guys. :thumbsup:

The clones have stayed perky this time instead of wilting, less fungus worries because everything isn't so wet, no checking and adjusting the ph several times a day. So far I have two whiteberry clones and they both still look quite happy. Amazing!!

I don't understand how people can get this attitude. WH, I'm very happy you found a cloning technique that works for you, but I'd like to see you not give up on your bubble cloner. I've stuck clones in soil and I've stuck em in the cloner. Both are extremely easy, and both produce 99.9% success for me. The bubble cloner by far (at least for me) produces a much better root mass and overall I believe it produces a better plant. I've found that if a plant starts with a suckie root mass, it stays kinda suckie overall, and visa versa.

You don't have to check your PH several times each day. I never check mine, but I start at about 5.3, and within a few days it's at 6.2. No biggie. The plants don't seem to mind at all. I'm pretty sure the reservoir could fluctuate at least one full point without any problem. Your supposed to change the res every other day or so, but I don't. I change maybe once or twice during rooting.

You have a problem with too much moisture in your dome, but that is not a problem. You don't even need to seal off your holes completely. I have moisture from the reservoir splashing into my dome as well, and it doesn't seem to be a problem except for adding moisture. It merely seems to foliar feed the bottom of the lowest level of leaves. (I haven't yet installed the neoprene inserts I told you about.) If you have too much moisture in your dome, simply prop up one corner of it with a pencil or sex toy. It's better by far if they can if they can have some air flow anyway. Just like with the capsules, you have to experiment a little to find out what works best for your cloner, but once you do it is way worth it.

Sigh, just my 2 cents. I hate to see people devolving, and it seems like if you start with hydro and move to soil you are going backward in your weed farming operation. Hydro = bigger, better, faster, more. Oh well, each to his/her own. I believe you have an extremely green thumb, and I'm sure you'll get lots wonderful weed no matter what you do.

Good luck.

[Weedhound]

Yes I know what you mean...and I won't give up on my cloner but I want to find something consistent that I can return to instead of the 1/20 ratio I'd been having. (I'm running out of clones......) I definitely will expirement more once I get the rr thing down......but with summer coming and the fact that I am going to do an outdoor grow (with my unsexed seeds) I want to have a consistent way to clone that Im comfortable with so I'm ready.

Soil.....sigh......I guess I just feel so....incomplete when it comes to soil growing.....sigh. I'm not giving up my hydro Op.....but I have to say that yes, soil IS moving backwards in a way. But Damnit... I want to grow something in soil. Something that actually LIVES!!

[pdxguitar]

I just read your entire thread but skimmed a few parts so I might of missed it but what kind of lighting do you use? Could I see a pic of your flowering room? Funny that your cat ate your plant and sorry about the PP. Sounds to me like you kinda wanted it to go though. Anyhow, just curious.

PDX