Hey mates!
Im learning from this community for a long time now and i like the helpful ppl here. Now i need some really serious help.
Im growing for almost a year now but i really want to learn the best method for cloning becouse im having hard time making my cuttings to show roots.
First of all i wanna say that ive made 2times 100% attempts on cloning. I thought i know the drill but it seems im not. In a month ago i had a really hard time to root my clones with Rootit/rockwool cloning cubes so i decided to buy an aero cloner for better results.
Now its my 4th attempt with the aero cloner and i lost all my clones every time wich is quite embarassing.
Im using a nutriculture aero propagator for 20 plants. My cellars growing parts temp is around 75 all the time. Im using a dehumidifier wich keeps the room in the acceptable range 50-55% humidity.
Im using t5 lights for the entire grow room. When im cloning i switch off one of my t5 fixtures so the clones can stay in shaded light.
Im using an airstone and an aqarium heater to provide good oxigenated water for my cuttings. I tried the first time with 80-81 F water. I used GHE Bio Roots for the water wich is an RO water with 70ppm. After 4-5 days i noticed that the cuttings started to wilt in the top and the stems end are turned dark green-gray and turned soft even slimy. Like a bacterial or fungi infection. I tried again with bio roots again but still the same results.
In the first couple of days i always misted the plants once a day with superthrived(0,5ml/500ml) water but that doesnt helped.
I tried 1 more with tap/distileld water instead of ro water but they died again.
After every attempt im flushing my cloner with clorox bleach solution and flush all of the little parts , root cellars , airstone and everything with antibacterial solution.
For the last attempt i lowered the waters temp to 78F. I added ro water again and used a light amount of GHE flora micro to push my waters ppm to 250. Everything seemed perfect until day 5. I noticed the same problem again. The cuttings end started to turn purple-green like and softy even slimy. The clones looked really good at the top but some started to wilt and showed purple like colours. The ph is between 6.5-7.0 all the time. Im using a dome but since its an aero cloner i have opened the holes in the top so i can provide a good environment.
The cuttings made from a really healthy mother plant so that shouldnt be the problem i think.
Is this a bacterial or fungi infection?!
Ive made a 10% H2o2 solution. My question is that should i add 1:40 h2o2 to the water while cloning as Ed Rosenthal mentioned in his book and h2o2 does not harmful for the plant in cutting stage?!
In that case fungi and harmful bacteria will die and i can continue my growing. Maybe i should lower the waters temp to an even more colder temp?! Like 75F or something?! Maybe i should clone with regular tap water (350/400ppm in my place) with nothing else?! Any help would be really appreciated.
Im learning from this community for a long time now and i like the helpful ppl here. Now i need some really serious help.
Im growing for almost a year now but i really want to learn the best method for cloning becouse im having hard time making my cuttings to show roots.
First of all i wanna say that ive made 2times 100% attempts on cloning. I thought i know the drill but it seems im not. In a month ago i had a really hard time to root my clones with Rootit/rockwool cloning cubes so i decided to buy an aero cloner for better results.
Now its my 4th attempt with the aero cloner and i lost all my clones every time wich is quite embarassing.
Im using a nutriculture aero propagator for 20 plants. My cellars growing parts temp is around 75 all the time. Im using a dehumidifier wich keeps the room in the acceptable range 50-55% humidity.
Im using t5 lights for the entire grow room. When im cloning i switch off one of my t5 fixtures so the clones can stay in shaded light.
Im using an airstone and an aqarium heater to provide good oxigenated water for my cuttings. I tried the first time with 80-81 F water. I used GHE Bio Roots for the water wich is an RO water with 70ppm. After 4-5 days i noticed that the cuttings started to wilt in the top and the stems end are turned dark green-gray and turned soft even slimy. Like a bacterial or fungi infection. I tried again with bio roots again but still the same results.
In the first couple of days i always misted the plants once a day with superthrived(0,5ml/500ml) water but that doesnt helped.
I tried 1 more with tap/distileld water instead of ro water but they died again.
After every attempt im flushing my cloner with clorox bleach solution and flush all of the little parts , root cellars , airstone and everything with antibacterial solution.
For the last attempt i lowered the waters temp to 78F. I added ro water again and used a light amount of GHE flora micro to push my waters ppm to 250. Everything seemed perfect until day 5. I noticed the same problem again. The cuttings end started to turn purple-green like and softy even slimy. The clones looked really good at the top but some started to wilt and showed purple like colours. The ph is between 6.5-7.0 all the time. Im using a dome but since its an aero cloner i have opened the holes in the top so i can provide a good environment.
The cuttings made from a really healthy mother plant so that shouldnt be the problem i think.
Is this a bacterial or fungi infection?!
Ive made a 10% H2o2 solution. My question is that should i add 1:40 h2o2 to the water while cloning as Ed Rosenthal mentioned in his book and h2o2 does not harmful for the plant in cutting stage?!
In that case fungi and harmful bacteria will die and i can continue my growing. Maybe i should lower the waters temp to an even more colder temp?! Like 75F or something?! Maybe i should clone with regular tap water (350/400ppm in my place) with nothing else?! Any help would be really appreciated.