Not liking this aero cloner

Hydrowannabe · Mar 8, 2018

Cold$moke said:
you dont need a dome almost with anything weed related.

It helps with media based clones more so then water culture.

Ive done aero and bubble in one firm or another for probably 12 plus years.

I also can get 100% with rapid rooters and rockwool.

But my aero is fastest followed by bubble followed br rockwool.

My fastest ever roots where 5 days from cut
And they where roots not bumps.

I have never had them root faster any other way.

Now that being said if you do awsome in rockwool

Why would you want to try an aero or bubbler set up?

I would choose the best method that works in my situation

To answer your last question,...I was bored. The bubble cloner is working really well but I do have my trusty rockwool if I need it.

Hydrowannabe · Mar 8, 2018

BobBitchen said:
With aerocloner, no need to trim leaves, do not use a humidity dome , do not add "nutes"
73° - 78° works well for me, I shoot for 76°, non PH'd tap water, if you feel the need to add something , 5mil of pro teck & 5 mil of kln has worked for me. Pump on 24 - 7 , low intensity light, I use florescent @18" above.
Take your cuts , put in pucks comel back in 14 days.
IMHO, muuuch easier than wool, or riots. I've been using the same clone king for the last 5yrs+,
very close 100%
I did a bunch of DIY's, most a continuous waste of money.
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Good luck in whatever method you choose.

I’m guessing you are using a chiller along with your aero cloner to keep at those temps. If not, I have no clue how to keep the temps in the 70s. The ambient air is pretty mild,..70-75. I think I’m going to be using the bubble cloner. The roots are growing fast as shiiiiiz and the temps eeeeeeeasily stay in the 70s

Hydrowannabe · Mar 10, 2018

I can’t believe how crappy looking these clones came out. Decent roots but they took forever. The problem is most likely with me being used to using rockwool rather than the problem bein* the actual cloner. Obviously I can’t deny that you guys pump are some killer roots with these automated propagators. Like the guy above me said, I will probably go back to rockwool,..but I didn’t want be discriminative against auto cloner machines haha. Have a good day everyone!

Hydrowannabe · Mar 10, 2018

Oh, I post a pic of the mother plant just so people can see it came from a healthy mother which is the number one factor in rooting p. Bad mother’s equal little to no chance of a harvest from its cuttings...ime

Michael Huntherz · Mar 11, 2018

Cold$moke said:
you dont need a dome almost with anything weed related.

It helps with media based clones more so then water culture.

Ive done aero and bubble in one firm or another for probably 12 plus years.

I also can get 100% with rapid rooters and rockwool.

But my aero is fastest followed by bubble followed br rockwool.

My fastest ever roots where 5 days from cut
And they where roots not bumps.

I have never had them root faster any other way.

Now that being said if you do awsome in rockwool

Why would you want to try an aero or bubbler set up?

I would choose the best method that works in my situation

I made a little rdwc cloner out of a store bought rdwc bucket and can get roots in five days most times. It is a fun little contraption.

Here’s a link to a pic
https://www.rollitup.org/t/mike-huntherz-presents-the-perpetual-variety-good-time-grow-show.908872/page-9#post-13008021

Budley Doright · Mar 11, 2018

Cold$moke said:
you dont need a dome almost with anything weed related.

It helps with media based clones more so then water culture.

Ive done aero and bubble in one firm or another for probably 12 plus years.

I also can get 100% with rapid rooters and rockwool.

But my aero is fastest followed by bubble followed br rockwool.

My fastest ever roots where 5 days from cut
And they where roots not bumps.

I have never had them root faster any other way.

Now that being said if you do awsome in rockwool

Why would you want to try an aero or bubbler set up?

I would choose the best method that works in my situation

I’ve never been successful taking clones in cubes without a dome, trust me I’ve tried lol. Not sure what the deal is but if I don’t cover them they shrivel up and die

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Hydrowannabe · Mar 11, 2018

Michael Huntherz said:
I made a little rdwc cloner out of a store bought rdwc bucket and can get roots in five days most times. It is a fun little contraption.

