Hard Time Cloning

OneHit · Apr 26, 2009

I use rooting powder. I do have 100% success rate with the rapid rooters, but its just the length of time. Ive seen some of these aeroponic cloners get amazing roots in 8 days, and wonder if I could do the same with rooters.

What temp does the mat keep things anyways?

HOZ · Apr 26, 2009

I've just been using plain PHd tap water until they show roots, then switch over to a low strength mixture and work them up to full concentration over a couple weeks.

This is in rockwool with some no name rooting powder. I've only lost one out of 30 or so I've done (i'm a noob still).

bigwheel · Apr 30, 2009

Well thanks for the tip. My current plans is to mix what leftover un nuted Pearlite I have (baked in the oven to kill the germs) and combine it 50/50 with the Turface.I think that should work. I did a trial run on the Turface alone and it seems to hold water fairly good and doesn't change the ph of the water at all. Got a little leftover vermacelluite (sic) which I might throw in just to be on the safe side. Thanks.

bigwheel said:
Well I did my first batch of clones a month or so back. I do the Hempy Bucket system in gallon buckets with Pearlite. I screwed up cause all the Pearlite I could find where they was not getting nosey was sorry assed Miracle Grow Pearlite with built in plant food. Put a dome over them and misted them down with light nutes 5 times a day and with the moisture dome (disposable plastic lid off a store bought cake) in place under CFL's for about a week. Fortunantly was on vacation so I was there ready to squirt. The plants are running hot and cold turning yellow on some leaves while others look nice n green. Seems like when I give em a few nutes it hurts em...guessing it combining with the Miracle grow to over nute it is all I can figure. I dump perfectly ph water on there and it comes out near off the charts as being too high in the runoff water. Even went so far as to dump out what loose Pearlite I could and refill with real un nuted Pearlite. Is here any hope for me and my babies? Any suggestions welcome except that I dont buy any more Miracle Grow Pearlite. I learnt that lesson already. I also went and bought a 50 pound bag of Turface Game Saver and think I give that a try instead of Pearlite next time. What yall think? I need to start blooming purty soon.

Big Wheel

OneHit · May 11, 2009

Just wanted you all to know that I tried the cloning without the humidity dome, using just a egg carton and rapid rooters. The clones rooted MUCH faster, with much more roots. I would definitely recommended to do it that way. Just wanted to share

Oh yeah, I took the clones 2 weeks after flowering as recommended by fdd, he says they root faster that way, rooted in like a week, compared to 2weeks with the humidity dome, and much more roots

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