Cheers for the reply. I did try cloning as a kind of insurance, but despite what I thought were good clones (with rooting gel, a propagator, top notch soil and a week in temp of 22 degrees C), I had no rooted plants, they died when I threw them in the bin. Maybe I should have waited longer, and used higher temperature, as I thought I had the moisture and light right.

I disposed of most of the roots of the main plant, as they were, as you can imagine, caked in soil, and I figured the remaining roots would recover due to the highly aerated medium of DWC. The roots are recovering, and the plant is still green, but itā??s drooping (itā??s up and down ā?? touch and go)! In soil, it usually happens when insufficient o2 reaches the roots, but I'm new to hydroponics. I have ph right and followed instructions on nutrients.

The strangest thing is that when I first put my plant, with only a tiny fraction of its remaining roots, in the DWC, it took off! The leaves where the straightest I've ever thought possible, and could really smell the plant (my guess is that a lot of photosynthesis was going on at that point!), but given a mere 6 hours or so, all this disappeared, and the plant started to droop in a way that got progressively worse until it was really bad! Reducing water level did improve situation somewhat, but only fractionally. I donā??t think the plant is dying (at least I really hope not!), as its still growing some good roots day by day, but that in itself isnā??t helping the drooping, that I know is significantly putting a hold on productive growth (growth was what DWC was all about to me).

I thought, maybe temp rise caused o2 drop, but cold water later didnā??t help the second time around. Maybe its shock and now itā??s picking up.

I would like to get on top of this cloning technique to be honest though, as the only successful clone Iā??ve had was weeping willow (a plant famous for its ability to clone).
Gart79 Reviewed by Gart79 on . Is DWC supposed to be this temperamental? Hi, I bought a DWC about 12 days ago. Against better judgment, converting a healthy soil plant to DWC, by removing much of its root structure, initially produced amazing fast growth, which after about 6hr, slowed, as the plant leaves began to droop. Over the course of one week, a few more leaves continued to develop slowly, and the plant has held its healthy green colour (so far). Amazingly, a lot of new healthy roots have now emerged from the bottom of the net pot. I had always expected the Rating: 5