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Aeroponic sprinkler cloner help.

Lynx_361
Lynx_361started grow question 18h ago
Hi, today is day 6 for the clones no roots yet but the stems start turning red. :/ I used Clonex Gel and Clonex spray and 2ml/L Advanced Nutrients pH Perfect Mico, Grow Bloom and I've added 2ml/L CalMag today. I've exchanged the water once and cleaned everything.
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TruTraTri
TruTraTrianswered grow question 3h ago
Probably I've got the same/similar. I don't add any nutrition. Just tap water. If your quality is not fitting, rain water should do the job. Most important is the temperature of the water, keep that in range and you'll need ~7-15 d for roots. Clonex not really necessary. Only if you need to spare like 1 to 3 days or are a commercial grower. Nonethelss, 6 days is way to early. Sit down and relax, if the mother was not healthy ... the strain does not like cuttings or such it can take 20d
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The710Garden
The710Gardenanswered grow question 11h ago
All good they Need two weeks to Build up
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 14h ago
There is such a thing as too much root hormone. Stick to instructions. Don't double up. The products probably use the same active ingredient or an equivalent. I don't even use hormone.. if it makes more than 1-2 day difference in time i'd be surprised. Just not worth the hassle as cloning should require little to no cost/resources to do. Can easily just take cuttings 2 days sooner if time is that great of a concern, lol. Definitely don't overpay for brand name hormone. Find a product with same active ingredient for far cheaper than clonex. indole-3-butyric acid is indole-3-butyric acid. A brand name on it does not cause greater 'quality' from the exact same active ingredient. (spelling?) less nutes for sure, if it's at 2.4EC. Even with very hard water that's way too much. keep that water clean. change it often. Temperature shouldn't be too cold either or it won't grow much. Day 6 - only the fast rooting ones will be showing roots by now, but most should soon enough when doing things well. If you don't see nubs by 10-14 doesn't mean it won't root but probably something less than ideal going on in your cloning process.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 16h ago
Apply nutrients only when roots are present. From my experience I found it better to not add nutrients until there are roots first, in nature when the plant cannot find nutrients in the immediate vicinity it signals to the plant it needs to look further afield in the medium. This will signal to focus its energy on new roots with what little energy the cutting has left in its stem. Well cut stems in nutrient rich water will sense enough nutrition in water to grow and attempt to do so without roots so long as xylem and phloem channels are not damaged. That's why some will grow for weeks but never root. Not much point in rooting hormones in water either.
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 17h ago
I have not used an cloner like that that before, I think for hydro PH is good to be around 5.8-6? maybe a bit higher for cloneing out cuts, and that EC seems way to high. something in the range of 800 or 0.8EC would be more then enough. But let some hydro heads chime in and see what they say. Can also look up a manual or how to and get some ideas on it. I clone ine out in a glass of water and they do ok. I put maybe a single drop of 20-20-20 in it. and its EC is less then 0.3
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kingcrab
kingcrabanswered grow question 17h ago
yo bro that EC way too high for clones—2.3 ms? nah man keep it under 0.4-0.6 ms (400-600 microsiemens) tops when rooting they got no roots = they can’t eat = you’re burning ‘em before they even start also pH 6.2 is kinda okay but drop it to 5.8-6.0 to help root pop faster water temp 23.9°C is fine—don’t let it climb higher or rot kicks in strip off extra leaves, keep just a couple small ones less green = less water loss while they root right now you’re overfeeding sticks that can’t eat reset with clean low EC water, clonex is fine, but chill on the nutes till roots show peace
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ATLien415
ATLien415answered grow question 18h ago
dump 3/4 of that solution, backfill to 6.2 with pH'd cool water and daWg...don't even measure that EC again until they root clonex is heavy on hormones, you can recut, reapply or both if desired but youd be resetting your rooting clock patience is key here... i had a cut of cadillac rainbowz that took me 6 weeks to root the first one, she was sassy. most my cuts take ~10 days for real root mass to begin forming, not just an adv. root. youll learn the best length, location relative to node, amount of hormone, and ph/ec/temp for a particular individual over time. chances are, you got one of those wrong and that is to be expected until you are familiar with it you could take off some of the bottom foliage but that is arguable in aerocloners...idk, maybe for hygiene you could make the argument?
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