Aeroponic Cloners

Many of them that I see have bad reviews. However they do seem to be pretty similar in design from brand to brand.

Anyone with experience with these is there a good quality option I should go with that I can rely on? EZ Cloner for example looks decent. I just wanted some feedback on something before I pull the trigger.

I am going to build one myself. Lots of plans to either use a 5 gallon bucket or a tote.

EZ Cloner isn’t bad if you’re willing to spend the $$. Just don’t over think it and keep your res clean/bacteria free and ph around 5.8 you should be ok. IMO the actual cut/clone is more important than the method of rooting. The better your start the easier they finish.

My EZcloner 60 is going on 12 years old
No dome
Replaced pump once
12 watt cfl
Ph.8.1 straight well water
Day 7
I only add pool shock
If had it to do again I would just DIY
But no complaints with brand name

I have four black sugar ladies that sprouted last week. You add any type of nutrition to the water while trying to get them to root? Do you also run the pump 24/7?

Hotrod2 said:

I have four black sugar ladies that sprouted last week. You add any type of nutrition to the water while trying to get them to root? Do you also run the pump 24/7?

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Pump is on/off every fifteen minutes
No nutrients as I leave the same water in it for months on end
I just find that my doing less gets me quicker sprouts
I have added nutrients before but leaves always yellowed before sprouting
If it ain’t broke I don’t fix it

Herb & Suds said:

Pump is on/off every fifteen minutes
No nutrients as I leave the same water in it for months on end
I just find that my doing less gets me quicker sprouts
I have added nutrients before but leaves always yellowed before sprouting
If it ain’t broke I don’t fix it

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Thank you. So on for 15 minutes off for 15 minutes? Appears I'll have to get me a timer then.

Hotrod2 said:

Thank you. So on for 15 minutes off for 15 minutes? Appears I'll have to get me a timer then.

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I ran it for years without a timer
I just like to fiddle with things

Hotrod2 said:

I have four black sugar ladies that sprouted last week. You add any type of nutrition to the water while trying to get them to root? Do you also run the pump 24/7?

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personally in the cloner I run the pump 24/7 with about 250ppm of veg nutes (same recipe as mom without any microbials) and rooting gel. This is just my preference now because I usually just set and forget it. The low nutes are useless until roots form but I’m lazy so I just do it all onetime. Also the timer on the pump helps roots stretch a bit once rooted; basically like a”dry time”in soil, so they’ll stretch looking for water. However, I’ve found that it slows down the actual rooting for me in the past. Not the law but just how I clone, don’t really like messing with the clones too much. PH and no bacteria are still the most important aeroponic factors IMO, Hope that helps.

I think the only reason to run a timer would be to reduce the rez heat and have less chance for rot.
The pump will probably last longer running 24/7 instead of numerous start/stop cycles.

most aeroponic cloners are all the same honestly the only difference i see is the quality or thickness of the plastic. i own one made by botanicare the white model it holds 45 clones it does come with a dome with a slot that can be adjusted on the side of the dome if you want a little air exchange. i run the pump 24/7 under some cheap 20 year old shop lights thing is built like a tank i usually dont have issues with res temps but i run it sterile. basically set it forget it after 3 weeks all the clones go into beer cups under a plastic dome for a bit more to harden off depending on time of year and humidity. https://www.botanicare.com/products/power-cloner/

xox said:

most aeroponic cloners are all the same honestly the only difference i see is the quality or thickness of the plastic. i own one made by botanicare the white model it holds 45 clones it does come with a dome with a slot that can be adjusted on the side of the dome if you want a little air exchange. i run the pump 24/7 under some cheap 20 year old shop lights thing is built like a tank i usually dont have issues with res temps but i run it sterile. basically set it forget it after 3 weeks all the clones go into beer cups under a plastic dome for a bit more to harden off depending on time of year and humidity. https://www.botanicare.com/products/power-cloner/

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I don’t see why a dome is needed

I love my Clone king 36. My pump is on a $5 harbor freight timer, 15 on 15 off. That helps keep the water from getting too warm. I also add a 24-ounce cup of solid ice when I need to lower the temp. 95% success is hard to complain about!

Herb & Suds said:

I don’t see why a dome is needed

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low humidity in the winter time, sometimes it gets as low as 35% rh in my basement in the winter saves me from buying a tent and a humidifier. anywho everyones climate is different.

xox said:

low humidity in the winter time, sometimes it gets as low as 35% rh in my basement in the winter saves me from buying a tent and a humidifier. anywho everyones climate is different.

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Yeah after I thought about my mind went to growing in Arizona
Cheers

Not sure on the new ones but
My EZ Cloner pump was grossly oversized
The replacement I selected (oem)was half the wattage and did everything the original did
You could almost use the original as a pool pump

Ra BiiGGa said:

EZ Cloner isn’t bad if you’re willing to spend the $$. Just don’t over think it and keep your res clean/bacteria free and ph around 5.8 you should be ok. IMO the actual cut/clone is more important than the method of rooting. The better your start the easier they finish.

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if yoi’re going that route save a bit and get a Turbo Kloner… I’ve had mine for 11 years, replaced a pump once and the fan once. the fan was my own doing, submerged the damn thing in water.

Herb & Suds said:

My EZcloner 60 is going on 12 years old
No dome
Replaced pump once
12 watt cfl
Ph.8.1 straight well water
Day 7
I only add pool shock
If had it to do again I would just DIY
But no complaints with brand name
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May I ask, please. Looks like you have five clones with two showing roots after seven days, yes? Or is it three showing roots?

I only ask because the clone Gods are not smiling on me like they did 30 or so years ago.

teddyearp said:

May I ask, please. Looks like you have five clones with two showing roots after seven days, yes? Or is it three showing roots?

I only ask because the clone Gods are not smiling on me like they did 30 or so years ago.

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Not sure the question but those all had nubs and roots burst out if you add food at that point but since I don’t want to change water I removed them and repotted into 1 gallon pots
I could show you how they progressed
But I am hospitalized for a spell and my wife ms black thumb is nursing them from FaceTime
By the time I go home they will be so large you won’t even believe they are the same ones
But I could have made them pop if I fed them in the cloner
The reason I avoid that is I get roots quicker not as dense in chlorinated water once transferred to soil I get 100 % but I always have 1 or 2 out of 60 that don’t take
It could be an air embolism but I really can’t say for sure
But I look at plus 90 % out of cloner a high enough rate to hold the course
The reason I don’t feed in cloner is two fold
One it doesn’t get any weird fungus or bacteria and two I never have to clean it

Herb & Suds said:

Not sure the question but those all had nubs and roots burst out if you add food at that point but since I don’t want to change water I removed them and repotted into 1 gallon pots<snip>

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My bad. Like I said in another thread, I'm an old fuk, including my eyes. I didn't look close enough.

Hope you get better, I spent a month in the hospital a couple years ago myself.