Givin it another shot

[SofaKingStupid]

I wound up not cutting over the weekend. I was just too beat. Had a great time with my grandkid tho! Only 6 and I can’t believe how smart he is.
Anyhow, here’s where I’m at now. My rocks are washed and soaked and my buckets balanced and prepped. All I gotta do now is cut! I don’t think Il have any trouble cutting before I go to work. I place my cuttings directly into 3” net pots with rocks around them. I don’t mess with no cubes.

 

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Here’s when I cut yesterday. I took her down an extra node. I didn’t really want to but my eyes failed me. So she’s just a bit shorter than I had intended. But in the long run, itl probably work to her benefit.

And the cuts look great! 2 more than I was going for actually. So I got 8 in total. I’m just gonna post again and show what they look like today. Theyr all lookin at the light now.

 

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And here she is this morning with her clones. They all look great! Now I hope they all root well for us.
Damn. I hope she’s the one. She really looks like she’s gonna be.
Lord Shiva, Start me up!

 

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So tomorrow will be a week and still no sign of roots. I usta get 100 % rooting success with this tek. I’d usually have roots in a week. But so far nothing. Keeping my water at round 6.2. Just used clone gel and stuckem in the rocks. This has always worked for me. Does anyone use any additives in theyr DWC water when rooting clones? Just thinkin that Mabey there’s something I can put in my water that might help them root quicker.

 

[aCBD]

is the temperature of your water ok?
i would also try to shade them because they can't make photosynthesis yet

 

[SofaKingStupid]

Thanks aCBD. My waters at bout 70f. And good idea bout the light. Il get it higher tomorrow. And mabe even move them in moms shade too.
Good lookin out!

 

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And I got a quart of Olivia’s root solution commin too. I figure it couldn’t hurt. Mom’s lookin real healthy so I got lots of material to work with. It’s just strange because I feel like im doing everything just like I usta.
But really it’s only been 6 days since I cut tho. So I guess we’ll see what happens.

 

[aCBD]

Was wondering if the light shining on the water through the hole could be problematic

Is your device making enough bubbles? Just asking because i only see two tiny bubbles. The more bubbles, the more oxygen is available but i guess if there are not enough bubbles it just takes longer. Never did a side-by-side experiment

If you have any kind of root-booster I'd drop it in there.
Edit: Another thought i had was maybe the cloning gel you're using expired.

 

[SofaKingStupid]

Thanks aCBD! Yea I got all that in check. I’m just used to faster rooting. It’s only been a week tho. I’m waitin on some root stuff too. So hopefully I can get an nice cycle going here.

 

[aCBD]

That's cool, was just throwing in some ideas but you're right, only a few days yet.
No roots after 2 or 3 weeks would be something different.

Important to not get impatient, think that's a common thing we all share when growing.

 

[SofaKingStupid]

Good lookin out aCBD. I know. It’s just so weird. I usta do this same shitt in a week. Fully rooted. That’s what makes me think I’m missin something. I keep thinkin Mabey it’s the water. Ahh wtf. I went and jumped the gun and poured 6 oz of this shitt in each clone bucket. I didn’t know it but it actually calls for 6 oz per gallon. I just went with 6 oz per 5 gallon bucket so that’s a little less than 1/4 of recommendations. I actually got the wring shitt but I figured I’d try it anyhow. So far it turned my water black and drove my ph up from 6.2 to 6.7. Then it took better then 5 ml of ph down to get me back to a reasonable 6.1. So I figured I’d try, I got a nice healthy mom to cut from so I got plenty to work with till I get it rite.

 

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Damn. Sure took a long time. But we got roots in like 16 days. I think the Olivia’s shitt did help. Il be usin it from the jump next time. They all eventually rooted but I just kept 5 ofem. Now Il vegem out a bit and flower them out! I just can’t hardly wait. And I hope the genetics are spot on the description at the Blimburn site. It sounds amazing!

 

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Looks like we’l be flowering definitely within 2 weeks. Everything looks good! I guess I autta start getting the flower room ready! Oh damn. I hope she’s a winner.

 

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He’ll yea, they look pretty good. Veggin out nice! I’m bout sure we’l be movin these to the flower room this time next week. I don’t think they’ll need much more then that.

 

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Damn! What a long strange trip it’s been. And I been on this road so many times! But here they are in their new home. Theyr at bout 1040 ppm’s of maxi bloom.
Theyr a little weak from lack of light but they’ll do. I had to make sure my grandson had all his Christmas stuff before I get tubes. But it looks like it was enough to do. Next time will be much better.

 

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And just to be safe. Yea, I lost my mom. I was working on her before work and I didn’t tie her well. So I kinda felt it at work and asked my wife to check on the room. My mom actually popped her bucket lid and was laying sideways with her roots in the air. I couldn’t just leave work so she put a garbage bag over her roots. She stayed like that till I got home(5 hours). And she’s pretty shot. I could probably save her but I think I’m just gonna hack her down. I got an extra clone to mother so I guess it’s really no big deal. She was just so pretty tho. I mean sweet. Not a blemish on her. Not a burn. But at least I got a clone to replace her. And next week I can get new tubes for the t5s.

 

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And here’s my new mom. Kinda skimpy but now she got the whole 2 tubes to herself. That’l hold her over till I get her tubes.