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Tropicalstorm
Tropicalstormstarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi! Today is the 13th day since I got cuttings from my plant. Two very small ones already had roots and I put them in a substrate, they're doing fine. However, a bigger one pretty much died when I did that. It did have roots (very small)when I put it in soil, can anyone help?
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Benzels
Benzelsanswered grow question 3 years ago
It tends to happen the more leaves you leave on - I actually have BETTER luck with bigger clones but heres the trick, cut off pretty much all the leaves aside from the very top 2 or 3 new shoots.. Like dont cut the top 2 nodes or even just the top nodes but every main leaf below there has to go, but the tiny new shoots right near stem leave them alone ok. You want a stem about 6-8 inches long. The plant stores energy and nutes in the stem, so lots of stem is good. It loses water thru leaves so lots of leaves are bad. take off all the large leaves and just leave the top 1 or 2 nodes new shoots, and try again. This time dont keep em as wet as before- the new roots when they form need oxygen too remember so u need to change the air in the dome or grow box often but also keep the air around 70% humidity. If you go too high they rot- this isnt tissue culture ok, they dont need to be dripping wet. Just high humidity to slow transpiring. I take clones outdoors in 30-40% humidity with no probs. If you have lots of stem and only the top new shoots then its easy to get em to root without rotting as long as you dont go too high with humidity. If you have a lil thin stem then the plant will dry out before the roots develop. Thicker and longer cuttings with few leaves work better than smaller cuttings with lots of leaves like yours. Plant in pic id have taken off more than half of the leaves you left on. Id have left the very top shoot, not trimmed it at all, and just left any tiny new shoots near the main stem, all other leaves off. Id also have gone for a slightly larger cutting if possible too. Have a look at my outdoor caramelo grow,, I did a ZkittleZ clone outdoors in summer and the size it is now in pics is about how big the cutting was when i snipped it off. Rooted it for two weeks and then it went into flower. lols. Hope that helps.
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Tropicalstorm
Tropicalstormanswered grow question 3 years ago
Thank you for the explanation! After putting this clone on the dome it bounced back, so I'll remove the leaves and see what happens.
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Cold_Farmer
Cold_Farmeranswered grow question 3 years ago
The chance of success when cloning as a private breeder is about 60%. If a clone fails, you can't do anything. Be happy about the healthy ones and let them become big ladies.
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Tropicalstorm
Tropicalstormanswered grow question 3 years ago
All my other bigger clones do that if I take the dome off. Which is a problem, it's so damp in there that it's starting to smell rotten...not quite sure what to do
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