ATTN: Having problems cloning

[lilappelle]

Tryed now 5 cutting. I made a basic hydro system.

Ill tell you the sets ive been doing
-take cuttings
-dip in root compound
-let sit in root compound for at least 5 mins
-soak (not to much but not too little) promix in party cup
-make whole in in party cup for cutting
this is for cutting im putting in basic soil

Now hydro
-take cutting
-dipp in root compound
-soak for at least 5mins
-place in my hydro cup
-place in under my air stone

So for the first few days its they stay up and nice, then a few days later the cutting dropp and look like hell.

please help ill boost your rep

also i know everything needs to be clean and ph around 6.5

 

[dam612]

a little superthrive goes a long way durring cloning

 

[lilappelle]

a little superthrive goes a long way durring cloning

I being using very little plus little revive. and still nothing.

 

[newstrainnewrules]

try out some roto rooters, there cheap and work for both soil and hydro, i just picked up a tray of 50 for 20 bucks and you do the same method like you been doin before

 

[lilappelle]

also about four times a day i give the leafs a basic spry and i place them under my 400watt hps

 

[newstrainnewrules]

oya whats your temps and humity at?

 

[dam612]

yea, do you keep em ina dome?

 

[lilappelle]

70-80 f tops and about 20% + humity

 

[newstrainnewrules]

hps is to much for young plants, they need cfls, ateast thats what i been doin for the last 5 years

 

[lilappelle]

yea, do you keep em ina dome?

Nah i dont

 

[newstrainnewrules]

humidy should be a lil higher but i keep my room around 72, and 55% and get roots in like 8 to 9 days

 

[DrFever]

i would look for different type of soil like soil for seedlings, etc
you need ph to be in 5.6 to 5.8 range and also try not to spray cuttings after you cloned for least 4 days then once a day lightly mist plants if you got CFL'S , T,5s use them 400 is to much it also be nice to have some sort of dome to keep moisture

 

[lilappelle]

So 400watts is to much. I bought a rumber mate today to of them to make some kinda dome

 

[newstrainnewrules]

i had a friend that made a redneck cloner a couple years ago and had great success with it, wish i took pics it wasnt anything special but it worked, he started off with the roto rooter tray and cut 2 holes in the bottom and used a lil aquarium pump to cycle about 2 gallons of water tho it and took ceran wrap around pvc tubing over top it and just used a kitchen florecent light

 

[newstrainnewrules]

total it was like 30 bucks and plus stuff laying around

 

[MsBBB]

So for the first few days its they stay up and nice, then a few days later the cutting dropp and look like hell. please help

Keep in mind that clones have no roots to feed or get water from so you have to make sure they have lots of humidity (a dome, plastic bag or plastic wrap will work). A good misting several times a day will help prevent wilting by watering the plants through their leaves. You don't need strong light, but you need some type of warmth to help with keeping the humidity level up. You don't need nutes for the first 1-2 weeks either, when you do start the nutes start lightly. You can mist with a little nute water once they have started to root if you like.

 

[lilappelle]

well like i said today i bought a rubber mate contater so i might try and make a new hydro with a dome

 

[Medical Grade]

your humidity is to low at 20% take it up to 60-80%

 

[skolar182]

You gotta spray the hell outta clones as much as possible. Since they haven't formed any roots yet, you need to foliar feed multiple times a day. And the humidity must be high.

 

[lilappelle]

So i built my dome/hydro cloner and and my temps around 70f and my humity is around 25-30