Cereall
Well-Known Member
Hello all and hopefully this is the right place to post.
Been growing legally in MI for 6+ years, last 2 years have just been popping seeds and having great luck. Have a few strains I really like and trying to take clones and having issues. Plants are super healthy in veg and having no issues, they are still under 18/6 vegging and I am wanting to flower ASAP but need some clones first.
Anyways, what i've been doing and hopefully someone can help, I am currently trying 3 different methods and struggling....
1- Using 2x2 rockwool cubes I have one of the clear plastic lids and like a 64 place tray for the rockwool. I am taking roughly 12 cuttings at a time. I soak the rockwool about 2 mins in 6.7 pH tap water at about 140ppm. I spray the plants twice a day with water and the dome always seems to hold moisture and I re-water the rockwool every 5-7 days or whenever they are feeling somewhat dry. I remove the lid for around 30 mins a day when I'm doing maintenance in the room. Sitting off to the side of a metal halide veg room getting 18/6. Room is 80*F and 60% humidity.
2- Have a homemade ez cloner and have a large plastic dome over the plants, again spraying twice a day and stays humid, take the lid off for 30 mins and give fresh air. I replace the water every 3 days maintaining 6.7pH. Plants don't root but they don't get slimy. Slowly the plants all die and get mushy around the neoprene discs which hold them, but it takes about 14 days. Water stays 70* and room is 70*F. Plants are under white leds that I used to use for vegging and are on 24hrs
3- Have a bubbleponics kinda setup also, 4 air stones in a 5 gal bucket. No dome but I spray the plants twice a day and they hold their vigor. Again, just don't root and die off around the neoprene discs which aren't too tight or anything, just slowly get soft and plant dies from there. Room temp is 70* water is 70* and plants under the same white leds 24hrs
Trying to give as much info as possible, really need a hand here and don't know if RO water would help or if i'm over/under spraying with water. I don't use any rooting hormone and plants go right into a cup of water after cutting from their mothers.
Been growing legally in MI for 6+ years, last 2 years have just been popping seeds and having great luck. Have a few strains I really like and trying to take clones and having issues. Plants are super healthy in veg and having no issues, they are still under 18/6 vegging and I am wanting to flower ASAP but need some clones first.
Anyways, what i've been doing and hopefully someone can help, I am currently trying 3 different methods and struggling....
1- Using 2x2 rockwool cubes I have one of the clear plastic lids and like a 64 place tray for the rockwool. I am taking roughly 12 cuttings at a time. I soak the rockwool about 2 mins in 6.7 pH tap water at about 140ppm. I spray the plants twice a day with water and the dome always seems to hold moisture and I re-water the rockwool every 5-7 days or whenever they are feeling somewhat dry. I remove the lid for around 30 mins a day when I'm doing maintenance in the room. Sitting off to the side of a metal halide veg room getting 18/6. Room is 80*F and 60% humidity.
2- Have a homemade ez cloner and have a large plastic dome over the plants, again spraying twice a day and stays humid, take the lid off for 30 mins and give fresh air. I replace the water every 3 days maintaining 6.7pH. Plants don't root but they don't get slimy. Slowly the plants all die and get mushy around the neoprene discs which hold them, but it takes about 14 days. Water stays 70* and room is 70*F. Plants are under white leds that I used to use for vegging and are on 24hrs
3- Have a bubbleponics kinda setup also, 4 air stones in a 5 gal bucket. No dome but I spray the plants twice a day and they hold their vigor. Again, just don't root and die off around the neoprene discs which aren't too tight or anything, just slowly get soft and plant dies from there. Room temp is 70* water is 70* and plants under the same white leds 24hrs
Trying to give as much info as possible, really need a hand here and don't know if RO water would help or if i'm over/under spraying with water. I don't use any rooting hormone and plants go right into a cup of water after cutting from their mothers.
Rooting in rockwool is just a pain in the ass for me, personaly. Soil-less is more forgiving in my opinion.
