When will I know if my clones survived?
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Careful humid is important make surrre its at least 80% humid if not buy a real cloner dome for $15 save alot of time
Pipe Dream
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Basically if the cuttings look alive and healthy like they are fresh from the plant than your fine. You willk now if they are not getting enough humidity because they will dry out quickly. Once you see roots than you've successfully cloned a plant transplant in growing meduim of choice and treat it like you would a small seedling for the first couple days.
K062706
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yep thats what i did.. the dome cost me 5 bucks and the T5 cost me 8 bucks seperately... and it looks like its doing a bang up job
golddog
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It's not a matter of time, when they are ready. You should see roots coming through the Rapid Rooters you are using between 1 and 2 weeks. More roots is a good thing.
Once they are rooted, I put my clones in 16oz party cups with straight FFOF and let them grow up a bit (using CFL's & Flouro's), before I put them under HID.
I have some getting ready right now. After my last crop is dried, I will put them in my 3 X 4 X 7 ft. 400 watt grow box.
Sounds like they are doing just fine, remember patience
Mountainfarmer
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Clones will take 1-2 weeks to take hold. I start mine in 16 oz. solo cups. I know when they have taken cause there is new leaf growth. The worst thing you can do to a clone is mess with it. Make sue you have a humidity dome, keep them warm, and keep that light on for at least 18 hours. I take the humidity dome off everyday for a few minutes to give the clones some fresh air. That's it.
MMAFanatic
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I honestly have never had a clone not take
ink the world
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I havent lost a clone for a long time, i did loose a few the first 2 times I clones a long time ago......Over the years Ive tried plenty of different methods and am now back to keeping it simple as can be.
Humidity Dome, heating pad, soil in 16 oz party cups and cloning powder......I dont really mist the clones at all I just mist the inside of the dome and they get enough water to survive. ......make them NEED to root by not giving them too much misting seems to be the logic.
K062706
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Yeah, I was reading how long a clone would take to root 2- 3 weeks. When I made the cuttings and placed them in the dome, they were sorta droopy and praying.. today this morning they were vibrant and full of life... reaching for light. hopefully the roots come in a bit faster, maybe a week or so.. but am seeing a positive reaction with this dome, hopefully by the end of this week I will have 30 clones in this dome
ok so i can have my humidity dome running under a 20/4 cycle??? And I bought super thrive today to help the rooting. 1 clone died, but the rest of the clones are coming back up straight after having a pretty bad slouch. I bought a humidity dome and replaced it with my old one I made. and the carpet in the room is warm so its keeping the dome warm
Mountainfarmer
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Really? How many clones do you take/year? That's pretty good.
tip top toker
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I've never had a clone not take that was not due to my own laziness such as forgetting to give them some water haha.
I always work on the basis of if it's green then it's still viable.
I always work on the basis of if it's green then it's still viable.