Bent clones?

Hey all!

I just took a batch of clones last night (my first time; very exciting). Anyway, I took from the lowest branches of my mother plants which are 9+ weeks old. I took the terminal + 1-2 nodes; cut at 45, split the stem, dipped in clonex, removed lower set of leaves, dipped in clonex some more, dropped in root riot cubes, misted and into the tray.

I noticed that the clones just bend over and are not rigid. This is causing the leaves to face sideways instead of up. Is this bad? Will it fix itself? Should I do anything???

Thanks for any help!

It should fix itself in a few days its pretty common in the beginning.

im having the same problem and it been 13 days from cutting them. hope they do fix themselves

straw said:

im having the same problem and it been 13 days from cutting them. hope they do fix themselves

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13 days? How long do you plan on letting them root for? What are you doing to root them (cubes, aero, etc). I would hope you are seeing some sort of root growth by now (I had already transplanted my last batch before 13 days).

Anyone else have experience with non-rigid clones?

Are these clones looking bad??

looks to humid leave them out in the open air for a bit

Before you drop into the root riot cubes cut off the tips of the fan leaves, without a root system they cannot support the weight of the foliage which might result in your bending. You could also be over watering/sprayings and your environment is too humid. When cloning I take 2-3 section clones and have a good success rate using clonex, root riot cubes, heat mat, dome, and a foliar mixed with half feeding of B1 and dutch masters penetrator. It will take some trys to improve your results. Happy cloning.