Clones not lookin so hot...

vic420

Active Member
so i cut 3 clones off my white widow plant 2 nights ago.. and i have them in a humidity box.. with enough light.. and humidty is around 60.. temp like 80.,.. and there just really wilted.. 2 dont look like there going to make it.. 1 looks like shes going to be allright,,, i usedd rooting powder.. and peat sead starter things u get them moist.. stick a pencil in then stick root in and use hand to sqweeze so the bottom of the stem is nice and in there. then i placed them in already moist 3 gallon pots with soil.. and now just waiting it out.. only watering wen needed.. and i dont know how often i should water after cloning
 

jawbrodt

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The soil is probably wicking the water away from the peat pellets, starving the cutting of water, making them wilt. I'd pull them out of the soil if I were you, water them again, and keep the dome on 'em. They should be okay, if it's not too late.
 

vic420

Active Member
thats the thing/. there just resting in the pots the soil is not over the top.. the soil isjust there so if im at work.. and the pellets dry up they wont dry up to much..
 

DownOnWax

Well-Known Member
Before I got an Aero Cloner, I would have at best a 50% success rate and most of the time it was around 30%.
I tried in peat, rock wool, with humidity dome, clonex, etc. And still it did not work all that well.

Try looking into making an aero cloner, my success rate is now 100%.
 

LetricBud

Active Member
Hmm...if you're using those "Jiffy Peat Pellets/Pucks" you might want to switch to "Rapid Rooter" plugs...Ive used those peat pellets, and theyre really compact and hard for roots to push through them...

The rapid rooters are pretty spongey and hold moisture well... Alot of people use Clonex Rooting Gel, and rapid rooters, and they have great success.

Also, id recommend keeping them under a humi-dome for about 7-12 days...Just in the rapid rooters or peat pellets, no soil...and keep them really moist, but not dripping wet.

Also...Its only been 2 days right? Clones usually take a few days to "perk-up", and from then they take like a week to get good root structure.
 

vic420

Active Member
there actualy looking much better today.. i got another 10,000 lumens in there today.. and the temp stays the same soo sweet
 
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