Alright so this is my first time taking clones and after 5 days of rooting they dont look very healthy. There are 5 clones. Three came from outside and two from inside. The three outdoor cuttings consist of 2 Northern Lights x Big Bud, and 1 either sweet warp or papaya (im not exactly sure due to some mix ups). The two that came from inside are K2. All the cuts were taken and immediately submerged into a gallon bag of distilled water until i could get home (which for a few clones could have been for over an hour).
When i got home i cut at a 45 degree angle under water and dipped into dip 'n grow liquid rooting concentrate (mixed properly of course). The clones were then placed into rockwool cubes which had been soaking in distilled water for a few hours.
I have two clear plastic cups stacked on top of each other as my makeshift humidity dome. I've been misting a couple times a day on the fan leaves and in the 'dome' to keep things humid. Temps are around 75 but fluctuate. Lighting consists of two 32(?)w daytime fluorescents at 24/7. pH of the water is about 6.0-6.5.
For the first 3 days of rooting I was not around, so i had a friend of mine taking care of them. He misted regularly but when i got back home to look at them i noticed there was a half inch of water in the bottom of the cup, thus soaking the rockwool. I guess i forgot to telll him there should be no standing water. my fault. so i dumped the water out and gently squeezed the rockwool cubes to drain excess water. Now at day 5 this is what they look like. Only one of the cuts is tall enough to stick out of the bottom cup (the light yellow looking nlxbb)
I also noticed that a couple of the stems are not very sturdy in the rockwool and can wiggle around when tipped at an angle. Should i take them out try a new cube to get a more snug fit or hope it roots and takes care of itself?
When i got home i cut at a 45 degree angle under water and dipped into dip 'n grow liquid rooting concentrate (mixed properly of course). The clones were then placed into rockwool cubes which had been soaking in distilled water for a few hours.
I have two clear plastic cups stacked on top of each other as my makeshift humidity dome. I've been misting a couple times a day on the fan leaves and in the 'dome' to keep things humid. Temps are around 75 but fluctuate. Lighting consists of two 32(?)w daytime fluorescents at 24/7. pH of the water is about 6.0-6.5.
For the first 3 days of rooting I was not around, so i had a friend of mine taking care of them. He misted regularly but when i got back home to look at them i noticed there was a half inch of water in the bottom of the cup, thus soaking the rockwool. I guess i forgot to telll him there should be no standing water. my fault. so i dumped the water out and gently squeezed the rockwool cubes to drain excess water. Now at day 5 this is what they look like. Only one of the cuts is tall enough to stick out of the bottom cup (the light yellow looking nlxbb)
I also noticed that a couple of the stems are not very sturdy in the rockwool and can wiggle around when tipped at an angle. Should i take them out try a new cube to get a more snug fit or hope it roots and takes care of itself?
well ... damn. The clones are turning all sorts of pretty colors, but im pretty sure thats a bad thing. I have been misting regularly and keeping the rockwool damp but not too wet. The temps have gotten a little higher in the past few days so the cab is probably around 90 (my thermometer broke, im gonna get a new one in a bit and confirm this) [just checked and its 86]. Im guessing the new brown leaves on the K2s are the result of the high temps... but i dont know what else to do. I started germing a few seeds just in case because im getting a bad feeling about these clones. Could they be struggling because i only soaked the rockwool in distilled water instead of in a pHed solution of 4-4.5? Any help would be appreciated... i realize they are probably not going to make it but it'd be nice to know for the next time around. 
