HappyGrower

THAT is a good question! If it's an environmental issue why are my seedlings and plants always healthy?! On the subject of seeds, I planted a batch of 30 Blue Dream seeds that I have chosen according to some youtube videos stating you can get the plant's sex from the way the seed look. Obviously I had to try - and as they say the proof of the pudding.... all 30 turned out female! Makes me wonder... Back to topic - yes, my seeds are 99% successful I would say! (Using same dome too actually)

I should've mentioned, but its been 3 years as I said, it's been many many different mothers from both outdoors and indoors and various strains. The fact that the outcome is exactly the same every time is both telling me it has to be something obvious and its also starting to make me feel stupid.

I have tried various combos, but as a rule as far as I know the dome can come off once roots formed. Of course I'm also "venting" the dome twice a day by taking it off for a few mins as well as opening up the holes in the dome gradually. In other words the rotting occurs mostly when the dome is still on since there are no roots yet.

thx, but as per my original post, i have tried every possible combo of moisture, mediums, nutrients and rooting hormones with the same result each time. everywhere ppl are rooting their cuttings by at the max 7 days. If I can do that my clones will be rooted and wont be there to rot by day 10-14 anymore. and since i NEVER had a root on any cutting in less than 3-4 weeks, I am thinking that might be the main problem. if they get roots sooner the rot might not happen.

yes i am using a dome. i have tried various options with the mediums, certain times i sprayed them every time i sprayed the leaves and dome, other times once a day, this time i soaked them in water with a little kelp added and after that only sprayed leaves. they are still pretty moist

Hey Guys, I've been growing for roughly 3 years now - I have seen every youtube video out there on every single aspect of growing, and in general I'm doing ok with my my outdoor grows (when in season of course) and also approaching my first indoor harvest in a week max - could be earlier. More on why its my first successful harvest indoors later as it might be relevant. Which brings me to my cloning. omg... I have tried hydroponics, aeroponics, drosky method (sp?), rockwool, jiffys, bought seed mixes, made my own mixes, kept rh higher for longer and also tried shorter. sprayed them twice daily and later once - alternating amounts to test all possible combos. Tried tapwater, bottled water, ph'ed and even not ph'ed. With various rooting hormones and gels and also without any hormones. Tried adding very low levels of feed to the spray water, kelp liquid... What I am trying to get across is I have tried everything I can think of and the results are pretty much constant. Days 1 to 10: Cuttings still looks healthy and the optimism is still there... And then from day 11 or sometimes a day or 2 later (never later than 14 days) they start dying. One first and the rest follows quick. I try to remove them too if they look like dying incase its something "spreading", that dont help either. At this point I also have to note that I disinfect everything when I make the cuttings, using scalpel (new), getting them in water fast and everything I can think of to keep them clean. They way they die is important. You see a browning of the leaves (not drying, browning) and then very quick the whole stem is brown and it basically just collapses. The stems are "rotting" (for the lack of a better word) in this final "death stage" of my babies. The parts of the stem still in the medium is usually not gone - as if the rot stopped at the base. The ONLY time I had different outcomes was using a self-built hydroponic/aeroponic cloner. This was right at the start, but I was not happy since my success rate as still around 50% and roots ALAYS took longer than 3 weeks to start showing. That is way too long and I believed when a clone got stunned you will not get the best possible version of that plant in the end, so I tried the rest. Since where i stay (Kuils River, Cape Town) is too hot for clones outside in summer and at times too cold in winter, i always do my clones indoors. Its worth nothing the hydroponic cloner was outside on a "stoep" covered from the sun. I stay in a rather old house - before we moved in the roof was fixed since a large area inside got rained in for a long period while the house was empty (about 3 years apparently). That makes me worry that maybe I have some sort of fungul or bacterial or something inside this house - lol - or maybe it's really driving me crazy now and Im looking for the problem anywhere. Whatever it is it either takes 10-14 days to "do its thing" or the clones are only infected after 10-14 days. I dunno. About the indoor grow - 2 previous attempts failed miserably due to REALLY BAD powdery mildew. Just opened the tent one morning and it looked like it snowed inside. Since then I added better air circulation (literally 20x better) as well as do preventative spraying with organic fungicides and that fixed my powdery mildew problem (which I had outdoors too btw, just not so bad as inside). I hope I covered everything so you guys have the whole picture - below are some photos of my latest and current failure. This is day 17. No roots showing either (never do with me). Note I have not removed "the dead" especially for the photos. They got removed right after.

LOL! Im sorry, I think I smoked wayyy too much cuz I am trying to make sense of that but just can't...

Wow - I am now starting to really realize how little I know - much 2 learn!!! Again, thank you to everyone for indulging my lack of knowledge here! I am still trying to get to grips on all the additions and changes I will have to make to try (as best I can) to avoid PM in future - as well as other issues Im discovering (Psy - your grow posts also helps a HUGE amount!!). I hope you guys can help with a few more questions... Here is one - im sure there is more to come... The milk & water mix. It was mentioned to use a 50/50 mix. Application details - when, how often - how much? Psy: The residue you mentioned from using the milk & water mix - any good/easy ways to get rid of that?

I apologize for my stupidity - I have no clue what the abbreviation "aq sf" refers to - can you xplain pls? Also, searching google for "sulphur in cape town" will not give me very usable results - can you refer to a product name or something to helk me find it online? Again, apologies for the stupidity...

h2o2 is something I already have - the ratios and some info on the "how-to" would be appreciated!

Im in Kuils River - humidity should be less of a problem here than in Blouberg I think...?

First - thanks for all the replies guys! Ok, many ideas here which I will certainly explore! I am confused though - I had this type of mold in my tent before and there I knew that in my case humidity was the issue - without a dehumidifier the Rh in my tent (especially during flowering) averages around 75% - so that I understand. But these plants were OUTSIDE in the open in Cape Town. No way lack of airflow was an issue, and humidity is not high at all this time of year. How did this happen and I need to learn proper preventative measures since I hate losing any plants...

Hey Guys, I have a couple of autoflowers showing a white powdery substance on many of the fan leaves (might be on flowers too). I am growing them outdoors (started them indoors for their first 4 weeks). Now, I have had mould issues indoors before, but have had plenty plants outdoors never showing mould, so I am not sure what to do. Can someone pls identify this ? (attached 4 pictures of the 2 plants) I was planning on harvesting these plants soon (one within a week) - can they be saved somehow? Thanks in advance! PS: BTW, I am in Cape Town, not sure about the strain of these 2 autoflowers and I am growing them using hydroponic nutrients.