CLONING Qs

Ok i know how to clone but havnt mastered it YET my new perpetual grow demands a good success rate,ive been misting 2-3x in the 24 hrs,there in a hum.dome ,plugs are always moist should i water anyway?also some started to wilt n turn brown at tips(3 outta 12)4th day in

I only mist the cuttings them selfs 2-3 times a day for the first 48hours. Then I just mist the dome it self 4-6 times a day until I see roots from about half of the cuttings I took.

Once half are showing a few roots out of the rapid rooter I crack the vents on the dome open half way. I have well rooted clones in 12-16 days with my big buddah cheese and g13 pineapple express.

Ive done a ton of practicing on cloning in the last four months and ive finaly have it to where in comfortable and getting 99.9% rates. If I loose one its because I tore the rapid rooter open being impatent wanting to see root development then toss it in the trash.

guess ill ad I use clonex, water with a drop of superthrive, rapid rooters, trays/domes, 4 23w 5500k cfls in a homemade hood and a 3'x2'x2' tent. The tent temps are 73-75 and inside the domes are 75-78 and 60-80% rh. I keep the plugs barely damp, I noticed when there soggy wet it slow rooting. A nice little tool to pick up for cloning is the mondi mini greenhouse hydrometer that mounts in the dome. I love mine, lets you check your enviroment without disturbing it.

thanx, i pulled 1 out cuz it look like it was dying i check for roots n there was some bout 3,1 cm long i put it back,to c if it survives ,ibthink my clones turn brown cuz of heavy folair feed lol,is wilting normal?

Depending on your clone method, wilting is perfectly normal for a lot of methods. Even the fact that the tips turned brown, is just a sign the plant needed some energy/food to produce those roots! Patience is a virtue when it comes to cloning. If the plant isn't wilted over and shrivelled up, then there is a very high chance it is doing its thing!

It also depends on the strain. More Sativa dom= faster better cloning. More pure indica = slower. More picky cloning.

I had a Lapis mountain Pakistani Indica. That even under the best circumstances would only root 15%. It was awesome smoke, but horrid to clone and was a poor yielding specimen and slow growing to boot. I had to cull it.

One of the easiest to root was Jillybean by TGA.

Another thing to try is keep the moms on Ionic Mother plant a and b thats how I got the Lapis kush up to 15% success. Make sure your ph is 5.8-6.3 ( as close to 6 as possable) and temps between 68-74 F. Good luck.

i checked my purple candys and they have a single root pokin out,sonoma comas,n purple aks still hangin in there but my P.princess died lol,i think they turned brown at tips cuz my foliar feed was to strong

STLbudz said:

i checked my purple candys and they have a single root pokin out,sonoma comas,n purple aks still hangin in there but my P.princess died lol,i think they turned brown at tips cuz my foliar feed was to strong

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I guess that is my bad for not asking. I just assumed you were misting with water! That is all they need until they root! Then go to town!

I don't see any water in your dome. My cloning rate is 0% when the dome doesn't stay 100% fogged-up all the time.

BigSteve.