1st time Aero Cloner

Dougs Nugs

Dougs Nugs

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What up guys and girls,

I’ve been a rock wool man for over 10 years but want to change over to aero cloning. Any tips and pointers much appreciated.

Right now my plan is to on/off every 15 minutes with

200ppm
Clonex
Hormex B1
Great White
Ph 5.6

Thoughts feedback?

Happy growing

Doug
 
nurrgle

nurrgle

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The only thing I would add is the change the water. I change mine every week and have seen much quicker root times and better success rates.
 
70's natureboy

70's natureboy

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I did Jiffy pellets and rockwool for many years. Now I'm lazy and just buy Clone King's. It's just so easy and I don't believe I could build one for much cheaper.
 
Wastei

Wastei

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Drop all that unnessecary stuff and run bleach/poolshock. I would go for household bleach because of ease of use at that size of reservoir. I get roots after 7 days using only bloom nutrient at few drops a gallon, maybe 50ppm. I give advice to novice growers that you can clone plants with great success using a glass of water as long as you change the water daily.

Here's a chlorine dilution calculator, aim for 0.5-1 ppm. Even 5ppm is safe to use and is a good dosage for treating pythium(root rot)http://www.foodsafe.ca/dilution-calculator.html

Don't try to reinvent the wheel if you don't have to. They will try to sell you all kinds of rooting compounds. None is needed.signal-2019-08-19-165935-1.jpg
 
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Dougs Nugs

Dougs Nugs

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thanks so much everyone for all the amazing responses!

I’m just over rockwool in general - as for transplanting do you guys just drop the roots gently in coco or preferred medium?

I’m planning on going coco DTW - thoughts / experience on how to transplant?

Best

Gus W
 
Dougs Nugs

Dougs Nugs

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Wastei said:
Drop all that unnessecary stuff and run bleach/poolshock. I would go for household bleach because of ease of use at that size of reservoir. I get roots after 7 days using only bloom nutrient at few drops a gallon, maybe 50ppm. I give advice to novice growers that you can clone plants with great success using a glass of water as long as you change the water daily.

Here's a chlorine dilution calculator, aim for 0.5-1 ppm. Even 5ppm is safe to use and is a good dosage for treating pythium(root rot)http://www.foodsafe.ca/dilution-calculator.html

Don't try to reinvent the wheel if you don't have to. They will try to sell you all kinds of rooting compounds. None is needed.View attachment 4416755
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what size GPH pump do you use?
 
Wastei

Wastei

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Just a simple Marina 75 pump. 0.2 GPH. Been using the same style of cloner forever, just a simple and small DWC. 100% success rate on hundreds of cuttings! :D
 
CoB_nUt

CoB_nUt

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When my DIY aerocloner is full. A cup of tap water and ambient light works wonders!
I deleted the pics but the link is to another thread similar to this one.Great info there as well.
My aerocloner costed maybe $11.00 to make. 8 of that was for the pump @ OP

Are clone machines worth it?

I DIY'd a lid out of a black plastic cutting board, hole sawed 2" holes for standard 2" collars, bought assorted color puks for different strains. That's a great idea that had not occurred to me. You could make as many or as few sites as you wanted that way. Thanks for sharing a cool idea. :-P
www.rollitup.org
 
diggs99

diggs99

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CoB_nUt said:
When my DIY aerocloner is full. A cup of tap water and ambient light works wonders!
I deleted the pics but the link is to another thread similar to this one.Great info there as well.
My aerocloner costed maybe $11.00 to make. 8 of that was for the pump @ OP

Are clone machines worth it?

I DIY'd a lid out of a black plastic cutting board, hole sawed 2" holes for standard 2" collars, bought assorted color puks for different strains. That's a great idea that had not occurred to me. You could make as many or as few sites as you wanted that way. Thanks for sharing a cool idea. :-P
www.rollitup.org
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Yep, i concur with the COB

My diy aerocloner cost me like $40(used a nice cooler) and about 30 mins to build , its a 15 site cloner and it works like a fkn charm lol...its like cloning for dummies for real....tap water or low ppm nutes and low lighting, thats it.
 
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