My First Grow! DIY DWC & Grow Area, SNOW WHITE FEM FROM SEED!

Set it up and took a clone from the better looking Flowering girl and from Big Momma, now I'm late for work. If they survive I will have pics of them tomorrow.

After all that the pump dies lol. Take some bigger clones next time too, 2-4" long should be like 4-8" long IMO. I'm glad you've cloned that bagseed too, let's hope this is your first success!

tmsculli said:

Set it up and took a clone from the better looking Flowering girl and from Big Momma, now I'm late for work. If they survive I will have pics of them tomorrow.

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Tmsculli, great call on getting a clone from that bagseed - really a smart move, even if you decide that the weed's not that great and you don't keep it (it's nice to know you can if you want).

I'm actually having some cloning issues right now as well, but that's because I'm trying to clone in my E&F table under my 1000HPS with no humidity dome - challenging to say the least, but I'm gonna get it.

Just keep them misted Bob and they'll make it. I can imagine its a pain to do by hand but it will work. The easier but more expensive option is maybe to try a good cloning wax? It acts as a sealant on the plant to reduce moisture loss, same principal as a humidity dome but you just spray it on like a foliar feed.

Man, when I look at those trichs, those beautiful plants, and think way back, about 3 months ago, to when PurpDaddy Was begging you to get a water pump.......
begging you to get the hub........................

you've gone from Grower's grade shcool to completing college friend.

Very impressive.

Well, I'm going to my PHD in cloning and failing out miserably, Roseman haha.

So, guys, the clones are dead again. That thing is bubbling like a champion. It's a 60 gallon air pump in a 5 gallon res. There are plenty of bubbles. You guys said that if I have enough bubbles I don't need humidity domes, but I can't get them to survive for 20 minutes without the domes. I am really, realllllllly, frustrated and upset about this. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. They have good ventilation, good lighting, not too much heat, plenty of bubbles, 45* cuts, clonex, and a little bit of terrible luck evidently. I am almost to the point where I say fuck it and just play the bagseed game forever, over and over, and suck it up that I wasted 60$ on seeds that never got used and smoked. I'm not bad at things, I'm just not haha. I have never put so much effort, time, and money into something in my life and failed as miserably as this. These fucking clones just will not stay alive.

Alright, well I got it set up so that I have even more bubbles now, and I raised the water level much higher. Took four new cuttings from the Mother. I decided not to sacrifice another bud from my flowering plants until I get cloning down and know almost certainly that they won't die. HOpefully everything works out better this time.


Also, a while ago I lost the little rubber cap for my ph meter. Now, every day, I have to soak it in the activating solution for a half hour and recalibrate it because the electrode dries out. Is there anything I could do so that I don't have to do this every day?

Maybe set it in a shot glass or something similar?

Yea, I was thinking maybe just keep it sitting in the activating liquid at all times, I doubt it could hurt. It's just frustrated and very time consuming to have to do it every day and not be sure if I am getting correct readings or not.

Alright, so here are some pictures for today.

Big Momma, Day 76

She is looking much healthier and happier lately, even though I have taken 12 cuttings from her in the last week.





I wish I could take a picture of her where she looks like a fucking plant instead of....a mass of leaves.. haha

Here are the flowering ladies. Day 41 of Flower for them. They are looking good, but I have noticed that the buds that just happen to be getting good lighting on all sides are growing much faster and fatter. I knew that 360* lighting was the way to go, but I was unaware of the massive difference. I will definitely figure out some sort of additional lighting for the next time around.

















yup.


Oh! I called the Radio Shack down the street from me the other day and they have a bunch of those magnifiers that everyone gets from there. I will be picking one up this next week.

you're not giving your clones NEARLY enough time. rooting takes 7-9 days even the BEST of conditions. stop plugging them in and pulling them the second they wilt.LEAVE EM! lol
it's really not as hard as you think, you're just "overthinking" a little bit. relax let em do their thing. if bubble cloning isn't working for you. plug em in rockwool and put them in a tray with a clear lid.
mist them in the tray daily and you will clone. bubble cloning should be done AFTER you understand the process. i cloned in aerogarden because it did the hard work for me.

here is a link to my AG cloning attempt

https://www.rollitup.org/aerogardeners/195196-shacks-aerogrow-8.html

(RIU is having some troubles loading on my computer, so i wasn't able to format that link for you)

i followed the process pretty damn closely, the only difference between cloning there and your clones is that the AG had a drip feed that i took advantage of, otherwise its just a mini bubble cloner.

hope it helps you out my brotha!


Shack

Yea, I am definitely overthinking it, I overthink everyhting, but you don't understand shack, I am only pulling these things when they are dead as door nails. I am talking about no consistency 100% laid out on the top and shriveled up at the tip.

hmmmmmmmm something funny is going on then. if only i was there looking at the cloner i could say "well theres your problem" lol
dome 'em up! that or look into "plant wax" somehow you need to find a way to help the leaves retain moisture to keep the clone alive until it grows roots and becomes a plant.


Shack

PS
i'm not sure that link above is working, some bullshit with the RIU servers today
Shack's AeroGrow
i'm linking you to page 8, about halfway down the page the first 6 clones go in (all 6 rooted)
read back if you want, pretty good discussion from some other growers/members

Dammit sculli post pics as I said man! Anyway, domes wax and misting is all the same shit. If you're doing it right it doesn't matter which one you're doing.

That said, look at my AG cloning attempt too. Those plants surely looked more dead than any of yours and they bounced back and rooted!

I've looked at everyone's everything guys haha. I am misting, doming, and bubbling. I got it all. The ones I have now seem to be doing well, including one that is in rockwool because I decided to give that a try too. Knickers, what do you want pictures of?

Everything dude . If you've seen everyones everything (lol slut) and are keeping them moist then there should simply be no problem. You're saying there is, so I think you should post up pics of anything possibly relevant so you can sort it out.

Well, Knickers, I decided I'm not posting pictures of these clones until tomorrow haha. They are doing really well, and I don't wanna jinx it *knocks on wood*



now, today is day 42 of flower here they are


















Some of those buds are plumping up really nicely.


Here is big momma, day 77 of her vegging

tmsculli said:

Set it up and took a clone from the better looking Flowering girl and from Big Momma, now I'm late for work. If they survive I will have pics of them tomorrow.

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hehe, thats when you know you love to grow plants

alright, plants looking nice man. Here is a pic of mine at 3 weeks old

Fred, toooo many times have I missed the bus or been late for work because I was tending to my ladies haha.

Craig, those look beautiful man. Bubbleponics is a wonderful thing, eh? haha.

Keep it up man.