Clones

Looking for experienced cloner input. These looked good until I put them in soil.this is my first clone attempt. Is it normal for them to look like this day after putting them in soil. Its happy frog soil blue dream clones

Why is that soil so wet? It looks like you planted them in mud. That saturated soil is devoid of any oxygen. If you just planted them a day ago I'd repot into just DAMP soil and water just enough to keep the soil from drying out.

Yeah that’s some swampy looking soil. And so you know you are watering a plant, not a pot. You don’t need to water edge to edge on a newly planted clone

Lol

Yes when u plant them in a swamp...lol

BobThe420Builder said:

Lol

Yes when u plant them in a swamp...lol

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Thanks I just water

xtsho said:

Why is that soil so wet? It looks like you planted them in mud. That saturated soil is devoid of any oxygen. If you just planted them a day ago I'd repot into just DAMP soil and water just enough to keep the soil from drying out.

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Ok i will I just watered the soil thoroughly like I do for transplanting I will move them to dryer soil its only been a few hours

Mvelardez said:

Thanks I just water

Ok i will I just watered the soil thoroughly like I do for transplanting I will move them to dryer soil its only been a few hours

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I normally would just say to let the soil dry out as replanting again can potentially damage the roots if not done carefully but those are just sitting in overly wet soil which will inhibit any new root growth and they could actually rot. If that's how much you water when transplanting then you need to stop. There is never any reason to soak soil to that extent when transplanting.

Thank you xtsho I did repot and I also had put some worm castings on top before i omitted them this time and it didn't hold water without them and look muddy. Although they don't look great they certainly have perked up alot more than they were.

As others have said.. when transplanting, just water/feed around the root area.. let them "look" for the the water. This lets them acquire a good root system, and have a nice balance of moisture and oxygen. Gradually spread your wet field out as they get settled in over the next few weeks. By week 5, you should be able to soak the whole pot. .. but!.. let the pot get light before you water/feed... the roots need to be able to absorb oxygen, otherwise, you're choking them out.

Do they need 5 weeks of softer light?

Mvelardez said:

Do they need 5 weeks of softer light?

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Once you get them strong and healthy, you can expose them to 300 PAR, by week 3, they should be strong and can take 1000ppm nutes and 600 PAR.. (not using CO2) with CO2, you can run up to 1100ppm nutes, 800 PAR, and 1200PPM CO2 or more... of course, I dont know alot about your environment, and all of this can be strain dependent, so read your plants!
EDIT: Get a good PH soil probe.... dont spend less than a ton of money on one.