Re: New City Grower
cool, the dome looks the right size now, it was just a bit big before, plus leaving it off for 30min wont help as the humidity needs to be high all the time, without roots the plant is not taking in any moisture, so it needs to take it in through the leaves until the roots have grown, so letting it dry out just causes it to wilt and die, humidity needs to be as close to 100% as possible until it roots,
when i check my clones i check them twice a day, once when i get up, i dont spray them when i get up i just pull the dome off and 30seconds later i put it back on, then before i go to bed i check them again, i pull the dome off and let them have some fresh air for 1min to 2 min at the most, then give them clone a spray and also a gentle spray inside the dome,
you also dont want to water the soil, you want the roots to be looking for the water, the soil dont need to be dry but watering it will slow root development, you want the plant to go looking for the water, so just mist the leaves and inside the dome once or twice a day, go for twice a day for the first few days then once a day after that, i find that works well and ive not had any problems with rooting, sometimes it can take some strains longer than others, some root in 2 weeks some in 3 or more, it just dependent on strain,
ive also rooted without a dome but thats much harder and dont work every time, but when i have rooted without a dome i use very short clones and have no actual stem above ground level, i just have the leaves so their slightly above ground level and i find you can root clones that way, but i only did it to see if it was possible and it worked but its not a good method to use and you will lose clones trying it, this pot and dome method is as good as you can get without making a bubble cloner or some other water clone method, but as we are growing in soil it makes sense to start the clones in soil, with hydro you would need a bubble cloner or some other method but in soil you dont want to root the clones then stress them by planting them in soil, so its best to start them in soil and transplant them into a bigger pot once they outgrow the pot their cloned in
cool, the dome looks the right size now, it was just a bit big before, plus leaving it off for 30min wont help as the humidity needs to be high all the time, without roots the plant is not taking in any moisture, so it needs to take it in through the leaves until the roots have grown, so letting it dry out just causes it to wilt and die, humidity needs to be as close to 100% as possible until it roots,
when i check my clones i check them twice a day, once when i get up, i dont spray them when i get up i just pull the dome off and 30seconds later i put it back on, then before i go to bed i check them again, i pull the dome off and let them have some fresh air for 1min to 2 min at the most, then give them clone a spray and also a gentle spray inside the dome,
you also dont want to water the soil, you want the roots to be looking for the water, the soil dont need to be dry but watering it will slow root development, you want the plant to go looking for the water, so just mist the leaves and inside the dome once or twice a day, go for twice a day for the first few days then once a day after that, i find that works well and ive not had any problems with rooting, sometimes it can take some strains longer than others, some root in 2 weeks some in 3 or more, it just dependent on strain,
ive also rooted without a dome but thats much harder and dont work every time, but when i have rooted without a dome i use very short clones and have no actual stem above ground level, i just have the leaves so their slightly above ground level and i find you can root clones that way, but i only did it to see if it was possible and it worked but its not a good method to use and you will lose clones trying it, this pot and dome method is as good as you can get without making a bubble cloner or some other water clone method, but as we are growing in soil it makes sense to start the clones in soil, with hydro you would need a bubble cloner or some other method but in soil you dont want to root the clones then stress them by planting them in soil, so its best to start them in soil and transplant them into a bigger pot once they outgrow the pot their cloned in
, every grow is a learning experience.
