Clones wilting when removed from aerocloner

I just built a bad ass diy aerocloner. 27 gallon black and yellow tote from lowes or home depot. I'm getting great results with my clones rooting. My problem is when I transplant to pre moistened soil or perlite they wilt and die. Some do survive. Why is this happening?

I removed 10 last week, put them in moistened soil and 8 made it. I took out 8 more a few days ago and put them in perlite. I watered lightly. Some of the roots were long enough that they wereon the bottom so I know they shouldn't have dried out. I used some clean cups so I could see how much water I actually put in each. Only bout a half inch of water at bottom of each cup. Like I said roots were long enough to reach the water at the bottom but they still wilted. What's up with this shiznit?

They become addicted to the High O2 levels, I set mine to run 15 mins every hour to make them less dependent.Back in the old days I transplanted a plant from a bubbler DWC system to Mix and it took it a month to get used to the lower O2 levels..

Vonkins said:

I just built a bad ass diy aerocloner. 27 gallon black and yellow tote from lowes or home depot. I'm getting great results with my clones rooting. My problem is when I transplant to pre moistened soil or perlite they wilt and die. Some do survive. Why is this happening?

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pre moistened soil did it

add more perlite

add plant ...gently

then water using very little

treat as if over watered

good luck

You said you had a half inch of water at the bottom of each cup, you do have holes so water can drain out the bottom of the cups right? If not you're drowning them.

orangeade5 said:

You said you had a half inch of water at the bottom of each cup, you do have holes so water can drain out the bottom of the cups right? If not you're drowning them.

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Like a hempy bucket with a cup. The roots were 6 inches long. Only half an inch was in the water. How did they drown.

The water at the bottom becomes anoxic, which the plants really don't like.