Clones wilting when removed from aerocloner

Why do my clones wilt when I transplant. I premoisten my soil. So it's not to dry or too wet. When I came back the next day my clones that had great roots are now wilted and dying. What's up with this?

What are you cloning in? Hydroponic cloner? Or Cups of dirt/Peatpuck/Rapidrooters etc.etc.

Going from Hydro to soil can have em looking super rough for a day or two.

Diy aerocloner. 27 gallon tote with 15 360 degree spray heads. 633 water pump.

Considering going back to rock wool. Never had this problem before.

Vonkins said:

Diy aerocloner. 27 gallon tote with 15 360 degree spray heads. 633 water pump.

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Here's what I'd do. Get a clearish juice pitcher tall enough to use as a dome for your clone, or something smaller I don't know how big of clones you take, dollar store should have em. Transplant to the dirt and mist the dome/pitcher and put it over the clone for the first two days. The humidity hopefully will help keep the clone from wilting.

Are they dying completely? Or are you pulling em cause they look awful? They can look pretty damn gnarly after a hydro/soil transplant but they should bounce back.

I am inclined to agree with Mr Head, for hydro when I did take clones I used an aerocloner, but for soil I always used those lil' greenhouses at walmart that are rectangle and come with a million soil pellets that soak up and get big in water...I would say go back to rockwhool since it's worked well before. But Mr. Head is gonna be a lot more educated on this...if you're not transplanting over to a location without a dome or often misting, the lack of humidity will surprise the babies for sure...

I will just transplant then put them in my humdity dome for a few days

They may simply be needing more humidity, I certianly hope they come through alright for you! Let us know what happens
Good luck and happy growing Vonkins!

i live in one of the driest states in the us and never use a dome. I am using an aero cloner with great results. if you are wilting then you still have too much leaf on your clones plain and simple. I literally have only 3 leaf halves at the top of the clones ant thats all. I have always felt that domes slow the plants down from popping roots since they are getting moister by other means and there is a bit of shock and stall when you take your clones out of the dome. just been my experience and has been doing great. I have seen clones planted too early as well that literally droop flat. taking off big leaves and cutting the smaller leaves in half they stand right back up 1 day later.

You'd think he would have that problem while the clone is establishing roots rather than transplanting after establishing roots though?...As the leaf matter is requiring water that the plant doesn't have enough of to support. I'd think this would happen in the first phase...but then again I do not clone very much, only a handful of times, so Motor prolly knows more on it than I do.

Sounds like you may be pulling them from the cloner a little too soon. You want a reasonable amount of roots. its not so much of an issue if they are going into hydro cos its a similar environment.

Sounds like they need more humidity and don't blast them with light right away.