Clones Almost dead , need and Advice Please !

Lysergicpt

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Hi guys , i took some clones almost 2 weeks ago ... but unfortunatly after 5 days from the cut i had to leave for about a week and a half .. and i leaved them with my brother . for im to take care .. big mistake , but anyway .. they looked nice when i left them with him , now i came back .. and i find them like this .. 1 is already dead i think .. but do you think the others can be saved ?? and what should i do now ? :sad:

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Lysergicpt

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yeah the two larger ones , they show some slighty improves since yesterday .. lets hope the others also , start showing some improves :( .. damn .. tks Hugo
 

kryptoniteglo

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Just try with all of them! You never know what will rebound, even if it's slow going. But you've learned the most important lesson here -- never leave the grow for someone else to tend.

A good friend of mine is an experienced grower -- her plants look as good as mine all the time. And I still won't plan a vacation in the middle of a grow, even if she says she'll look out for 'em. I do hydro, which would require daily attention at a minimum. God forbid she and her boyfriend have a fight and she goes to stay with a friend for a couple of days and is no longer near my neighborhood!

Even in soil, you can't expect someone else to be on top of the water, nutes, temps, etc, the way you would. Don't do it! Plan carefully...
 

Lysergicpt

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Well i had no choice i had to take clones while they still not deep into flowering .. ! and i really had to go on vacations .. my kid dont have to pay for my lack of scheduelling .. :P its my first grow .. so it was everything more action , less thinking lol :P
 

kryptoniteglo

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You put your kids before a grow??? Where's your commitment??? LOL JUST KIDDING

Best way to manage a grow is to be present -- and that includes the drying, jarring and curing -- so look for a time when you know you'll be around for 6 months. Of course, shit happens and plans change, but you definitely want to start knowing you'll be in control throughout the grow.

I wanted to start a new grow Aug 1, but then realized I'll be away for five days in Sept. So then I was going to start Oct 1, but then I realized I'm going to be away 2.5 weeks in January. So, can't start until Feb 1. It sucks because I'm wasting the fall when I'm stuck at home for other reasons for 3.5 months, but it's not enough time.
 
Don't water them every day and make sure there big a nuf. Water them the first time and make sure the soil/wool is soaked, very very wet then don't water again intill there looking sick/wilting, or when the dirt is very very dry. And don't soaked them just give them as much a if it was going to rain and drip off the plant and into the soil. When you cut your clones, make sure your cutting at a angle to make a point at the end of the cut. Scrap away the fresh green skin, and make a couple slice marks going up the stem, so the roots will forum, also I've learned not to buiire the next node going up from the bottom, idk Evey time I buried the next node the plant almost always dies or gets rotten and breaks little while after the plant grows and will easily break my the weight of a water.
 

dannyboy602

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The medium you are using isnt sterile. It's not good for cloning. Vermiculite is better. Better still is an aerocloner. eBay about 60 bucks. There was a kid on here who made one for 20 bucks. But I've lost the thread link
 

Lysergicpt

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yes , my brother was spraying them .. but i think too much .. because the sand was all soapy .. and the medium is from jiffy pellets .. i just put in that card , cause its more "handy"!
I already tought of making a bubbler cloner , its not that hard , but now i will not "transplant" them, they are slowly improving , at least the 2 biggers ones , the other ones , i still have hope then can do it. lets see :) i hope soo !

To be honest i think their problem was overwatering ... ! too much himidity in the dome and too much moist on the sand..
I have 23 W CFL 24H on them right now , and just spraying once in the morning! they already have roots .. small but they do ! so i hope they start trying to feed from the soil and growing their roots

Thanks for the input guys !
 
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