Yes they are the beginning of roots. Barnacles mean roots coming. Add air pump and stone to the cloner tub. Makes world of difference
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It is normal I think, my clones yellowed some leaves before starting to grow again, in one week it will be groing nice.
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When I take clones, I leave fewer leaves on so the plant has to create roots to eat.
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If you give the mother plant a drink of water with an little bit of phosphorus in it about a half hour before you plan on taking cuttings, it will encourage quicker rooting in the clones. Phosphorus (and potassium) encourages and supports new root growth.
You can still dip the cutting in a rooting compound of your choice or willow/aspirin water, whatever your preferred method is, and enjoy added success.
Cuttings become clones as soon as roots appear, this is when a quarter strength nutrient solution should be applied.
It’s important that clones be placed in an area where they will receive at least 90% humidity until they have rooted and new growth has formed.
A humidity dome would keep the cutting tops from experiencing the amount of die-back you see in the pic.
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Thanks for that explanation that is solid advice. I always heard you could give cuttings the same nutrient mixture as the plant they were taken from. And because of my limited space I haven’t been able to use a dome so on average it’s taking about a month before I see new growth develop. This is probably because of the humidity and the over feeding. I’m sure it’s creating more stress on top of the normal stress from trying to root. None have hermed though and I’ve grown several out that have gone thru this yellowing of the leaves. It just seems to make the process take longer than I see others advertising. Some claim to have roots in a week and that hasn’t been the case for me in my homemade dwc cloner or thru any methodology I’ve carried out really.
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This was a clone though that looked just as bad as the one in the OP lol.
Excuse the mess I gotta get better at strategically building the structure of the plant up to for my dimensional requirements. This one went crazy I got big long buds and an even canopy underneath. And the stems just ain’t feeling the type of weight these bitches are tryna build.
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Too much light, too much air mvmt, and too much nutrients w unrooted cuts can lead to lock-out and leaf die back. Without roots the plant cannot utilize excess inputs and you get the opposite results. If I’m looking for a quick turnaround, I trim my clones back to just one or two leaf sets. Reduced lighting, dome for high humidity (70-85% rh) and 1/4 strength aloe/cannabis fpj foliar 1x / week. More often than not, I just sit them in a cup of water on my windowsill and forget about them for a month or so.
Flowers be looking nice.
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