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C6H6

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Ok so these clones are 16 days old from then they were taken. They were all taken at the same time once my satori and WW showed their sex (female). Took 12 all together, 8 ww and 4 satori, one white widow has died so far that’s the only causality. So far ive managed to surprise myself because all I was really looking for was to get one ww clone and 1 satori to make into mothers. I got my wish and I have 1 satori and 4 ww that are surviving in a separate box for rooted cuttings and they have been there for about 5 days now and are growing. they dont look the healthiest but their growing and thats all i really care about so im pretty confident they will survive.
Recently some one close to me wanted to get ahold of some seeds and charged me with the task, I figured id take it a step further and give em a clone or 2 or three along with some seeds so they can start to have their own fun growing. The clones pictured I was gonna just toss but now that they have a reason to live I figured id keep them around.
Last night I had a bit of a mishap. I was checking these clones that are pictured to see if they were ready to have the humidity dome taken off. I left it cracked for 2 hours, then checked the plants, and they looked fine so took the dome off entirely. i headed off to school and came home and immediately checked them and they looked fine so i kept the dome off. well while I was busy studying away for the mad amounts of finals I got in the weeks to come, I forgot to check them and so they spent the night with the lid off in a non humid environment and this morning when I looked they looked like this. not only that the rock wool cubes they were in were bone dry. so far ive re wetted the rock wool using a medicine dropper and RO water and lightly sprayed the top of the dome and put it back on. Is there anything else I can do or should I just wait and see what happens. Like I said if these die im not too worried because ive already surpassed my expectation but it would be nice to give this person a couple clones and some seeds rather then just the seeds. Thanks for any help.

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sneakinman13

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get a humidity dome..
and put a little cup of water in there with them.
and only use like 1 , 14 watt cfl over the humidity dome and they should be fine
and did u ever let them dry out severely? cause once u dont water them they droop super hardcore..
i lost one due to that..
make sure they stay wet!

good luck
 

phattybudz

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4 things come to mind:

Could it be too hot?
Are they getting enough fresh air?
Like sneak said, Are you underwatering? Mine drooped JUST like that (...-the yellow and brown cripsyness....)

Aren't those big enough that they should be fed too?
 

C6H6

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temps are 76F +-3F
the dome is removed for 10 minutes twice a day once in the morning and once before bed well except for the incident i posted about.
they arnt being fed because well they dont have roots showing yet so i figure water is the best bet till they root.
i believe it was underwatering that caused this.
 

DIGITALHIPPY

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wow they look fried. im thinking the first few days of the cloning process they were way too close to the light. they dont need mad light at that stage. probably some ph fux too.
 

PharmaCan

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Trim off as much of that dead leaf material as you can, but try to leave some semblance of a top on the plant if at all possible. Also, cut off the yellow fan and trim the other fan leaves.

Clones in r/w should have a pH of around 5.5. Pure r/o water isn't that great for cloning. I use Clonex liquid + Superthrive then 1/4 nutes as soon as the roots show.

I've had clones drooping that bad, for the same reason LOL, and they recovered. But you need to get that dead vegetation out of there - it will rot and the rot will spread to the whole plant.

Good luck!!!

PC
 

C6H6

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PharmaCan said:
Clones in r/w should have a pH of around 5.5. Pure r/o water isn't that great for cloning.

before i took the cuttings i soaked the rw cubes in 5.5Ph water then every time after that they got sprayed with the RO water. was i supposed to use 5.5Ph water the whole time?

DIGITALHIPPY said:
im thinking the first few days of the cloning process they were way too close to the light.

from the top of the of the humidity doam the lights were about 10in away. how far should i place them?
 

PharmaCan

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C6H6 said:
from the top of the of the humidity doam the lights were about 10in away. how far should i place them?

Depends - How big are the lights?

Re. misting - Don't!!! Mist the inside of the dome, but not the plants directly. Keep the r/w cube moist with a solution with a pH of 5.5. Then pretty soon they will look like this...




PC
 

teruso

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use soil and even better soil outdoors... who needs all that fancy hydro stuff, a plants belong in the sunlight not in laboratory... problem solved
 

C6H6

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DIGITALHIPPY said:
i hope most people here agree you should be using floro's for cloning that looks like a MH/hps burn??

yup using 2 27 watt day light CFLs.

teruso said:
use soil and even better soil outdoors... who needs all that fancy hydro stuff, a plants belong in the sunlight not in laboratory... problem solved
would love to but i dont own a place of my own yet so i must grow indoor. i am using soil, just RW for this little expierment in cloning.
 

teruso

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well if you cant grow outdoors... you can still use soil and organic fertilizers. The results are healthier, happier, better looking plants compared to complicated hydro jokes. (no offense to the hydro users)
 
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