[jamesbrownghost]

If the leaves are yellowing, the light that they are under is too bright. And don't worry, they will root if given enough time.

[militia420]

Originally Posted by jamesbrownghost

If the leaves are yellowing, the light that they are under is too bright. And don't worry, they will root if given enough time.

Well for the 1st 10 days I had them about 3 feet below a T5 flouro setup with a white garbage bag on a shelf in between them. I thought the 4 bulbs were too strong at that distance. I started to get rot in some leaves. I cut off all rotted spots (small areas for all clones). I cleanly recut the stems as the bottom 3mm's were showing rot. I washed out each container with soap. Put plain water back in. This time I turned on a 2 bulb t5 about 24 inches above them. 3 days later most clones are getting yellow on them. Last night I removed one bulb to reduce the light. Tonight I replaced water with this solution that is a subset of my seed starter solution:

8oz hydrogen peroxide
1oz distilled aloe vera
3 drops super thrive
1/2 teaspoon foxfarm liquid vegetative fert.

Within 2 hours most of the clones are looking healthier and greener. I didn't add coconut water as it's got sugars that could increase rot/bacteria.

So I think my biggest problem is nailing down the amount of light.

Has any one posted a range of good lighting from a light meter for fluoro's? That would make this easier. I saw some one else on another forum mentioning that they put their clones 12 inches away from a t5 light. I don't know how many bulbs they had. If I can get the light nailed down I think I'll be good to go.

Unless some one has a good reason for me to not use the above liquid for my clones to sit in I'm going to keep using it and rotating the solution every 3-4 days to avoid rot.

More advice is warmly welcomed.

[jamesbrownghost]

Militia420, you seem to have your routine down, I admire that. I say, keep pressing forward. My clones were cut from 3 and 4 week flowering plants so they took about 22 days to show nubs. Had them in plain distilled water, in a glass baby food jar on the windowsill in the kitchen...but away facing away from the sun. Still natural light can be harsh.

[militia420]

Originally Posted by jamesbrownghost

Militia420, you seem to have your routine down, I admire that. I say, keep pressing forward. My clones were cut from 3 and 4 week flowering plants so they took about 22 days to show nubs. Had them in plain distilled water, in a glass baby food jar on the windowsill in the kitchen...but away facing away from the sun. Still natural light can be harsh.

That's very useful information. I considered trying to move them to an indirect light area but decided against it for now because it seems like even that might be stronger than the fluoro (I'm in Hawaii). Even more so, that tid bit on when you took the cuttings is useful. I took mine on ~2-3 week old flowering plants. Some started as soon as I moved them outside, others lagged in that process, but all are flowering. My SSSHD haze based plant is lagged the most so I thought it might root the soonest. I'm on day 11 now, so I'll just try to stay on cruise control and keep an eye out for rot since I think the cuttings have the nutes that they need for now.

Thanks for those extra nuggets!

[jamesbrownghost]

Yeah, I do think your in the clear. I don't know if Haze plants take longer to show roots than a more indica leaning plant...mine is a Mako Haze and a Chocolope Kush. The haze took longer.

[Thcvhunter]

How Often do y'all chamge your water?

Have you found any tricks to increase the amount of time in between water changes?

[militia420]

Originally Posted by Thcvhunter

How Often do y'all chamge your water?

Have you found any tricks to increase the amount of time in between water changes?

This is my first time doing it and I can tell you to AVOID waiting 10 days to change. On my 10th day I had minor rot spots showing up on leaf tips and scattered across the leaves. Every single stem out of 16 cuttings had 3mm worth of mild rot that had to be trimmed off.

You might be able to lengthen the changes by adding some hydrogen peroxide in with each new rotation of water. See above for the ratios I was using per gallon.

The changes might be a pain but it's an even bigger pain to lose cuttings to rot, especially for one of a kind plants that will be impossible or hard to get a hold of. Even if you've got plenty more of the same kind of plant you can look at the loss as a waste of your time and whatever energy you initially put into it.

I'd be conservative and change it like some of the other successful posters in this thread. Every 3-5 days seems conservative.

[jamesbrownghost]

I, on the other hand, have never changed my water and yet I have no rot or algae or scum or anything and the roots keep coming in...I'm not sure why that is. Perhaps the UV in the natural light keep that to a minimum? Sorry to hear that M420. That must suck.

[militia420]

Originally Posted by jamesbrownghost

I, on the other hand, have never changed my water and yet I have no rot or algae or scum or anything and the roots keep coming in...I'm not sure why that is. Perhaps the UV in the natural light keep that to a minimum? Sorry to hear that M420. That must suck.

It might have something to do with the Hawaiian jungle that I live in... I'm leaning towards not having the lighting nailed down right in the first 10 days though. I just changed the water again last night because the leaves started yellowing again. I used the same formula as mentioned earlier except I used 2 tsps of the foxfarm vegetative formula. They didn't respond to it as much as they did the first time.

I've been looking at the aero cloner setups. I think I'll try to make one when I feel good enough. If I can finish it before these root or rot I may switch them over. I'm already looking at other branches to take new clones from. They're 4 weeks into flowering, only one looks it though. The others got a slow veg to flowering cycle. I might also have to try to re-veg some of the girls after they just about finish flowering. I have 3 I do not want to lose. Gonna try to do backcrossing so I can get more seeds similar to the current girls if i can keep a mother going.

[jamesbrownghost]

What an awesome plan, I'd really appreciate you updating me on how that seeds making process goes. I also, am planing on making some seed with GDP. I had that strain once and I have to get my hands on much more. Hawaii must be a beautiful place to grow Cannabis. The plants must respond well to that Hawaiian sun. I don't know too very much but maybe that mother's genetics are beginning to give out. I hear that the cuttings from older mothers lose their vigor. Maybe it taking them longer to root than for rot to set in. Thoughts?