sour diesel clones not rooting

Anyone had problems with this? I cloned 6 and got one to root. It has been just over 2 weeks. Just curious. Thanks!

Probably has more to do with your methodology, which you did not describe.

I cloned them at the same time as another strain and it all went fine. I cut the stem at a 45 degree angle, sprayed bottom inch with water, and put them into peat pellets, inside a dome. Sprayed 2 times a day until all my clones started to droop. I think it was overwatering from the spraying so I let them go without spraying for awhile. They look as healthy as the day I cloned them. I pulled one out of the pellet and it didn't have anything for roots. just strange that the others did ok and these didn't. Any ideas?

some strai0ns dont clone well imo, have no idea...but thats what i think. i have 100% with some and 0 with others...big bud is a tricky one.

Gels better than powders? It seems like it would be easier to use anyways.

so you didnt use any rooting hormone...that would be your problem

hom36rown said:

so you didnt use any rooting hormone...that would be your problem

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you can root without any rooting compound. i have put 10 clone in just water and had 7 root.

Ive cloned 6 from my blueberry mother plant & after 2 weeks still no roots. Ive been told BB strain can be tricky to clone anyone have any advice?

Sorry I dont mean to hijack your thread.

mygirls said:

you can root without any rooting compound. i have put 10 clone in just water and had 7 root.

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i know this, however I dont think results like that are common, the rooting hormone is worth the ten buckks

hom36rown said:

i know this, however I dont think results like that are common, the rooting hormone is worth the ten buckks

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yes most defenatly i should have said that.

fadetoblack72 said:

Anyone had problems with this? I cloned 6 and got one to root. It has been just over 2 weeks. Just curious. Thanks!

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i have never had a problem cloning sour ds
evry one out of the twenty i have done rooted

Sorry I forgot to mention that I used the root tone powder. I pulled 2 of them today and all that was there was a hardened end. It had just dried up where I had cut it. There are 3 left that seemed not like they might have some roots started. They didn't come out with a gentle pull like the others so maybe those are ok. Thanks for all the replies!

fadetoblack72 said:

Sorry I forgot to mention that I used the root tone powder. I pulled 2 of them today and all that was there was a hardened end. It had just dried up where I had cut it. There are 3 left that seemed not like they might have some roots started. They didn't come out with a gentle pull like the others so maybe those are ok. Thanks for all the replies!

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the one that don't take for me i just recut the end and reclone. some will root and some won't.

does anyone ever peel a small piece of the "skin" to promote rooting?

fadetoblack72 said:

does anyone ever peel a small piece of the "skin" to promote rooting?

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yes i snip it with scissors.

So growman are you using the same process as I am? With the peat pellets?

if you spray the stem with water after you cut.. that makes no sense.. you need to dip in the hormone(gel) so air doesnt get to the open wound .. i think spraying would force little pockets of air into the stem

try cutting the bottom of the stem into an x with a razor blade usually works really well