Lets talk AeroCloners

SpruceZeus

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I know you're out there, but there are hardly any threads discussing aeroponic cloners here.

Okay so as the title says, I'd like this thread to be for all your Aero/EZ/PT/ Cloner discussion. Post tips and tricks, plans for building you own, pics of yours in action, whatever.


So me, being the sucker i am, paid retail (about $200) for the "PT Cloner" Which is FHD's version of the ever popular EZ cloner. After having a good look, i decided i could probably build one myself for under $100, but alas, whats done is done and here we are.
I, like many others, was sick and tired of rockwool. Its always too wet or not wet enough, grows algae and crap on it after a couple days, and has (at least for me) inconsistant results.
So $200 bucks later i was the proud owner of a carboard box.

But alas its not this box that is the star of our show, but the one contained within.

Ignoring the pumps that don't belong to the unit, this is what it came with.
Basically its a rubbermaid with some cross tubing hooked to a pump and 4 aquaspinners/360 aerospinners/whatever you want to call them.

I'm gonna assume you know how to cut a clone and skip a step here.


At this point i don't need/have 80 clones, so i took 28. Pretty simple so far. Filled the tub about half full of PH 6.0 water with a teaspoon of rooting gel and about 5ml of H2O2 35%. Put an aquarium heater in there and set it to 24C (about 75F)
Cut the clones as i normally would, dipped in rooting gel and placed in the neoprene pucks. Set it and forget it. Running 24 hours under a 4' T8 with one warm, one cool bulb.

Heres what it looks like running.
It took about 6 days, but eventually i had root nublets.


When they got to this size i changed my water and dropped the temp to about 18 C (somewhere around 65F) *this consisted of shutting the heater off, whatever temperature it drops to is what i'm gonna have to deal with, i dont want to spend hundreds on a chiller.
Added 10ml h2o2, prop-o-gator (root accelerator) and super b+ (pretty much superthrive) at half reccommended levels.

3 days later.

3 more days and they're ready to go.

Thats pretty much how my first aerocloner run has gone. I'll never touch rockwool again, such a shit show compared to this. A little under 2 weeks from cuts to established plants is pretty good by me, hopefully with some tweeking i can speed it up even more, but so far i am completely satisfied.

Please post all your aerocloner related shit below.

Epic thread.... BEGIN!!!:bigjoint:
 

whatapothead

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rock on. just made my aero cloner last week and just have a few things left to finish it up and get it running.

i'll post pics when i do get it up and going.

couple questions... did you have to mist your clones? or use a dome?

also are your mothers in soil or a hydro setup?
 

SpruceZeus

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rock on. just made my aero cloner last week and just have a few things left to finish it up and get it running.

i'll post pics when i do get it up and going.

couple questions... did you have to mist your clones? or use a dome?

also are your mothers in soil or a hydro setup?
I don't mist the clones, it stays plenty himid from the stem down.
And my mamas are in soil, however these clones are destined for the flood table.
 

LoganSmith

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This is great, I hope to see more members showing and giving info on the ways of the future to cuttings to clones.
I have a home built unit, 10 gal rubbermade($5) with 25 2" holes. I bought 100 2" net pots and neo plugs($60). I'm using a 365 gpm pump($15), pvc 1/2" x 10'($2), 360* sprayers x 10($4), and the pvc fittings ($2-5). I'm not having the best results, well my cuttings are just dying. I waited three weeks and nothing. errrr. I went to the hydro store and the owner said it was most likely do to a lack of hormones, so I bought the powerclone or something like that; very pricey$$$$. I just took 25 cuttings last night and will keep you updated. I run 15 sec on and 5 min off using a "cap" relay timer($75)online price.
 

SpruceZeus

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This is great, I hope to see more members showing and giving info on the ways of the future to cuttings to clones.
I have a home built unit, 10 gal rubbermade($5) with 25 2" holes. I bought 100 2" net pots and neo plugs($60). I'm using a 365 gpm pump($15), pvc 1/2" x 10'($2), 360* sprayers x 10($4), and the pvc fittings ($2-5). I'm not having the best results, well my cuttings are just dying. I waited three weeks and nothing. errrr. I went to the hydro store and the owner said it was most likely do to a lack of hormones, so I bought the powerclone or something like that; very pricey$$$$. I just took 25 cuttings last night and will keep you updated. I run 15 sec on and 5 min off using a "cap" relay timer($75)online price.
Personally i find that i can run mine 24\7, but i've heard having the timer will speed things up a bit. Honestly 15 sec on 5 min off sounds pretty dry to me, but again, just speculating.
Even with just plain water, your cuttings should be rooting, do you monitor your temps? I've been careful from the get go, but i was warned when i bought this thing that you have to be pretty spot on with temperature.
Sounds to me like your hydro guy wanted to sell some rooting hormone, in any event, good luck on this round. bongsmilie
 

LoganSmith

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Personally i find that i can run mine 24\7, but i've heard having the timer will speed things up a bit. Honestly 15 sec on 5 min off sounds pretty dry to me, but again, just speculating.
Even with just plain water, your cuttings should be rooting, do you monitor your temps? I've been careful from the get go, but i was warned when i bought this thing that you have to be pretty spot on with temperature.
Sounds to me like your hydro guy wanted to sell some rooting hormone, in any event, good luck on this round. bongsmilie

Even with the time that I have the stems start to break down, welt. I will try to use a longer time and see how that works. I read all of the reviews for the cloning solution and it top charts.

