Organilush
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Several clones that I've bought have started to droop & wilt within 24 hours after being put into some soil. One I got a few weeks ago ended up dying 48 hours after being put into soil.
I have two right now that are drooping, one is staring to shrivel up & dry out and is obviously dead and the other looks to be on its way there.
I'm not sure what is going on?...Are there some common causes of clones dying soon after being put into soil?
I thought maybe they were thirsty but the cubes seemed moist enough...and they're all equal as far as moisture but this is only happening too a few of them.
As soon as I got home with them I filled up some plastic cups with soil (the soil started as "roots original" brand 3 years ago, + lots of amendments and what not over the years). The soil wasn't dried out but wasn't really "damp" either, had some moisture to it. The rock wool cubes the clones were in seemed to have sufficient moisture in them. I was very gentle with handling and placing the clones in the soil. They've been kept under a light at night and have received a small amount of shade/highly filtered sunlight during the day.
I've worked with clones in previous years but they always had their roots already running into some soil. I'd always place/transplant them directly into large fabric pots and never had any issues at all.
This is the first year I've had clones that only have roots in rock-wool cubes where I've had to place em' into soil myself...and I don't know why they keep dying on me. It's always the same way, they droop & wilt and become limp within about 24 hours, then shrivel up & die between 24 to 48 hours.
As one on a super tight budget, seeing them die really sucks knowing that $10 for each of them is a couple days worth of food. And that's one less plant I'll be able to harvest in the fall.
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I have two right now that are drooping, one is staring to shrivel up & dry out and is obviously dead and the other looks to be on its way there.
I'm not sure what is going on?...Are there some common causes of clones dying soon after being put into soil?
I thought maybe they were thirsty but the cubes seemed moist enough...and they're all equal as far as moisture but this is only happening too a few of them.
As soon as I got home with them I filled up some plastic cups with soil (the soil started as "roots original" brand 3 years ago, + lots of amendments and what not over the years). The soil wasn't dried out but wasn't really "damp" either, had some moisture to it. The rock wool cubes the clones were in seemed to have sufficient moisture in them. I was very gentle with handling and placing the clones in the soil. They've been kept under a light at night and have received a small amount of shade/highly filtered sunlight during the day.
I've worked with clones in previous years but they always had their roots already running into some soil. I'd always place/transplant them directly into large fabric pots and never had any issues at all.
This is the first year I've had clones that only have roots in rock-wool cubes where I've had to place em' into soil myself...and I don't know why they keep dying on me. It's always the same way, they droop & wilt and become limp within about 24 hours, then shrivel up & die between 24 to 48 hours.
As one on a super tight budget, seeing them die really sucks knowing that $10 for each of them is a couple days worth of food. And that's one less plant I'll be able to harvest in the fall.
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