Hey Doc the cones are about 2 days old. The babies that are in the cups are about 2 weeks from rooting. It usually takes about a week to a week and a half for roots to start showing.
I clone in rockwool cubes. I soak my cubes in 5.5 PH solution of BioRoot by GeneralOrganics, then I cut the clone i want making sure there are 3 nodes on it at a diagonal angle and then use clonex to dip the cuttings in. I'm using clonex and Azoz Nitrogen fixing compound. You want to make sure the cutting is hugged by the rockwool so you might want to pre-poke your cubes so you can sit your cuts in it snuggly.
Yes you NEED the propogation dome. Its needed to keep the humidity up in the enviroment. Without it you will not clone successfully 80% of the time.
So once you have your cuts in the rockwool you then want to place them in the dome and spray with a 6.5Ph Solution. I use compost tea and BioRoot for about a week 2 to 3 times a day. Then you will notice the roots starting to come. Your job isn't done..
To feed them you can do a number of different things one of the easiest i've seen is to get 2 trays and poke holes in one of them at the bottom to let the nutes in. So you fill the other with the nutrients and then dip and rise the tray until the cubes are soaked. You can use a gentle nutrient like a 1.1.1, RootsExcelerator, GreatWhite, RapidStart, Root66 and a number of beneficial nutirents.
Another way is to get cups and cut them about 2 inches from the bottom so its like little trays and fill that up with the nutrients and let the clone sit in the solution the roots will take that in and you don't have to worry about air pruning.
Hope this helped bro.
a little update the ladies are dong good I gave them a full feeding today and fed the mother wth just Sledgehammer, Hygrozyme & BioThrive. and the rest with the GO line for veg and some sledgehammer and compost tea.
The clones are still looking good sitting up high only 1 or 2 are wilting. I sprayed with the compost tea today and I've heard it does wonders. Anyways thanks for stopping by happy growin!!
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