Clones having trouble rooting
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70's natureboy
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I would guess yes. I always use flourescent tubes 2' or 4'.
Sailormoses
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With my clone king I was using a 60 watt reg lightbulb 2 ft away, now I use 200w cfl at 1 ft away and just plain tap water. Tons of roots after 2 wks with clonex
shrxhky420
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How long ago did you take cuttings? What are your temps? R/h seems a little low to me. I think a dome would do you well.
My r/h typically 80 or above.
SH420
My r/h typically 80 or above.
SH420
kratos015
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Never seen that product before, that looks interesting. If you need a bit of help getting clones to root, look into aloe vera. You can grab an aloe cutting from pretty much any Lowes/Home Depot, cut off one of the leaves (I believe they even call them filets?) and squeeze as much of the juice out of it as you can and mix it with water. Then strain the aloe water through a coffee filter or something so it doesn't clog up your dewey mister. Aloe vera is a must for cloning, I haven't paid for rooting gel in over 5 years now. Aloe is not only practically free but it'll give you way better results than any cloning gel on the market.
RetiredGuerilla
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Willow tree water has a natural rooting hormone. Just cut off a new branch and cut into 1 inch segments put in a jar for 24 hours. Do you use a heating mat on the bottom in conjunction with the dome? Gotta have that. Some strains are also harder to clone. Never heard of aloe sounds interesting. Clones like to be warm but not hot.
HydroRed
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How long has it been since you started them?
No humidity dome should be necessary for your style of cloner. You mentioned the clones dont like heat, which is true but they do like it warm and humid. ambient temps of 78-80*F, high humidity and a lower intensity light. Keep the water clean & maintained. Make sure the air pump you use for the mister isnt blowing hot air into your tank heating the water.
Good luck!
I can see the roots in the bottom of the stem I just can't seem to get the roots to bust through the stem...
My basement in the summer is 78 degrees and about 75% humidity. In the winter the temp is 65 degrees and 55% humidity, I have problems in both the summer and winter.... I can see a few long roots in the bottom of the stems, but they just never poke through the stem.
HydroRed
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Im sorry, I cant picture what you mean?
Cold$moke
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I agree hard to picture whats going on with a description like that ive never seen roots in a stem especially if you say they are long?
To the op Red said everything you need to know about aero cloners its exactly what i was going to write
Only thing ill add is i never got funk in my aero cloner running plain ph water .
When you add nutes sometimes a funk will follow if conditions are right .
If the stems not brown and mushy they should still be ok (not a guarantee )
A few 8 drops of bleach per gallon every 3 days can keep it clean if its hot.
And some strains are just reluctant to root or have to mich nitrogen built up makeing it hard for roots
full of purple
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Not true
Takes me 1 month sometimes but I don't use root hormones
In the base of the stem I can actually see a few individuals roots, however they can never break through the "skin" of the stem.
Yeah It takes me this long sometimes
HydroRed
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Aside from roots, what is the condition of the cuts at this point? Sometimes when they take too long to root, they dampen off and will basically just sorta stay alive, but not root. The stem will have small white bumps where it tried to root but didnt, and the stem will begin to brown out and look "mushy". Thats usually about the time one would throw in the towel and start a new batch of cuts to root. Got any pics? A pic can say 1000 words.