Can any1 tell my why my clones keep failing I've tried in hb soil and with plain PM. I've taken cuts both in veg and flower. Here is my latest clone attempt in plain PM n I gave it a trans drench then put roots powder in the hole and took cuts from my amnesia lemon and put them in here. Also do u need light for clones to start to make roots? Idk if u do or not but I got alittle cfl light bulb in there with them an since I dont got a dome I gave them some destress at half strength to help root faster and I spray dwn with plain ro water acouple of times a day since I got no lid to help keep humid. But atleast my pepper plants are on point and b4 I transplanted them they were all poking up in the air praying to the led light the ps dwarf lmao. Now I got em in front of the cfl while they heal up from the transplant.
Hi Blaze,
Nice harvest on the GG auto. Those buds look nice and frosty.
On your clone issues, here are some techniques that work for me with 95%+ success.
I have great success with rapid rooter plugs, they are preformed peat plugs, they come in a tray with a dome that has little adjustable air vents at the top. I pre-soak all the plugs with pure filtered water only. I take my cuts from the lower section of my mother plant right before flip, dip them in rooting hormone powder or gel, and insert them in the plugs. I place the dome over the tray, and put the tray on top of a seedling heating mat. Every day I add a little pure water to the bottom of the tray to keep 1/8 inch of water there, and every other day lightly spray with 25-50% strength destress. I’ll get roots in 5-12 days. Then after roots have formed, I up pot to 1’s, fill pot with cooked soil, thoroughly water with 50% strength TP, dust the hole in the soil with our kit roots powder, and plant the rooted plugs, under the lights they go. The plants will take off.
Note: Do not use the kit Roots! Powder on your fresh cuts, but buy rooting hormone powder or gel instead. It is not necessary but success and time to root goes up when it is used.
The dome is important to maintain a high 80%+ RH, and the heating mat keeps them about 10*f warmer than the ambient air temps. Cold cuttings don’t root.
If you want to use kit soil, I have good success filling a 1gal pot with cooked soil, watering with pure filtered water very heavily, like a gallon for each pot, lots of run off to help tame any hotness in the soil. (You could also use strait PM, but I like the cooked soil. ) With the soil water logged, I take my cutting, dip in root hormone powder (not the kit root powder- I use that powder for cuttings and plants that have already rooted) and stick the cutting in the soil. I like 2-3 inch of stem in the soil. I take my cuttings with sterile sharp trimming clippers or a razor at a 45 degree angle. Then take a clear bag and put over the pot with an elastic band, poke a few small air holes, just like a dome it will hold a high humidity level. Put on a heating mat, under flor. lights and they will root. Maybe a few light destress 25% sprays every 2-3 days. With the soil water logged, and the dome I never need to add water when they are rooting. Once I see new growth start in a week or two, I remove the bag dome and heating mat, and water only after they are feather light. If I do this technique I will scratch in some kit roots powder after I see them growing.
I personally like the rapid rooters, quick, compact, and easy. Once you buy the rapid rooter tray kit, next time you only need to buy the bag of rapid root plugs, as you already have the tray and dome.
Note that I never used any kit products in the water, just pure filtered water for clones.
Once you get it down it’s a breeze!
Good luck Blaze