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Clone questions

bushmasta

Member
Hey guys got a question about my cloner. I built a bubble cloner my self with airstones and aquarium pump in a plastic tub. The tub is covered in reflective tape and the water is ph'd at 5.8-6 with a couple capfuls of peroxide added in the water. There is a humidity dome on top. My question is I lifted the lid to check for roots and there is this white slimey stuff. Doesn't look bad just a gooey snot blob on each cut where I had applied Schultz rooter. There is also some blobs in the water, this had happened a week before so I cleaned the cloner and changed the water. One thing I did notice is the water was pretty cold. It has been pretty cold here lately so the water got too cool. Could cold temps cause the rooter to cougulate into this slime like globs? The clones still look perfectly happy and have even grown they are about 11 days old now and still no roots this has to be because of the water temp. So I am going to clean the globs of the cuts and put them in cloning trays with more rooter and in a soiless mix so they can be warmer than in that cool water. So you guys think its the rooter turning gooey from cold temps since the clones look perfectly healthy or something more sinister?:dueling:
 

mixin

Member
first i would get an aquarium warmer that will keep your water around 80 degrees. i noticed that powdered root hormone dropped my ph like crazy... i would empty that water out after the first day of the clones being in the water, then get some fresh ph'd water in there and you should be straight
 

bushmasta

Member
Ah thanks man I didn't even think about that. I have an aquarium heater that heats to exactly 78 F automatically that should be good for the cuts to root quickly right? Thanks for reminding me got a couple of these laying around from my TiT incubators:joint:
 

mixin

Member
no problem, i actually think a little warmer than 78 for clones would be better, but 78 will make clones good.
 

magiccannabus

Next Stop: Outer Space!
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That "snot" stuff can stop rooting entirely. Change the water often to keep it fresh. Maybe spray the slimy stem with a spray that is gentle enough not to harm it(I use Safer 3-in-1)
 

basstard

Member
Hi,

Cold water is a factor for the apparition of root slime. As said use an aquarium heater and continue H2O2 treatment
 

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