Quote Originally Posted by justanotherbozo
a couple of things that kinda jumped out at me are that first, your
cuttings are too big, if you cut them smaller, they will root easier.
I take cuttings below the third node and then strip the bottom node off when I trim them up before putting them in the cloner. The way the cloner is set up there's not really any way to take them any smaller. Also, they've all put on a bit of vertical growth while they were in the cloner so what you're seeing is a big bigger than they started out (a lot bigger in the one's case).

That said, I'm thinking that part of the problem is that these cuttings came from top part of the plant. Cuttings that come from further down seem to root easier. Also, I'm thinking I might have mixed the Clonex/Hydroguard solution a bit richer than I usually do. I'm wondering if that might have slowed down the rooting process. Finally, the last two clone grows I've run were started in the dead of winter. Then it was a challenge to keep the cloning solution warm enough (I added a fish tank heater to the cloner lol). This time the cloning was done much earlier in the fall, and it's been a bit warmish lately. So I'm thinking that my cloning solution was probably warmer than optimal, which accounts for the slow results.

another thing that might be more relevant to your current problem is
that you have them too deep in the pots, the air needs to circulate
around the plants.
That's a good point, and I think I might be in a bit of a catch-22 here. I actually had them a lot higher, but then the roots won't reach the water, and for some reason the drip lines aren't keeping them wet enough. Maybe I'll get a small clap-style fan and attach it high up on one of the corner polls so that it's blowing down onto those two cuttings.