Best method of planting clones?

Mr.Cheese

Member
Whats up guys. I have 10 cuttings in the humidity dome that have sprouted many roots, and are just about ready to be planted.
I used rockwool, and a rooting gel.
What is the best thing to do next?
Plant it in my regular soil mis of peatmoss/perlite/vermculite?
if so, do i water it imediately after i put the rockwool cube in soil?
Please any suggestions would be great. This is my first cloning generation.
 

MsBBB

Active Member
first, you must get them used to an environment with reduced humidity...prop up a corner of the dome for a week or so (or whenever they acclimate)
Okay, that's what I have been doing wrong. Everytime I take the dome off my plants they wilt. I need to get the clones use to less humidity first before treating them like seedling plants. :leaf::leaf::leaf:
 

irieie

Well-Known Member
i clone the same way as you, except i take the dome off as much as possible. when my clones show roots i just transplant into my soil mix of ffof and perlite in 6x6 square pots. then i water with just a bit of ro water and put under cfls. after about 5-7 days the roots have grown into the soil and the clones start to shoot up.
 

hampster

Member
Yeah, always easy on them with changes of any kind, and ease them into the lights too or else you'll just bleach them out, atleast if you're using true growlamps.

Why didn't you just clone in pots with your regular mix?

Careful with the rockwool, it easily becomes saturated and that encourages stem/root-rot. I would perhaps try to carefully remove most of it, before putting them in your mix...

And careful with the waterings too at first, the idea is to keep the moisture at a level where the roots are encouraged to spread out, without in any way letting them get too thirsty. Little and often is better at first, until they're established and starts to drink more.

And, do you pot up in stages...?

Look into it. Lots of benefits to it, but it depends on your final pot size of course.
 

sebastopolian

Well-Known Member
first, you must get them used to an environment with reduced humidity...prop up a corner of the dome for a week or so (or whenever they acclimate)
He is correct, I did the same thing, but now got ezcloner cause I make 120 @ one time.
Here is another suggestion, that I use. To keep my humidity @ higher levels if needed in my veg room, is a small humitifier, U can buy them cheap @ Walmart. It works great to for summer in my area, I sometimes use it when I drying ( I hang them, on first trim so they don't dry out too fast, before final trim). Works Great! Peace & Happy growing!:peace:
 
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