Sad looking clones

[ganjababe1]

Hey all. Just cloned my best female Sunday night. Have them in an 18-6 cycle, under my 400 HPS light which is 5 ft away (I know this may be a little hot for the new clones, but my fluorescent situation is extremely dim and only really good during germination). Have them under opaque plastic containers which I have fashioned as humidity domes that I spray every day, in addition to misting the plants. A few look alright, but many are wilted. Took the domes off for ~2 hours during the dark cycle last night to harden them a little. Don't know if I should water less, move the plants out of the direct light, remove the domes more freq., et. al. Any suggestions to revive some?

 

[pinecone]

Honestly, those look like toast. They are too dry, too hot, or some combination of the above. Cuttings don't need very much light. Fluorescent light works great. In the summer I root cuttings in a tree shaded north facing window. I also think you would be much better off with plugs or smaller pots as the top part medium will retain more moisture.

Pine

 

[Moots]

Don't be concerned about CFL dimness. I just took and rooted my first two clones. In far less than a CFL.

I had the Lava lamp looking small beta fish bowl. The base has a bunch of different coloured LEDs. Very low light out put. I cut a whole in the top of a cardboard box. Put the base in it. took two very tiny clones. Plastic baggies over each. Sprayed daily.

This works great for me. The clones won't grow too much, as I don't have other space for them until my current plant finishes. I am just looking to root clones and keep them alive.

It's super ghetto. I even had some white paper taped to the box. But its fallen off one wall, and hasn't seemed to make much difference. I'll be posting pics somewhere, prolly new growers forum soon.

 

[ganjababe1]

moved the clones under the flouro + moved into small dixie cups. hopefully this revives them

 

[Hundred Gram Oz]

Chuck 'em out and take new clones, no point wasting your time and money on them. Scrap the HID and use fluorescent light, keep your clones moist and run lights on for 24 hours.

 

[WelderDan]

Use a spray bottle and mist them frequently, or use a humidity dome.

 

[Pompey_Monkey]

You need smaller pots and less radiation, but I'd bet you've done them in by topping the cuttings!
They look like they might even have been FIMMED. Being severed at each end certainly won't help matters - viable cuttings usually must have a healthy growing tip! Allow the plants to get established before butchering them some more

Otherwise, for your next attempt, as pinecone says, fluros seem to work best. The other thing I use is a heated propagator. Make sure the soil is well soaked when you put them in and use the cover for a week to ten days, taking it off daily for a few seconds to change then air. Also, I've never had to mist.
I currently get a 100% success rate with this method, although I do get the occasional runt that just doesn't want to get going...

 

[FreezerBoy]

Too much: plant material, leaf material, and light.

Plant survival requires transpiration. Water is acquired through the roots and evaporates out the leafs. You have no roots and thus no intake. What you have are leaves. The more leaves you have, the more you can evaporate. The more light you have, the more you will evaporate. You have an extra large, powered evaporation system running overtime while your intake system is disconnected and shut down.

Try shorter cuts with active growing tips and well trimmed leaves. A 23 wW CFL is enough to cover several thousand clones.

I cut a whole in the top of a cardboard box. Put the base in it. took two very tiny clones. Plastic baggies over each. Sprayed daily.

PLEASE! Do NOT grow in cardboard. Wet paper and electricity are a safety hazard!

 

[pinecone]

The "Cloning with JJScorpio" sticky (Indoor Grows - Soil) provides a pretty good overview of cloning basics.

Cloning with JJScorpio - http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=46778

Pine

 

[wemary]

good read

 

[creep]

Too dry, they're losing too much moisture