Clones in foam cubes; how wet?

shotrocker

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I'm having a hard time mastering cloning. I'm not sure how long to keep the humidity dome on and when to just humidify with a humidifier in their small tent. I do not know how wet the cubes should be also. When they get all droopy, what are they trying to tell me? Thanks.
 

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when they droop they are rooting taking energy from leafs and turning into roots. The way i have had best results from cloning is by taking a cutting with two sets of fan leafs one near the bottom when i cut i make the 45's one on the stem and two in each fan leaf stem this increases surface area for roots to form. dip cutting in rooting gel the cubes i soak in super b+ and a rooting hormone i place the cubes in a dome and pour water that the cubes were soaking in and leave for a week after a week i start to open the holes on my dome to lower the humidity until i see roots out the bottom remove the dome and put into my hydro get 90% and up doing this
 
keep dome on remove to mist only put back on until rooted then open vent holes or prop it up a little to get fresh air in you want cubes moist but not soaking wet
 
First of all your stems on the cuttings are too long. You don't need 4-6 inches of bare stem.
Also, you need cuttings with more intact leaves. Without roots a clone has to absorb water
thru the leaves. So get shorter cuttings and leave more greenery up top.

My clones stay in the dome 24/7 although I open the dome to spray-mist the clone leaves
2-3 times a day. Sometimes just misting the leaves will help the drooping.

I switched from rockwool to the larger 2-inch jiffy cubes for cloning. I want the pellet to be wet on the bottom half.
It's easier to tell moisture level in the cubes so that's why I switched. I place the clone stem halfway into the pellet,
that's why I want the moisture level there.

Finally, when you see the top of the clone dry out and wither to brown - toss it then. It will not recover
and you are wasting time to try.

BigSteve.
 
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