promoting roots 1.5 week clones?

Well hi all, My scenario is I have 2 clones that look great which are looking great, but this time I tried a little diffrent, I usuaaly keep my clones humid and warm the whole way threw.But from new reads on this forum, I kept em humid and soaked for 2 days and then humid for 2 more days.. so after around 5 days I did not keep them as humid and wet as I have always done.. So I am know at day 10 and they are looking good with no misting or humidity dome. Something does not seem right though, I am not seeing that big bulge down were the stem meets the rockwool "experianced growers no what I mean"

After all these years of growing I am kicking myself in my ass because I never really knew learned What promotes the plant to actually wanna grow more roots? Does the plant want it to be humid and warm for 2 weeks. cant be because others dont even use a humidity dome for but a day or two? Is it the temperature of the rockwool/stem itself. Is it when the plants start to dry out "take off dome" that the plant figures its do or die?...etc

Is there one thing that matters more then all the rest when it comes to MAKING the plant root. What is it. I know alot will say "it is a little of everything" but that is not an answer by any means to this question. What is the Holly Grail to a cutting?

Eh, when I was learning to clone I had terrible success rates until I used a dome and heating pad... And I still wasn't doing the best..

While learning I noticed when using smaller cuttings that dont fill the whole plug... putting some soil in there and keeping that as a sort of "hat" over the area that is meant to root(prior to figuring this out there was commonly a gap between my stem and the medium) made my success rates go from like 30% to 90+%.

Aside from that I started trimming my fan leaves and stopped misting my plants. Just keep the humidity high, spraying seemed to slow the process for me as opposed to the small amount of moisture constantly being absorbed by trimmed fan leaves.

Just sharing things that I learned that increased my success as I went along, hope it helped.

mame said:

Just keep the humidity high, spraying seemed to slow the process for me as opposed to the small amount of moisture constantly being absorbed by trimmed fan leaves.

Just sharing things that I learned that increased my success as I went along, hope it helped.

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good advice. i would also consider the humidity and temp of the room surrounding the dome and tray as well. i clone in my laundry room which tends to get humid during washing and drying. if i clone when theres alot to wash (three days worth when too busy) i'll use dome for 1 day, then either prop up or open breather holes until i notice any slouching, if any, i"ll put dome back on for another day. It can be done without a dome , i believe, if u feed the mother plant(if hydro) for 15 mins before cutting and keep cuttings humid, moist at worst.

grow mediums initial moisture as well as evaporation rates, ph, nutes and light source should also be considered when it come to humidity control.IMEO

so we are leadin to the temp and humidity, as to what the plant really wants from us? I am really leading to the temp/humidity as the most desireable aspect.

and thanks the both of ya for your input

I find it also helps to foliar with a bit of liquid light the second day after cloning. Seems to give the plants what they need when they cant get it from the res. Also some people add grow nutes to the cubes before placing cuttings but this actually retards root formation from the nitrogen. And if you have been growing a while and havn't figured out the key to cloning and getting big roots fast i will let you in on a little secret. Aerocloner FTW! I bought one and i will never go back to cubes again. No worries about humidity just dip and stick. I run water, voodoo, and a bit of cloning enzyme and i have a tap root in 4-5 days and a full on root system by day 10. Goodluck

Soak your cuttings in a solution of 8 drops of chlorine bleach to a gallon of water for 30 minutes before planting, if in areo cloner add 8 drops of bleach per gallon, this forms callouses on the stem where new roots will develope

I mist with 1/4 str 'grow' solution while my clones root, I usually get them planted within 7-10 days.

I was looking threw my shit and saw a forgotten thread. So I am bumbing it and exclaiming that it is also a strain dependant situation. Meaning one strain will root faster then the other. This is what answer I was more or less feeling the guys out for but did not happen.

So now the younglings know more if they read the thread.

Just my two cents. I have been cloning the same 3 strains now for over 3 years with the same basic results no matter which method I have used to clone. I have used rockwool, with heat source underneath, domes no domes, misting daily, not misting. Soil, with and without heat source, dome and no dome. Also just plain water and dome and no dome. What I have found true for me is it is mostly strain related, stage of the plant when taking the clone and overall temp of the surroundings you are cloning.
I have an El Monstre cross I made from Sannie's Seeds that seems to root in 6 to 10 days no matter what I do to her and within 14 when she is in flower when I cut, another cross of mine that always takes 14 to 21 days. I think it is safe to say that if you take a cutting with a stem that is hard enough not to rot in damp conditions, MJ plants will root once you know how to keep them alive.