Possible to save these clones?

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CrustyWires

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I'm having difficulty keeping my clones Alive after transferring them from my mister cloner.

I made sure to keep the root legs as far apart as possible in the soil as opposed to just dumping them in like a tangled root all.

Also I provided different soilwetness levels.

From the 12 below.

4 soil very wet
4 soil medium.
4 soil little wet

However all of them are wilting and look lie they wont make it.

I've added a picture of how developed the roots were

I don't know what to do anymore.



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dwc420letsgo

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Sometimes after transplanting clones I’ve gotten this but they eventually perk back up after a few hours

Edit: after looking at your clone tray, did you transplant them with only one little tiny root sticking out of the cutting?
 
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CrustyWires

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The picture of wilting clones is 48 hours after... they've ben like this for 2 days now.

No I didn't Transplant with 1 root... I added a picture of what the roots looked like... atleast 6 root legs.

Also, I will try misting now to see if it does anything
 
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dwc420letsgo

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In the pic you posted, I only see one clone which has roots big enough to transplant IMO. Looks to me like they are drowning since they can’t drink all that water in the soil, since the roots are still undeveloped
 
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CrustyWires

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dwc420letsgo said:
In the pic you posted, I only see one clone which has roots big enough to transplant IMO. Looks to me like they are drowning since they can’t drink all that water in the soil, since the roots are still undeveloped
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The root with 10legs or so is what they all looked like... ignoring the ones in the background...
 
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CrustyWires

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Well, you may have a point with the light and root zone, but in this instance that's not the reason thst the clones are wilting... so it won't do anything
 
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CrustyWires

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Overall I'm interested in transplanting and not having this issue... I'd like to know with some certainty that my clones will live and take off ASAP.... right now they are clinging onto life.



There must be a better way, perhaps its letting the roots get even bigger?
 
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dwc420letsgo

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I literally haven’t paid a lot of attention to these clones but I like to have a big root system before transplanting. These have been like 3 weeks there in the tray. I assure u if u wait till the roots are like this you will be good.
 

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Relaxed

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Here's the fix. I don;t transplant clones till I see several like 3 or 4 plus roots clearly outside clone not like above thats weeks down the road too long. Then I transplant to a 5 gallon final pot. you are stressing them repotting them too much. The key to this transition is to get plastic bags see thru and slight mist the inside bag and place over these clones. after a day take plastic bag off for 30 minutes usually dropping so mist and place bag over again. next day do it again till day 3-4 they wont drop and your are ready to go. I would not put clones in a tiny cup but some do. final pot never fails me water. Ive found pretty huge plastic bags that work perfectly over complete 5 gallon pots making this zero stress 100 percent success......One thing I didn;t mention is after day 3-4 of cutting a clone at start I only mist the box or bag and never the plant leaves again. keeps them happy an adusted. Now send me money for this lesson....lol
 
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Relaxed

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dwc420letsgo said:
I literally haven’t paid a lot of attention to these clones but I like to have a big root system before transplanting. These have been like 3 weeks there in the tray. I assure u if u wait till the roots are like this you will be good.
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nice roots. Id have mine planted over a week earlier 100 percent successful. Your cool this way but too long in my experience. specially if itching to pot.
 
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dwc420letsgo

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Relaxed said:
nice roots. Id have mine planted over a week earlier 100 percent successful. Your cool this way but too long in my experience. specially if itching to pot.
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I was vegging 10 plants in the closet + 2 autoflowers so I kinda ran out of space lol, that’s why they are still in the cloner but yeah def would have transplanted a little sooner if i had the space or was on a tight schedule. Just wanted to show that maybe with more robust root system they’d already be back in growth mode.
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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CrustyWires said:
Overall I'm interested in transplanting and not having this issue... I'd like to know with some certainty that my clones will live and take off ASAP.... right now they are clinging onto life.



There must be a better way, perhaps its letting the roots get even bigger?
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Never had the issue but perhaps they are going from too big of a humidity difference.

Personally I don't use a cloner, just a seed cell tray and pure perlite with an inch of water, never need to mist them or use a dome.

So that could be a good intermediate step for you to try, just bang them in small pots with only perlite, sat in an inch of water.

Failing that you'll have to try potting up and straight into a dome.

Or just wait till there's way more root mass before removing them from the cloner.
More roots equal better success and leaving them in a cloner an extra week will give you a plant that's quicker to thriving so it's not lost time.. no rush is there, folk get too hung up on getting roots fast, no use if this is what's happening when you transplant.
 
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