Wtf are these bugs?

Cwrighty9420

Cwrighty9420

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So ive got what i presume are a type of bug on my cuttings, they are like little black/red beads on the stems at the top of the cuts they are only on the cuts whatvare under the propogator ill get some pics up in a bit any ideas? They dont move if interupted they look like little beads or water drops
 
Cwrighty9420 said:
So ive got what i presume are a type of bug on my cuttings, they are like little black/red beads on the stems at the top of the cuts they are only on the cuts whatvare under the propogator ill get some pics up in a bit any ideas? They dont move if interupted they look like little beads or water drops
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I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm not sure of their name but I've had them before. I never had any issues from them.
 
Best i could do, and alsso some of my clones have this white salt like stuff growing at the base is this normal??
 

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Cwrighty9420 said:
Best i could do, and alsso some of my clones have this white salt like stuff growing at the base is this normal??
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Those are the bugs I've had before without issue. What you're seeing on the stem is where the plants cells have converted into undifferentiated cells. Its a normal part of the rooting process.

The next step is for some of those cells to convert to dedicated root cells and then you'll see roots starting to grow from there. It is a bit uncommon for it to develope above the collar but I've had it happen in mine too. I'd put cuttings like that further down in the collar so that the callous is inside the cloner.

EDIT: I don't actually see any mention of an aerocloner. Are you cloning in plugs? If so then don't worry about trying to move the callous.
 
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SchmoeJoe said:
Those are the bugs I've had before without issue. What you're seeing on the stem is where the plants cells have converted into undifferentiated cells. Its a normal part of the rooting process.

The next step is for some of those cells to convert to dedicated root cells and then you'll see roots starting to grow from there. It is a bit uncommon for it to develope above the collar but I've had it happen in mine too. I'd put cuttings like that further down in the collar so that the callous is inside the cloner.

EDIT: I don't actually see any mention of an aerocloner. Are you cloning in plugs? If so then don't worry about trying to move the callous.
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They're strange little things I don't like em, lol I'd like to know what they are and no aero cloner just normal propagator and jiffys thanks for the reply bro much appreciated
 
Cwrighty9420 said:
Never seen this happen before tbh I've seen it in older plants but not clones and I've taken a good few hundred clones in my time
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I quit using aerocloners a few years back. I have a max capacity of 400 with a turn around time of 7 days but the most I usually do is 2 or 3 batches of 200 in the beginning of the outdoor season. Other than that it's usually just a few dozen at a time every 30 days.

I forgot to mention that while I've had a few batches of clones in aerocloners get them I've never seen them in plugs.
 
The critters in the first two pics dont seem to reproduce quick enough to do much damage. But the third pic id be concerned about. If you can pick them off they are definitely scales. Insidious bastards sit there looking all innocent while sucking nutrients, life out of your gals.

Good luck.
 
Warpedpassage said:
The critters in the first two pics dont seem to reproduce quick enough to do much damage. But the third pic id be concerned about. If you can pick them off they are definitely scales. Insidious bastards sit there looking all innocent while sucking nutrients, life out of your gals.

Good luck.
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Is this what you are talking about?
 

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That's the third picture they're talking about but that's the callous where the cutting is working on growing roots. You don't want to mess with that at all.
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I could be entirely wrong, but ive neve seen callouses like that. See if you can remove just a couple. If they continue to reproduce up the stem. The are scales. If your cut becomes stunted during next couple weeks, it scales. Hoping im wrong and like schmoe said they are just callouses and nothing to fret over.
 
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