Are my clones dying/dead?

BobCajun said:

Well as long as they have the beginnings of roots you can transplant, just have to put plastic over them until they grow enough roots that they can take the open air. You can just tug lightly on them and see if they put out or not.

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Yes i have been pulling on the stems lightly to see if they are attached to the medium. some came out at the start. but i am left with 12 still that seem in solid place in the medium but they still look real unhealthy and none are showing roots except for 1 cutting which is now thriving and looks healthy. I am going to leave for a few more days to see if any roots spurt from the remaining clones. but if after 3 weeks nothing has happened then yeah I will just put the plastic bags on top in coco coir or whatever. i am on day 16 now so its not looking too good but I am really hoping some of my better genetics survive.... I will keep you posted...

Here's a tip, when rooting, sit the plugs on top a layer of paper towel with at least one edge in some water to act as a wick. You'd just need something to act as a platform, like a plastic cutting board or something of similar thickness. When roots grow into the paper towel they can easily be pulled out without breaking later. Also, the best thing I found for rooting cuttings are the foam root cubes. Just a little costly and dusty when dry. Peat ones would probably work as well and easier to find.Yours probably dried out or something.

BobCajun said:

Here's a tip, when rooting, sit the plugs on top a layer of paper towel with at least one edge in some water to act as a wick. You'd just need something to act as a platform, like a plastic cutting board or something of similar thickness. When roots grow into the paper towel they can easily be pulled out without breaking later. Also, the best thing I found for rooting cuttings are the foam root cubes. Just a little costly and dusty when dry. Peat ones would probably work as well and easier to find.Yours probably dried out or something.

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Well i looked on a few youtube videos and they recommended putting perlite in the bottom of the tray to draw the roots out. So i added perlite at about day 8 but its just making my medium dry a lot more quickly and i'm not seeing any roots lol. But yeah i think its because of them drying out that i had more problems with their health, am just hoping they still pull through

Wet perlite maybe, not dry. If it was dry perlite it would draw the water out of the plugs. Anyway, live and learn.

BobCajun said:

Wet perlite maybe, not dry. If it was dry perlite it would draw the water out of the plugs. Anyway, live and learn.

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well i did spray the perlite at first but yeah obviously not enough because it does dry out my cubes. do you think wetting the perlite will make a difference by this point? I am only going to keep them on a few more days anyway like i said and then transfer them to pots.

Quit tugging and pulling on them.

Yellowing is normal when cloning. They use the stored nutrients from leaves until they root.

About the time you see yellowing start is when roots are starting. You want to remove the dome and let the medium dry out. As it dries the roots will grow in search of water.

I tried looking at the pics. They were slow at loading. I cod see a little of them. Looks like a combo of normal yellowing and yellowing from too much moisture.

I managed to get them to load. That is normal for the older bigger leaves to yellow.

As long as new growth is green you are good to go.

Go ahead and transplant them. In moist medium, not soaking wet. Let them do thier thing.

Yeah I would put water on the perlite so there's a little at the bottom to be wicked up over time by the plugs. And make sure the plugs are also moist of course,