clone question pics

[maineharvest]

I have a total of six clones that I cut from a mother Shnazzleberry. I cut the branch with a razor blade, then cut it again under water at a 45 degree angle, then dipped it in cloning solution, and lastly placed them in one inch rockwool cubes. I keep about a quarter inch of water in the tray and place a dome over the top. They allways look great for a few days and then they turn yellow and die. Even the very top growth on two is turning brown. Does anybody know why they are turning yellow and brown. Is there too much leaf on these clones?

 

[Growdude]

That is alot of leaves on them, how long have they been in the rockwool?
I would use a weak bloom hydro solution.

what is the PH ? there is def a nute def going on but might be PH related.

The clones are large but ive cloned hole branches, big clones get hungry fast but burn very easy.

 

[maineharvest]

The two yellow looking ones have been in the rockwool for about eight days now and the other three are about two days old. I added a very week dose of superthrive to the water. Should I be trimming some of the leaves a few days before I cut the clones? I read somewhere that it is good to have as little leaf as possible so the plant can put most of its effort into growing roots and not leaves. I used the same water for them that I have allways used for all my grows. Not sure what the ph is but it has never been a problem before.

 

[Growdude]

I would give them a light dose of flowering nutes, that superthrive is not a nute.

Rockwool can really wack out the PH if you can check it i would.
Did you treat the rockwool first?

 

[smokybear]

Superthrive is no good. Hit them with some flowering nutes as growdude suggested. That will probably help. Make it really weak though. Dont wanna burn them. Keep us posted. Take care and be safe.

 

[maineharvest]

ill give it a little flower nutes and no i didnt treat the rockwool. How do I treat it?

 

[Timmyjg6]

You pre soak them in PH 5.5adj. water. I like to throw in a lil thrive alive B-1 RED

 

[maineharvest]

so how long is the rockwool supossed to soak before I can put the clones in?

 

[Growdude]

so how long is the rockwool supossed to soak before I can put the clones in?

This is sounding more PH related, try this.
Take some plain water at 5.8 ph and pour enough into your tray to cover about 1/4 inch of the cube.

Wait a few hours and measure the ph of the water at the bottom of the tray if its rising the cube is changing the ph, adjust the bloom formula to acount for this and keep and eye on the ph of the nutes in the tray.

 

[NorCalHal]

They are too wet. Do not let them sit in standing water.

You are going to want to squezze a little of the excess moisture out of the cubes also. Also, minimize the leaves on the clone also.

Next time u take cuts, soak your 1 inch cubes for however long u like. I do mine for about 1 minuate. Then squeeze out ther excess. This is very hard to describe. You don't want the cube dry, but not dripping either.
You are tryin' to get the cutting to throw roots. If the cubes are too moist, the cut doesn't have to even try to throw roots. As the cube drys out, the cut will instictivly try to search for water, thus producing roots.

You have to really keep an eye on them. Too dry and they die for sure. Too wet, and they sit there and die because they can't absorb nuits thru a stem with no roots.

I hope this helps....

 

[trillions of atoms]

i soak my rockwool overnight, and do exactly what growdude just described.

 

[maineharvest]

wow!! This is a lot harder than i thought but Im sure once i get it, it will seem simple. So does the bloom nutes change the ph? I gave it a very weak dose of fox farm bloom nutes. Should I be adding the nutes daily when I change the water out?

 

[Growdude]

wow!! This is a lot harder than i thought but Im sure once i get it, it will seem simple. So does the bloom nutes change the ph? I gave it a very weak dose of fox farm bloom nutes. Should I be adding the nutes daily when I change the water out?

You want to check ph after you add nutes.

I dont ever change it just keep adding more as its used up. use a real weak solution and just keep the very bottom wet, dont over soak them.