Here’s a link to a pic
https://www.rollitup.org/t/mike-huntherz-presents-the-perpetual-variety-good-time-grow-show.908872/page-9#post-13008021

It is a fun thing to tinker with. Roots are all forming, I think I just do overall better in rockwool. And don’t you temps skyrocket?

Hydrowannabe · Mar 11, 2018

Budley Doright said:
I’ve never been successful taking clones in cubes without a dome, trust me I’ve tried lol. Not sure what the deal is but if I don’t cover them they shrivel up and die .

Humidity needs to stay high, transpiration low

Budley Doright · Mar 11, 2018

Hydrowannabe said:
Humidity needs to stay high, transpiration low

I know and my clone room is in my grow shed so I basically need to supply a micro climate. What are you keeping humidity at?

Budley Doright · Mar 11, 2018

Hydrowannabe said:
It is a fun thing to tinker with. Roots are all forming, I think I just do overall better in rockwool. And don’t you temps skyrocket?

I do real well in root riot cubes, built an aero cloner but have yet to plug it in, figured why bother, I start to get roots in 6 days for most strains but some take way longer lol.

Hydrowannabe · Mar 11, 2018

Three had already rooted well so I transplanted three out of six so far. I will let these stay in the cloner for a couple more days. I think if I continue to use the bubbler, I’ll have her dialed in after a few more runs...but roots did appear nonetheless

Cold$moke · Mar 11, 2018

Budley Doright said:
I’ve never been successful taking clones in cubes without a dome, trust me I’ve tried lol. Not sure what the deal is but if I don’t cover them they shrivel up and die .

And i have plucked a clone and thrown it in a cube with nothing and it rooted i have pics lol

Not saying they cant help but you can do it without

Thats why i enjoy aero .

I have never had droopy plants in hydro cloners unless the water level was too low.

Different strokes for different enviroments.

If your in a dry hot climate a dome would help a lot

if your cloning in media anyways

Cold$moke · Mar 11, 2018

Ill have my cloner up and running in a few weeks

Budley Doright · Mar 11, 2018

Cold$moke said:
Ill have my cloner up and running in a few weeks

Ya so will I I hope lol. I’ve stuck clones in rock wool beside other plants just to see and yup the odd one rooted, maybe I’ll plug in the aero and see

Cold$moke · Mar 11, 2018

I straight abused some cuts just to see if they would root.

I stuck them in the rockwool cube a full veg plant is in
And gave it full strength nutes from day 1

They took a few weeks but they are rooted and activly growing now

Hydrowannabe · Mar 12, 2018

Cold$moke said:
I straight abused some cuts just to see if they would root.

I stuck them in the rockwool cube a full veg plant is in
And gave it full strength nutes from day 1

They took a few weeks but they are rooted and activly growing now

I find it incredibly easy,..almost fool proof when rooting in rockwool. I love the stuff, but ecos hate me for it

Cold$moke · Mar 12, 2018

Ecos?

Budley Doright · Mar 12, 2018

Cold$moke said:
I straight abused some cuts just to see if they would root.

I stuck them in the rockwool cube a full veg plant is in
And gave it full strength nutes from day 1

They took a few weeks but they are rooted and activly growing now

Funny, I use used res water to soak my cuttings, seems to work well.

Cold$moke · Mar 12, 2018

I find if you give heavy nutes to cuttings it makes them root slower but they start to grow above ground but takes longer to get root below.

But they still root and grow like weeds lol

Budley Doright · Mar 12, 2018

Cold$moke said:
I find if you give heavy nutes to cuttings it makes them root slower but they start to grow above ground but takes longer to get root below.

But they still root and grow like weeds lol

Since using root riot cubes I’ve been getting roots starting at 6 days which is faster than my RW by 4-5 days.

Not liking this aero cloner

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