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Im starting to get frustrated and a little discouraged over the progress of my cloning results. In the past I had a near 100% success rate doing the exact same thing Im doing now. Im calling on all those experienced and more knowledgeable than I, or any that may provide a bit of insight to help rectify the situation. In short Im experiencing some sort of dampening off of the stems of the cuttings or in other words, the stems get really soggy and eventually fall off. My procedure is as follows:
I take cuttings from my plants, strip the leaves with only the very top set remaining.
I recut the stems at a 45degree angle while they are under water to avoid any air bubbles being trapped in the stem. I then dip the stem in RootTech rooting gel and insert the cutting into the neoprene disk. The cutting is then put into the lid of my Botanicare Power Cloner. In the cloner I use about 5-7 gallon solution of clonex, hygrozyme, and aquashield, reading at 300ppm. The pump is set on a 15min on/off cycle and the last temp reading was about 81 degrees F.
Within 3 days the stems exposed to the solution have already become very soggy. This has been the result of my last two batches of clones done in the aerocloner, the stems become soft and soggy and within 7-10 days all clones have died.
This is a first for me and I'm a bit confused as Im doing the exact same thing I used to do. Back in the day I could clone and then veg in my aerocloner for nearly a month before the roots got out of control and had to be put into a larger chamber. Now my cuttings dont even last a week. My first notion is that the water temp could be the main issue. Anything else come to mind? Thanks for all the input, much appreciated.
Im starting to get frustrated and a little discouraged over the progress of my cloning results. In the past I had a near 100% success rate doing the exact same thing Im doing now. Im calling on all those experienced and more knowledgeable than I, or any that may provide a bit of insight to help rectify the situation. In short Im experiencing some sort of dampening off of the stems of the cuttings or in other words, the stems get really soggy and eventually fall off. My procedure is as follows:
I take cuttings from my plants, strip the leaves with only the very top set remaining.
I recut the stems at a 45degree angle while they are under water to avoid any air bubbles being trapped in the stem. I then dip the stem in RootTech rooting gel and insert the cutting into the neoprene disk. The cutting is then put into the lid of my Botanicare Power Cloner. In the cloner I use about 5-7 gallon solution of clonex, hygrozyme, and aquashield, reading at 300ppm. The pump is set on a 15min on/off cycle and the last temp reading was about 81 degrees F.
Within 3 days the stems exposed to the solution have already become very soggy. This has been the result of my last two batches of clones done in the aerocloner, the stems become soft and soggy and within 7-10 days all clones have died.
This is a first for me and I'm a bit confused as Im doing the exact same thing I used to do. Back in the day I could clone and then veg in my aerocloner for nearly a month before the roots got out of control and had to be put into a larger chamber. Now my cuttings dont even last a week. My first notion is that the water temp could be the main issue. Anything else come to mind? Thanks for all the input, much appreciated.
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Pure tap water!
