Keeping Babies Healthy Overnight

[mikessong]

Hi, help me keep these babies alive overnight!

I've been researching a grow setup but haven't made final decisions yet. But an opportunity came up today to get some great clones so I jumped on it. I now have 4 great little babies that are about 3", and 3 if not all of them have roots coming out of the bottom of the 1" rockwool cubes they're in.

For now, since I have no equipment, they're in my bathroom sitting in cups, and I've been turning the shower on and off and opening the door to get a humid not too warm environment. The rockwool's pretty moist so I haven't watered them, and there's some condensation by the roots but the plants are pretty dry. There are 4 incandescents a couple feet away from them. In 24 hours I hope to have these babies sitting in soil under 1000w, but right now I have nothing, not even a spray bottle LOL!

What do I need to get right now just to keep them healthy overnight? A spray bottle and some saran wrap so I can mist the plants in a humidity dome? A fluoro light? Or will they make it through the night in the bathroom if I put a little water on the grodan cubes and leave the lights on and run the shower to fog it up a few times? Weird question but help! Thanks...

 

[Guest]

Hey Mikes....

To keep them alive overnight just wet the rockwool cubes. They will hold enough moisture to keep them nice and happy all night long.

Then in the morning go get yourself some Fox Farm Oceanforest mix, some dolomite lime and a bag of perlite.

Mix 1 tbsp of dolomite into each gallon of soil you use and add 1 handful of perlite to each gallon. Mix it up, drop each clone into it's own pot with soil, water....and watch em smile!

 

[mikessong]

Thanks Klutter...just a few drops for the rockwool? I'll get the FF manana. One more question: are the roots safe sitting under the rockwool at the bottom of a cup? Or should the rockwool be on a tray? If a cup's ok, should I cut holes in it when I water it?

 

[f0urtwenty]

you're over thinking this. it's quite simple. just make sure they have light on all night (duh). get the rockwool wet, but not soaked. distilled water if possible, if not RO water or tap. if they have roots, there's no longer a need to mist them. they will absorb water through their root systems. you don't need to turn on the shower to increase humidity (hahaha

just relax, keep them under light and moist. they will be fine until tomorrow.

 

[mikessong]

ok thanks i figured it was simple, i just didn't wasnt to mess up a simple step and i wasn't sure about the roots. i hadn't read up on cloning much as you can tell. getting started in this hobby, i feel like you have to think a lot about fans and stuff before you get to the good stuff.

 

[Guest]

The really nice thing you have that most of us never did - you already have clones which have rooted!!! Cloning, the difficult part, is already over for you. Once you see roots it's now a plant, not a "clone" per say.

I do understand your freakiness though... I go through it everytime I have something new, first grow, first seed germination, first harvest, first cure and so on. Always wanting to do it perfect just like all the old timers.

Fact is, we learn by growing, killing, success and failure....the experience combined with reading material and the helpful people on here - you'll be enjoyin your own bud in no time!

Just relax, take a deep breath and DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT! I keep a massive spreadsheet detailing most of my grows. This helps me identify issues, learn when I over water, over/under nute, etc. Really helps out.

 

[GMT]

hehe, Hi there. Incandescents for growing lol, thats a really old mistake. The plants can't see your incandescent light so they may as well be off. For 1 night that wont matter, but for longer term you are effectively flowering your clones. Also a 1000w for plants in 1" rockwool cubes will fry them up good style, unless you put it on the other side of the room. What you really need for this stage is a few watts of flouros. Worry about HPS when they are bigger, and you have all your equipment, like the fan, the lights, the food. Not sure if you are going for a hydro grow or a soil grow though. Rockwool is normally used for starting hydro grows rather than soil ones, that's my confusion. If you are sticking to the soil grow idea, (as thats the forum this is in), you can have a read of my lazy growing thread (link below), thats about as simple as growing gets.

 

[happyherb]

clones can be sent in the post all wrapped up in the dark in crud conditions for days...thats probly one of the nicer scenarios for a plant to then thrive after....they will enjoy your bathroom...read up on soil grows and theres probly a sickness by picture for plant problems around(was one on OG?)....check it out if you can find it....you may see a few probs over this and future grows......a good hobby turns into an obbsession fast lol have fun with your grow.HH.

 

[mikessong]

hi everyone, they made it through the night...trying to figure out my whole setup but today i'll at least buy some fluoro's. i wasn't sure at what point they'd be ready for 1000w. someone wrote that it's fine at any stage - that the sun is more powerful than them all. for now, I actually want the light that will encourage the least growth as I'll be starting other clones in the next week and I don't want these to have too much of a head start. so fluoro's?

i'll be growing in soil with some perlite. i can just pop the rockwool cube into it, right?

 

[Dick Stallion]

hi everyone, they made it through the night...trying to figure out my whole setup but today i'll at least buy some fluoro's. i wasn't sure at what point they'd be ready for 1000w. someone wrote that it's fine at any stage - that the sun is more powerful than them all. for now, I actually want the light that will encourage the least growth as I'll be starting other clones in the next week and I don't want these to have too much of a head start. so fluoro's?

i'll be growing in soil with some perlite. i can just pop the rockwool cube into it, right?

I would personally get some floro's and keep them very close to the plants, this will keep the stretch down AND it will let them build up some more roots and growth before you smack 'em with the 1K.

Also, yes just drop the cubes into the soil. Make sure to add perlite to that OF, it needs it.

 

[mikessong]

ok, i'll get some fluoro's and water the rockwool in maybe 16 oz. cups of soil. are they ready to slowly introduce some organic fert's? which ones at first, just regular veg ferts? and when should i move them under the 1000w hortilux? (it can be up to 6 ft. away) maybe not until flowering? mind you i don't intend to veg these too much more than a foot or so..

 

[FKN CREEP]

dont fert them yet.. especially if you use fox farm ocean forest cause it's already high in nitrogen. just water the rockwool until they've got a couple new sets of leaves and then veg nute them lightly at first. you can use the 1000w once theyre around 4-6 inches.. depending on how far you keep it away. i personally have one room with a 1000w hortilux and a smaller room with a 400w hortilux to veg but new clones/seeds are under a 80w fluoro in the same room.. that gives you an idea.

 

[Captain Parker]

if they're just holding overnight,....

Just moisten the roots and set them down somewhere safe. As long as you don't cook or freeze them, they're fine with or without light.

After that, even if an extra day after that, just set up your grow and pot them as planned. In a couple days, they'll shake it off and start rooting in their new environment.

But if it's just overnight or even a day or two - moisten the root medium and stick them away in a cool, dry place. No worries, they'll be fine.

 

[mikessong]

thanks guys...

so they're finally under fluoro's at least! the cubes are still sitting in the plastic cups. should i at least cut drainage holes in them? the roots look healthy and have reached the edge of the cup and a few started curling up but soon it will be a pretty solid layer of root. is this bad, will it get rootbound?

i would just transplant them but i'm debating whether to go soil or coco. anyway, i'm waiting for a few dozen more clones in the next few days, and i'd like them all to be at a similar stage so i do want to contain the growth of the 4 i have now. i plan to have them transplanted on monday, which will be 4 days since the roots first popped out of the rockwool, i just don't want to push it and get rootbound.

 

[Steaks]

im about 2 months veg into my first grow and im using FFOF with perlite and dolomite lime. I waited a good month before i wasted money ferting them, and even then i overdid it a bit. Id give them a good 2-3 weeks before even thinking of ferts. The ocean forest is yummy rich. My other advice, go soil, dont waste effort trying to do a fancy grow with the best stuff.

The more you try to add the more you just usually mess something up.