So I have recently gotten back into using Rhizotonic in aero and am very happy with the results. Then I got to thinking that I have no idea if it has actually helped in clone. I have been spraying them starting around 5 days after cutting and have been getting roots in 7-10 days after cutting. But with a system that totally dialed in that is fairly normal. So I'm doing a quick and easy little side-by-side comparison. I have 7 out of the 17 that are in my DIY aero-cloner getting sprayed everyday with Rhizo and RO water (not ph'ed), 7 others getting plain RO water as a control (just to be sure its not just the water doing it), and 3 in the center getting no water at all. Let see what happens. As of right now I am at day 5, so just started.
Rhizotonic Foliar Feed During Clone vs Without
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End of day 6, things be happening. Root buds starting on 5/7 of the Rhizo ones, 5/7 of the plain water ones and 2/3 of the no water ones. Development is about the same across all that are sprouting roots. As of right now it doesnt really seem like the speed of root development has changed much between Rhizo/water/no water. I do think however it will begin to start changing things soon. With all the changes that usually start happening in the next week or so I will probably update 1 or twice a day. First 2 pics are plain water foliar, second 2 are Rhizo foliar.
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Nothing too crazy yet. Just over night I have 6/7 plain water have roots with the last one starting, 6/7 Rhizo have roots with the last one starting, 2/3 no water have roots with the last one not looking like its trying too hard. Going to spray them down and see if any difference later tonight. First 2 pics are plain water, next one is no water, final 2 single shots are Rhizo water, last pic is just under the hood.
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WeedKillsBrainCells
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Interesting tests subidysub
So everything is really spitting roots out at the same rate right now, with one of the "no water" ones taking the lead as far as size. Kinda making me think that with Rhizo or not, just giving water to the leaves is helping the plant not focus on root growth. Ill post more pics later tonight.
Oops, thought I uploaded these last night guess I didnt, these are the pics from 6/17 or day 9. Growth of all of the Rhizos began taking off, catching up to anything in there that seemed to have more root growth. Frist 2 rhizo, next 1 no water, final 2 plain water.
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So this is from today, day 10. Today I added a light dose of grow nutes to the res to begin a little more top growth. The ones that were getting sprayed with the rhizo definitely were healthier looking, but technically were the only ones getting anything that would make them look good. Those results probably couldve come from any light dose of grow nutes foliar fed.
At this point if the experiment were to stop now (which maybe it should because now its not based off of just water and Rhizotonic), I think it helped a little.
I would definitely say that although the ones sprayed with Rhizo were not too much bigger than the rest in root development, they were definitely more uniform. Almost all of them caught up to being the same size as the largest ones in the cloner where some of the non-Rhizo ones had some large, some small, some tiny. I think (just from this experiment) that it is pointless for me in my system to foliar with Rhizotonic from days 5-7 because almost nothing happened. It was after some serious development started that it really showed me anything. In other experiments that I had done in the past, I do know the benefits of Rhizo in hydro root development when added to a reservoir. I think adding Rhizo to the root zone is what I may go back to because i think the benefits are far more drastic. I think coming up in the next few weeks it will be time to check 2 different reservoirs, one Rhizo at first sign of roots, and one plain water the whole way.
As of right now, this is how everything looks: First pic is a shot under the lid (Rhizo in the back, notice how they are almost they same size with smaller ones in the other areas that got no rhizo.), 2-4 are plain water, 5 is no water, 6-8 are the Rhizo foliar fed.
At this point if the experiment were to stop now (which maybe it should because now its not based off of just water and Rhizotonic), I think it helped a little.
I would definitely say that although the ones sprayed with Rhizo were not too much bigger than the rest in root development, they were definitely more uniform. Almost all of them caught up to being the same size as the largest ones in the cloner where some of the non-Rhizo ones had some large, some small, some tiny. I think (just from this experiment) that it is pointless for me in my system to foliar with Rhizotonic from days 5-7 because almost nothing happened. It was after some serious development started that it really showed me anything. In other experiments that I had done in the past, I do know the benefits of Rhizo in hydro root development when added to a reservoir. I think adding Rhizo to the root zone is what I may go back to because i think the benefits are far more drastic. I think coming up in the next few weeks it will be time to check 2 different reservoirs, one Rhizo at first sign of roots, and one plain water the whole way.
As of right now, this is how everything looks: First pic is a shot under the lid (Rhizo in the back, notice how they are almost they same size with smaller ones in the other areas that got no rhizo.), 2-4 are plain water, 5 is no water, 6-8 are the Rhizo foliar fed.
