Droopy Clones

This is my second attempt at cloning. I sterilized everything with rubbing alcohol. Presoaked rockwool in 1/4 strength solution of General Hydroponics FloroMicro, Gro and Bloom pH 5.7. Dipped into Clonex then straight into cubes. On day two they are were laying flat. This is day 5. I have them in dome that I mist with pain pH 5.7 water and under florecent lights. This happened to me on my last clone attempt. After two weeks they perked up and are growing fine now. Just wondering if this is normal or what is happening?

fenwick865 said:

This is my second attempt at cloning. I sterilized everything with rubbing alcohol. Presoaked rockwool in 1/4 strength solution of General Hydroponics FloroMicro, Gro and Bloom pH 5.7. Dipped into Clonex then straight into cubes. On day two they are were laying flat. This is day 5. I have them in dome that I mist with pain pH 5.7 water and under florecent lights. This happened to me on my last clone attempt. After two weeks they perked up and are growing fine now. Just wondering if this is normal or what is happening?

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humidity probably what i do when i take clones is i soak the rockwool cubes in 5.0 ph plain water it usually changes the next day to 5.5 bc rockwool is alkyline but i just use a humidity dome and spray em good when i first take em make sure the nitrogen flushed out of the motherplants medium n you should be good but they look like they need more humidity do you use a humidty dome if u do close all the lil air windows of it and open for a quick second everydayto change out the air

Too wet. Have the rw cubes no more than 50 % water at all times.

humidity isn't the problem

I soak my rockwool, take it outside and give it a good shake until its moist rather then wet, take a larger cutting then yours at the moment about 3-4inches, wet the end of the cutting and dip into cloning powder OR just dip into cloning gel, push stem into rockwool about half way down, put a cloth under the rockwool cubes so it keeps the bottoms moist, spray propagation lid 3 - 4 times a day to keep lid moist with droplets, spray plant leaves twice a day and keep the vents shut at 1st and open gradually through the week.

*BUDS said:

Too wet. Have the rw cubes no more than 50 % water at all times.

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Yeah they look a bit wet .... to much water will starve the stem of Oxygen and just rot the stem .

I noticed drooping happens if the air is to warm ... maybe try backing off your lights a bit ...People make the mistake of steaming clones to death .

People make it waaaaay harder then it is. All I do is get the plastic cups fill with promix, cut my clone, trim it up, shave the end, dip it in clone powder and put in soil, water real good with cloning solution and put under flo's til rooted. I usually only have to water when first cut and usually have roots before the cups even need to be watered again. I used to worry about my humidity when cutting but as you can see from my pics that they will root in low humidity and higher temps. And this doesn't just work on 1 strain, I have cloned with success White widow, blueberry jam, supersilver haze, g13 haze, legends ultimate indica, skunk #1, AK-47..... Now I'm workin on LSD and MK ultra but im guessing it should work for them too. So never let anyone tell you that high humidity is a must...

p.s. the first pic is in a wide open veg room with the humidity around 40%, second is a 5 shelf clone cab and as you can see what the temp and hum is for that