Defects

So I'm growing some blueberry, hempy style. I have these gel cups that are used for clones, it promotes rooting, yet everytime I take a cutting they stay for a couple days then start to droop and wilt.

My process is:
Clean razor blade
Cardboard backing behind the stem I want to clone
The clones have minimum 2 shoots and I cut just below the last shoot.
I trim off all the leaves except the ones on the very top, which is usually 2 small ones as well as the growing sprout at the tip.
While trimming the clone remains in a small cup of water with the clone just sticking out at the top about half an inch to an inch from the top is not submerged.
This takes 10-30 seconds and then I poke a hole in the top layer of foil of the gel cups.
I then gently push the clone into the gel cup until it is submerged a cm below where the first leaf is, making it about 1-2 inches of stem in the gel.
Now being that roots shouldn't be getting light I put them in cups so just the top gets light.
After this I set them under a CFL lamp, 26 Watts, 2600 lumens, daylight style light. They sit under this 24/7 Beside a black cup of water to promote humidity.
My house is generally pretty warm.

Possible problems I could think of:
It gets direct sunlight for about 3-5 hours each morning, possibly too warm for them to handle?
It gets a little chilly in the room as the air conditioner is left on sometimes, but it never gets cold, just a little chilly ontop of the warmth/humidity in the room.
It's also beside a fan that is on about 50% of the time.

Any advice is appreciated thanks in advance.
Please help my little babies

choader

Search for Lou Cypher's thread on cloning in the propogation forum. Everything you ever wanted to know about cloning. Oh yea, he has a good method for it too. Easy..........

His thread will answer your questions.

Choader

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9+ cloning methods tried, tested and compared... If you read that thread, it says the gel sucks.

Here's Lou guide: CLONING MADE EASY, a pictorial guide.

I use an Ez-Cloner.

Thread moved to Propagation.

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Thank you choader, Mrs,Blue

Defects, your main problem for the wilting is low RH.

You need a dome, and as Mrs, Blue indicated on the first link she posted, those little gel balls have been tried and failed miserably.

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yeah screw the gel's...just get jiffy pellets for 2 bucks at walmart. includes 12 pellets and a little propagation tray with dome.

sounds like your cuttings are pretty big too...i always have success with smaller cuttings. my entire cutting probably isnt but 2"

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