I never even thought the time the sprayers was not long enough. :mrgreen::mrgreen:

Temps 75* outside, I don't check the water temps.
 

winkdogg420

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good stuff i just started a batch in a bubble cloner as i lower the water level the roots just get the splashes of the bubbles popping i guess then its a bubble cloner1
 

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SpruceZeus

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Even with the time that I have the stems start to break down, welt. I will try to use a longer time and see how that works. I read all of the reviews for the cloning solution and it top charts.

I never even thought the time the sprayers was not long enough. :mrgreen::mrgreen:

Temps 75* outside, I don't check the water temps.
IMHO its probably worth investing in a cheapo thermometer and possibly an aquarium heater, i'd imagine you'll get alot better results.:joint:
 

SpruceZeus

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thought it was worth a post.

72 white rhinos, sex TBD and 8 feminized church.

I'll post when they show some nubbins.:leaf:
 

LoganSmith

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Looks nice, I went and got a temp. gauge water is around 70* in the day and 65* at night. I had a few leaks but fix it:)

Where is everyone else, I know we are not the only ones that are cloning.
 

DrGreen007

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Well Boys I Got A 12 Site XTreame AeroCloner
Recently Changed From Soil To Hydro So At Min Im Germinateing Some Cheese Seeds To Put Strate In The Hydroton Pebbles In The Mesh Pots In The Cloner Moved House Gave My Mothers Away And Am Starting Fresh Hydro All The Way At Min Seeds Are Sitting In Cotton Wool In The Heater Cupboard Till Sprouted Nuff For The Pebbles.Mate I Lost My First Batch Ov Clones In A AeroCloner I Was Gonna Get The Root Riots And The HeatedProp Back Out lol But The Key Is The Temps Like SpruceZeus Said 24 - 25 Max For Seeds And Unrooted Clones 19 - 20 The Rest Ov The Way And SpruceZeus Nice Setup Ther Mate Il Post Pics Asap.
 

LoganSmith

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I have notice that a lot of my leaves in the cuttings that I have in rw are turning yellow, signs of nutes loss. How can I get to recover?
 

mrduke

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i just made and ran a set in my homade ez style cloner, its a 20 site w/ 10 sprayers and a wally world fish tank heaterw/ clonex solution at recomended levels.I thought i'd try some differnt style of trimming, i took 8 clones from3 differnt plants, i scraped the bottom of 3, splitor sliced 2 and left 3 alone. It made no differance at all. 7 of the 8 have 2-3 inch long roots at day 10.
I think i started a little slow the hum. in the cabinet was low like 40% or so. So after 4 days w/ no action i put a dome over them and continued to mist, day 5 seven of them were sprouted and ready to grow crazy. So far I'm stocked with cloneing seems easy and cheap compared to buying 20 clones at 10 bucks a pop.
 

luielugatz

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hey great thread...i have an ezclone 60....no spinning sprayer like you have....but i do have a question or two. see my cloner says to have the motor fully submergered so i do it takes about 7-9 gallons to fill it. my firt try was a great succsess i didnt add anything to the water i git great roots but i got yellow leaves.

i asked a few questions and i was told to add superthrive to my res. but if you read superthrives directions it says 1 drop to 5 gallons of water? im makeing anywere to 30-60 clones at times is that enough superthrive? is there aything ther than supertrive that i can put in the water?

i just dont want to see the yellow leaves again it got me dissapointed any ideas to help me?
 

SpruceZeus

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hey great thread...i have an ezclone 60....no spinning sprayer like you have....but i do have a question or two. see my cloner says to have the motor fully submergered so i do it takes about 7-9 gallons to fill it. my firt try was a great succsess i didnt add anything to the water i git great roots but i got yellow leaves.

i asked a few questions and i was told to add superthrive to my res. but if you read superthrives directions it says 1 drop to 5 gallons of water? im makeing anywere to 30-60 clones at times is that enough superthrive? is there aything ther than supertrive that i can put in the water?

i just dont want to see the yellow leaves again it got me dissapointed any ideas to help me?
Sorry i haven't used superthrive so i can't speak as to its uses.
I use both Super B+ and Prop-o-gator in my cloner once about a half inch of roots are showing.
http://www.progressive-growth.com/products.php?cat=27
I'm sure someone out there knows more about using superthrive though.
 
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