Having problems with my cuttings/young ones

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MWgrower

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Gardening with cannabis for about two years, still getting the hang of a few things. I have never had a problem cloning plants and raising little ones; I lose the occasional one or two cuts or ween out the weak/sickling. As of lately, I think that my mistakes have been causing the death of my young ones. Im pretty sure this time around it was just early feeding (only raised my tap from 290ppm-400ppm). I lost about half of them, and have to assume that they were just not ready to eat. With that being said I have a couple of questions:

1)How can you tell the proper time of plant production to begin feed? Is there a certain point in foliage production that signifies the plant being ready to eat? I guess I just jumped the gun, the more mature "teens" seem to be doing ok and dealing with the nutrients just nicely.

2)On another note, should you be using ph'd water for fresh cuttings? My tap comes out at 10.0 and I have not been adjusting it as the cuttings have done just fine in the humidity dome with straight un-ph'd water.

3)Another question- when is it appropriate to begin using superthrive? I use it and see a noticable difference in root structure, but dont start throwing it into the mix until I see the first root poke out of the root-riot.

Thats all for now, sorry for the novel; but i may have additional questions as they come to mind lol.
 
DonAlejandroVega

DonAlejandroVega

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ph of 10 on water......salty, methinks. buffer water or catch rain, imo. clones can eat after transplanted to first real pot; allow roots to take hold in new pot before feeding.
 
cat of curiosity

cat of curiosity

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MWgrower said:
1)How can you tell the proper time of plant production to begin feed? Is there a certain point in foliage production that signifies the plant being ready to eat? I guess I just jumped the gun, the more mature "teens" seem to be doing ok and dealing with the nutrients just nicely.
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after roots are established you can feed, starting light and working up as they flesh out.

MWgrower said:
2)On another note, should you be using ph'd water for fresh cuttings? My tap comes out at 10.0 and I have not been adjusting it as the cuttings have done just fine in the humidity dome with straight un-ph'd water.
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depends on your dirt; dirt will buffer, but 10 is pretty high. let it sit overnight and check again. if no change, ph it, or collect rain water like don said.

MWgrower said:
3)Another question- when is it appropriate to begin using superthrive? I use it and see a noticable difference in root structure, but dont start throwing it into the mix until I see the first root poke out of the root-riot.
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use superthrive as soon as you have roots. superthrive is some awesome shit, and will make your roots explode.
 
cat of curiosity

cat of curiosity

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newGrows said:
How do I know when roots are established? Is there a specific length or is it some less precise test like a gentle tug and the plant stays in the soil.
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if using rockwool cubes or rapid rooters or peat pucks, roots will be visible through the medium. once you've got roots you can start with nutes. if in soil, a slight tug can tell you if they've taken, but other signs are yellowing of the larger fan leaves followed by healthy new apical growth.
 
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