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I made an inexpensive bubble cloner from a 12 qt plastic container with sections of foam pipe insulation to hold the cuts, and a Tetra dual outlet airpump with two 10" airstones. The airpump is rated for 30-60 gallon tanks and it puts out plenty of bubbles, no doubt about that.
The thing is, the cuts start getting this weird slime on the ends instead of root nodules when they should be blasting out roots within 5 days. My temps are in the 60's, not warm but not cold. I'm not using any rooting hormone, and I have tried it once with plain tap water (good water where I'm at) and once with nutrient solution mixed to the same strength the mother plants were getting.
Both times they just started yellowing, crisping up and not rooting. I have been fighting a spider mite infestation with Hot Shotz hangers and the cuts had mites, could it be that they just do not have the energy reserves to fight off mites and at the same time develop roots?
These are resilient phenos of Blockhead, they are hardy plants. The mothers have been in 4x4x4 rockwool cubes for like 2 months or more, getting pruned back each time I try to clone them.
Would an aquarium heater help things if I set it to like 75 degrees?
The thing is, the cuts start getting this weird slime on the ends instead of root nodules when they should be blasting out roots within 5 days. My temps are in the 60's, not warm but not cold. I'm not using any rooting hormone, and I have tried it once with plain tap water (good water where I'm at) and once with nutrient solution mixed to the same strength the mother plants were getting.
Both times they just started yellowing, crisping up and not rooting. I have been fighting a spider mite infestation with Hot Shotz hangers and the cuts had mites, could it be that they just do not have the energy reserves to fight off mites and at the same time develop roots?
These are resilient phenos of Blockhead, they are hardy plants. The mothers have been in 4x4x4 rockwool cubes for like 2 months or more, getting pruned back each time I try to clone them.
Would an aquarium heater help things if I set it to like 75 degrees?