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Hi,
I have built a bubble cloner from information I gathered on this frum and put cuttings into it.
Now after about 10 Days I have some kind of brown algae on my stems.
The container of the bubbler is black so it cannot be a light problem.
The temperature in the room is exactly 25°C and the humidity about 30-40% and the water temp is around 20°C.
I used regular tap water with an ec of 0.2 (which is around 200+ppm) so my water is also ok.
The container was cleaned with hydrogen peroxide, but I did not put any into the water.
I have read on another thread that the brown stuff thats forming is a natural rooting hormone from the cuttings and nothing bad. But others have referred to it as some kind of algae which I don't know if its good or bad in terms of hindering the cuts to root.
It would be very painful to lose these cuttings so every little help is appreciated.
P.S.: My stems are not mushy or soft, they are "hard" but are covered with this brown stuff.
Thanks for your help.
I have built a bubble cloner from information I gathered on this frum and put cuttings into it.
Now after about 10 Days I have some kind of brown algae on my stems.
The container of the bubbler is black so it cannot be a light problem.
The temperature in the room is exactly 25°C and the humidity about 30-40% and the water temp is around 20°C.
I used regular tap water with an ec of 0.2 (which is around 200+ppm) so my water is also ok.
The container was cleaned with hydrogen peroxide, but I did not put any into the water.
I have read on another thread that the brown stuff thats forming is a natural rooting hormone from the cuttings and nothing bad. But others have referred to it as some kind of algae which I don't know if its good or bad in terms of hindering the cuts to root.
It would be very painful to lose these cuttings so every little help is appreciated.
When cloning in my bubble cloner the cut tip turns brown in a day or 2. This is not rot or infection, it's the cutting building up natural rooting hormone in preparation to grow roots. That natural hormone is brown. If the tips are slightly brown there's nothing wrong but if that brown area gets all soft and mushy, then they are rotting. Give it a few days.
P.S.: My stems are not mushy or soft, they are "hard" but are covered with this brown stuff.
Thanks for your help.