Clones drooping over, should i be worried?

Freda Felcher

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I took cuttings yesterday and rooted them in clear cups filled with moist vermiculite. I checked them this morning and they were fine, i took a look a few minutes ago and three are drooped over but the rest still look ok. Is this something i should be concerned about?
 

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cowell

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shouldn't be in clear cups.. roots won't develope if light is getting to them.
I don't see a humidity dome.. are you spraying the leaves ith a mister?
 

Freda Felcher

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Yes their in a dome and I i plan to mist them daily. The only reason i have them in clear cups is so i can see when the roots appear and then they will go directly to soil pots.
 

demonic1

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That thing you have them in is full of holes. Hope you're not just putting a dome over that! Not going to be very humid in that, if that is the case. When they droop over like that, I like to prop them back up with a stick or pencil, I don't want it working too hard trying to right itself instead of just growing roots. Always seems to work for me.
 

Freda Felcher

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The white thing is just tray i set them in so i can take them all out at the same time. I keep them in a clear rubbermaid container. I wasn't keeping the lid closed all the way in order to draw in fresh air. But I think it was drawing out moist air instead. I'm going to try it with the lid completely sealed and use your toothpick suggestion as well. Thanks for all the help Demonic1!
 

demonic1

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Use some sort of heat mat if you have one under your clone tray. That really helps to get the roots going and I personally don't mess with the dome too much. Everyone recommends opening it a few times a day for fresh air but I've found that just once a day is enough and i just mist the plants and the tray for about the first week. Then I mist only the top cover after that and I usually have full roots in 2 weeks.
 
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