chronicvanisland
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Is 4 weeks normal for water cloning? Tomatoes took 7 days, 250w chinese led (33$ shipped)
Water cloning taking 4 weeks so far.
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StareCase
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Yeah ... it can take that long to root in plain water. It's was a piss-off and those extra couple of weeks messed my rotation. I have gone the heat mat and tray/dome route. Maintains 80% humidity and warmth to help speed up the rooting.
They still look like they are hanging in there - though it's hard to tell with the blurple tint. Are the leaves still a green color?
chronicvanisland
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Ok thanks, leaves are green yes but slowly losing life in them starting at lowest leaves, just removed lowest set thats not doing well.
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StareCase
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Yellowing is not always a bad thing. The lower leaves can yellow when they start rooting since the plant is sucking nutes from the lower leaves to help grow roots.
In a couple of the pictures, I see those white "nubs" at the bottom. That does look like it's the start of the root mass. If the water is a little old, exchange that water with some clean room temperature water to give the nubs some new oxygen. Then put those back into the containers and see if the nubs are a little bigger in a couple of days.
chronicvanisland
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Okay thanks so much for your knowledge, i have been changing water every 2 days but will do every day now and see if i notice a difference. I took the cutting that is the topic in late preflower and it actually looks like its growing.
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chronicvanisland
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Didn't have that many nodes when i took the cutting, so it is growing 99% sure, so thats interesting. I havent really noticed cause i look at them all the time when home.
xtsho
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Stick that in some dirt or coco.
chronicvanisland
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Here are other plants just for fun.
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Coloradoclear
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4 weeks is WAAAAAYYY to long in the cloning process. The longer it takes to grow roots the more chance of disease setting in such as PM, stem rot, etc. Adding a little cloning product to the water and using an air stone will speed up your process. You can DIY a cloner for about $50.00 . . . roots in 7-10 days. Or buy one for $75-150.