Clones wilting in aerocloner?

[justice8965]

Hey guys, I'm trying to successfully take my first clones. I'm using a clone king aerocloner, RO water with clonex + hormex (griffin tech), ph'ed around 6. pump runs 24/7 and the water stays below 70f. Room is around 66f/70rh. After two days in the cloner most of them are wilting already. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Are my cuttings too small?

 

[Kgrim]

I just took 16 cuttings Sunday, only 2 "drooped" on Monday. Foliar fed them, and they bounced back up within an hour. Non Ph'd well water, dipped cuttings in Aloe slurry, 2 Tbsp Azos added to water, plugged cloner in, and away we went.
Temps in room are 75deg, 55%RH, no dome, and none of them have dropped since Monday, have always run my cloner the same exact way, and have had 98% success with them rooting.
I wouldn't say your cuttings are too small, give them some time, in the past, some of mine have drooped, but they always seem to take. I made a homemade cloner about 12 years ago that my buddy still uses to this day with just a small tub, an air pump, and 2 air stones, and he has around a 97% success ratio. I wouldn't worry unless they start to dry up, keep them under LOW light, I use an old T8 fixture with plant bulbs, 56 watts, foliar feed twice daily and they always seem to sprout roots in 7-10 days.

 

[justice8965]

I just took 16 cuttings Sunday, only 2 "drooped" on Monday. Foliar fed them, and they bounced back up within an hour. Non Ph'd well water, dipped cuttings in Aloe slurry, 2 Tbsp Azos added to water, plugged cloner in, and away we went.
Temps in room are 75deg, 55%RH, no dome, and none of them have dropped since Monday, have always run my cloner the same exact way, and have had 100% success with them rooting.

Hmm so maybe use tap water instead of RO? Also, what do you foliar feed with?

 

[Kgrim]

Hmm so maybe use tap water instead of RO? Also, what do you foliar feed with?

I just foliar feed well water straight from my tap. It's all kinds of whacked, high calcium, high PH, and by all rights, is way out of the "zone" for growing cannabis, but my plants all seem to love it, and I don't have to waste time with PH up, PH down, EC adjustments, etc. Just water and go.

 

[bubba73]

If you have a 2L soda bottle or a 16 oz , cut it in half and use as a dome over the plant that has issues…. Seems a few are having issue with the humidity .

 

[Herb & Suds]

You don't foliar feed unrooted clones
You want them searching for food
If they droop or turn yellow it is par for the course
I also don't take such woody cuts as they take longer to root

 

[justice8965]

You don't foliar feed unrooted clones
You want them searching for food
If they droop or turn yellow it is par for the course
I also don't take such woody cuts as they take longer to root

Yeah I'm probably worrying too early haha. What do you mean by woody?

 

[Herb & Suds]

Yeah I'm probably worrying too early haha. What do you mean by woody?

Thick older branches are slower to root than young nubile ones

 

[justice8965]

Thick older branches are slower to root than young nubile ones

Gotcha. Most of these cuttings are newer stems, I didn't want to take any of the bigger branches since I need them to fill out the tent

 

[Grojak]

Aero cloners are magical, I have cuts that have yellowing dying leaves in my cloner, but after 2 weeks I had roots. When I have clones like this I let them live in the cloner til they actually show signs of veg growth to ensure I don’t lose them on transplant.

I use tap water with 5ml clonex Solution per gal, ph’d to 5.5-5.8 I don’t get to specific.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

Your temps are practically freezing for clones.