Got this in the mail today:grinning:
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Hard to say what your issue is, but I’ll second peat pucks. I cloned for years using oasis cubes without issue then they just stopped working well for me for some unknown reason. I switched to peat picks for a while and was 100% with those they’re very forgiving.
Now I use coco and it’s been great but I did lose a couple from my last batch for the first time in years… maybe I should break the pucks out again too
Also they’re super cheap and readily available
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Well some of the nor’Easter has rooted half dozen so far no signs of failing yet. Have the lone surviving king tut cutting that I put in dirt it’s still going. No obvious signs of rooting yet. Bought fresh clone powder, got to thinking my powder s like 5 years old. How often you guys changing your water in your cloners? Do any of you use any type of rooting solution in the clones?
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I may be breaking out the peat pucks next if this doesnt get any better. I have has less than stellar results using them in my vegetable garden
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So looking back it looks like you cloned them in small cells of promix? If so it should be similar to coco…I water once with regular veg nutes until a bit of runoff then put the cutting in and put it in the dome. They don’t need ANY water again until a few days after they’ve rooted usually. You definitely shouldn’t need to water them at all while in the dome…
Were they saggy when you took the dome off? Sometimes they need to be hardened off (adjusted to the lower humidity outside the dome). Basically you take the dome off for say half an hour (or until they start to sag a bit) then put it back on for a couple hours. Leave it off a bit longer over a couple days and they should be fine to stay out all the time.
Once they’re rooted and out of the dome they still won’t need much water for a while, like a good watering every 3-7 days usually. Maybe yours were too wet? I think it’s good for those new roots to let things dry out a bit and encourage them to branch out and go deeper looking for juice
I use cheap rooting powder I got from the hardware store. I’ve never noticed a big difference in brands or anything. Don’t stop your clones into the main bottle, dump out what you need for that time so the bottle won’t get contaminated with anything.
Also try a couple cuttings in glasses of water off to the side of your veg area. They take a while (like a month), but pretty much always root.
That is basically it. I replaced the rooting powder with a canadian made brand it wasnt expensive but I read it has a shelf life if around 2 years so that may have been strike 1 my shop has a leaky concrete wall(I dont own I rent) theres a sump that pumps out the water but theres an old wooden work bench fastened to the floor and wall that gets all wet and what not, theres obvious signs of microbial life fungus and or some kind if mold. im thinking my problem has more to do with the environment than anything else, I hope I’m right because the ozone generator should help with that. I’m also looking into ways to pump the O³ into the water every so often. Planning on pulling the bench and doing some remediation and running the generator like once a week to keep it clean. thanks first all the advice gunna see what I can come up with as usual you are full of great insight
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No problem I have similar issues in my basement, it’s very annoying…good luck with the ozone I’m curious to see what it does
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Moved the operation outside going to give the shop a good cleaning up and disinfecting as soon as the rest of the clones take or die. On that note the diy cloner has resulted in success.
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Lil update the diy cloner appears to work well for the difficult to clone tut however the nor easter which cloned well the original way has yet to show any sign of rooting
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The nor easter finally showing signs of rooting. I have this damage on my clones on the new growth wondering if anyone else has seen this from a hydro cloner
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Looks like it could be a phosphorous deficiency.
Pic from here: Phosphorus Deficiency on Marijuana | How to Spot and Solve the problem
The plants will eat the P from themselves to make the new roots. You could try light veg nutes in the cloner so when the roots do form they have something to snack on.
Edit: or maybe even bloom nutes because they’ll be higher in P?
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Will do thanks I figured it was either sress or feed related.
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Looks good! Make sure you keep that reservoir clean with the hydro cloner. Use .2ml bleach per gallon if you don’t have anything on hand. Bacteria is the number one reason why clones die in those hydro cloners.
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Finished my greenhouse expansion just in time these girls are taller than me now. This pic was taken today
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