why won't my cuttings root

[Slappy95633]

OK well as of right know nothing has changed at all they still pretty much look like they did the day i took them so i don't know yet.... and i also cut the fan leaves on a couple to see if that would help in comparison to the not cut ones.

[Slappy95633]

OK so as of tonight it will be the end of the 9th day sens i took the cuttings and still nothing different from day one besides the leaves look a little droopy but not really

[stra8outtaWeed]

:jointsmile:do your self a favor and just get rapid rooters in a 1020 tray with a dome.

one thing i found in getting good success regardless of the method is to cut the stem under water with a clean razor! air bubbles happen on the end of the cutting not allowing it to take any moisture to form roots! that may be the problem!:smokin:

[DogtowN]

OK so as of tonight it will be the end of the 9th day sens i took the cuttings and still nothing different from day one besides the leaves look a little droopy but not really

They look good but I have a couple suggestions. It looks like you're using one of those cheap _X-MAS Totes_ They are not very good at blocking out light. It looks like there is a lot of light intensity too. Put those two things together and it might be whats holding them back. If you have not added something under the red cover to help block out the light then I guarantee that it's pretty bright inside. You don't need that much light to root them.

[headshake]

:jointsmile:do your self a favor and just get rapid rooters in a 1020 tray with a dome.

one thing i found in getting good success regardless of the method is to cut the stem under water with a clean razor! air bubbles happen on the end of the cutting not allowing it to take any moisture to form roots! that may be the problem!:smokin:

or you can just cut it at a 45 degree angle.

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my bad, too late to edit. what i meant to say is that cutting at a 45 degree angle helps eliminate embolisms.

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[Slappy95633]

yeah i just peeked under the top and it is kind of bright in there so what should i do just spray paint the out side or something?

[headshake]

anything that will keep the light out. but it's unlikely that this is majorly impacting the rooting of your clones. what the light will do is increase the chances of getting algae in your res.

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[maro69camaro]

Got a picture of your cloner? Is it lightproof? If not at 75+degrees you got algae/funk. what ph is your water? I recommend 5.6-6, others might disagree. Pitch the olivias and get dip and grow and you want your humidity to be 80%. good luck

im glad i ran across this. i also built a very simaler setup but havent used it yet, but it is dark green and i thought ya no light will get in. after reading this i went and put my phone in video mode and put it in, closed it all up and just ran it under a 400hps and i must say wow. way to much light, the light just burns right thru and im sure it will discourage rooting. im going to fix this problem before i use it for sure.:thumbsup:

[Slappy95633]

yea ok so i don't have the time and money to continue to keep fucking with this clone box and the clones did not root. So i got some of those rock wool cubes and a tray with a humidity dome which is the way my buddy dose it and it works great so i guess we shall see how it goes. thanks for all of the advice and when i do get the money and try it again i will post new info.