My 20 clones are at day 15 now and have not popped roots. They all look perky with some of the lower fan leaves starting to yellow a little, which is apparently considered normal.
Growing impatient, I gently pulled apart the rockwool on two of them to check if they are even growing at all. See pics.
Some info on my cloning process:
Soaked 1.5 inch rockwool cubes in distilled water at ph 5.6 for a few hours.
Shook water out of the rockwool so it was not dripping wet.
Cut clones at 45 degree angle across a node, scraped bottom 0.5 inch, dipped in Clonex, inserted into rockwool.
Placed in dome under one 14w T5 @ 6500k and temperatures kept at 75 degrees F. Humidity 100%.
Remove dome every 4-6 hours to allow air.
Day 10, I felt the rockwool cubes could use some more water, so I top watered them lightly with a weak Maxibloom solution at 0.5 ec.
Seems they've popped roots, but things are progressing super slow. In the pictures you can see some white stuff growing in addition to the actual roots. I can't tell if this is normal.
Am I just being impatient? Give them more time? Dump them?
EDIT: I forgot to mention these are Great White Shark, an Indica dominant strain. Don't know if that makes a difference.
Growing impatient, I gently pulled apart the rockwool on two of them to check if they are even growing at all. See pics.
Some info on my cloning process:
Soaked 1.5 inch rockwool cubes in distilled water at ph 5.6 for a few hours.
Shook water out of the rockwool so it was not dripping wet.
Cut clones at 45 degree angle across a node, scraped bottom 0.5 inch, dipped in Clonex, inserted into rockwool.
Placed in dome under one 14w T5 @ 6500k and temperatures kept at 75 degrees F. Humidity 100%.
Remove dome every 4-6 hours to allow air.
Day 10, I felt the rockwool cubes could use some more water, so I top watered them lightly with a weak Maxibloom solution at 0.5 ec.
Seems they've popped roots, but things are progressing super slow. In the pictures you can see some white stuff growing in addition to the actual roots. I can't tell if this is normal.
Am I just being impatient? Give them more time? Dump them?
EDIT: I forgot to mention these are Great White Shark, an Indica dominant strain. Don't know if that makes a difference.