Helltownhero
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I am no expert at all...but same happen to me my first time cloning....now 90% are showing roots
Do fresh cut clones always wilt over to the side on you guys?
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Jamie cole
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Hello guy hope everything we'll just got a problem I have some 3day old cmog(chocolate mint og) 7 total and there a lot of them that are droopy still was just wondering if they are good temp always 25 degrees and humidty at 92%
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JohnDee
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The brief period of time after taking a cutting...before it goes into rockwool...is important.
Immediately after taking the cutting, I place stem in water. Then remove once I'm ready to stick into rockwool. Never leave them laying around.
Then into a dome only if wilting occurs. Where I live is so humid that I rarely need a dome.
JD
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JohnDee
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Jamie,
If you trimmed a little leaf material, you would have less dropping. There's a Canadian study on cloning that's floating around. One hint is to remove leaves rather then cutting leaves in half.
This is how I do it now...any fan leaf left on the cutting, I remove the center 3 leaflets...leaving just the two outside ones. Here's a picture...
JD
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Jamie cole
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sound thanks for the reply and i cut the bigger fan leaves the ones that are drooping 1/3 quite interesting i might have to try that tbh but is it to late to cut anymore of the leaves now ?
JohnDee
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Jamie...no, not too late. The leaves transpire and lose water. If you reduce leaf area a bit...it will help. But wait a bit to see if what you did is enough.
JD
jonniepollenseed
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Like the people said humidity and temp control are important . The proper environmental control and they can look great through the whole process . Shade protocol . I take clones and start an 18/6 light schedule starting with 6hr dark cycle . I clone with a 2 trays with rockwool cubes , and domes . I also use a power cloner for side by side comparison . As someone mentioned I use distilled water ( 5.8 ) ph and 50 -100 mil of coconut water per gal soak the cubes in that ,and I use this as an initial foliar spray . I spray the cuttings once a day for the first 72 hrs . Coconut water contains giberellic acid potassium , calcium , phosphorus , magnesium and other plant hormones , cytokinins , amino acids , B vitamins , and plant enzymes . The power cloner gets distilled water and a capful of hydrogen peroxide . After I have fully rooted clones 17 to 21 days , I take them and put them in shade or continue under the florescent light . This works best for me .Hello all,
Every time I take a cutting, after about an hour, it wilts over to the side and the leaves wilt too. After a few days, it does start to come back, and within a week to ten days my clones are standing strong. My question is this: Does this happen to all of you? I have a friend who says his clones NEVER wilt. They always stand strong and look exactly the same as when they came off the plant.
In the end, my clones always live, but I just wonder if I am doing something different than some one else... I've NEVER had one stay standing straight up after I've taken the cutting. They always wilt, and then eventually grow toward the light and then root and then grow in to plants for me....
I'd like to hear what some of you have to say on the subject, so please reply. +rep to anyone with good ideas or thoughts as to why mine always wilt first...
Thanks all,
your friend and fellow DWC grower,
-S
BostonBuds
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They look fine to me, thats how my leaves look taking clones. I trim the larger leaves in half and do not touch the newer growth. Here's some clones I made 6/25, the trimmed leaves haven't lost much color. They were taken off another cloned plant that was flowering so the leaves were all odd shaped. I'm actually amazed how easy they grow in just potting soil, for me anyways.
Dreminen169
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I am digging up this old thread cuz I am still getting 1 out of every 5 cuttings do this to me. They always end up making it, however it’s just getting frustrating. Can anyone confirm that this is do to transpiration? & have any tips other than cutting the leaves?
Gemtree
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Make sure your 45 degree cut is good. Keep spraying the dome if you're using one. Mine never droop
Dreminen169
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I want to reiterate what someone else said to me that helps which is to put cut into dark for 6 hours after cutting before resuming with the lights
Relaxed
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Interesting and opposite of my success w clones. Guess I'll give it a try.