Madman 24 site aero-cloner/4 rotary sprinkler heads/256gph

:D :D I've been meaning to put this together. My Mother plant is overgrown and I need to clone...So, tonight I built my second cloner.:)

The "Heart of my system is a little giant 256gph submersible pump...

I am using the 4 line manifold from a dripmaster microgarden kit,

I adapted the manifold to a 1/2" lego riser with 1/2 flextube inside...and
they fit tightly over the outlet on the pump after I 90'd over to it from lego riser.

I am using rotary/spinning sprinkler heads mounted upside down in top anfter being connected to 1/4" black waterlines.

Oh Yeah...those are wackojack's cloning plugs...

I will be cloning using botanicare's cloning products and I will post testing on this new machine...hope you enjoy...If you have any question's...Fire away:smokin:

I would like to thank Zandor for all his support/motivation and his plugs.
I will be putting the cuttings I use for this test into a recirculating top feed/water culture system rotating 12 clones a month.

later.lw:cool:

1. top of 24 site/4 sprayer/aero cloner

2. Dripmaster 4 site 1/4" micro manifold

3. lego riser, cut down to 4-1/2" and 90'd over to 256gph little giant pump

4. close-up of sprinklers...notice the wetness after my initial test run:D :D :thumbsup:

Where'd you get the cloning plugs from? Just curious. They look like clay :D

Very impressive latewood, looks like NASA built that one.

the cloning plugs are from wackojack hydro...SEE: Zandor for these
they are the same foam plugs that Zandor uses and you can also go to garden store and buy garden kneepad, (it is a mat that you kneel on)...If you are crafty, you can cut your own, out of that material...goodluck, thanks for the Q

I will be cutting and cloning tonight, check later for update.lw

Damn, cool idea putting the sprayers in lid and pump up top (no heat). Never would have thought of it. I always shied away from making [one of those units] with the 1/2" pvc spraybar because of not being sure of the exact height the sprayers would have to sit at, to hit the roots/stems. And once the PVC assembly's glued together (to test it if it's at the wrong height).........
But this method you could adjust the height of the sprayers.
Thank you.

that's right...you just add a 90 to what I have there now and an extension. I have different length 1/4" extensions I have made...but I find that if you are closer to the top you will have your spray cascading down the stem, instead of beating the roots, once they grow out and are fragile...
I just kept reading Zandor talking about roots getting tangled in sprayers, and it hit me...Why don't you build a unit with top-sprayers.

another cool thing about connectin throught he top is; If you drill your hole just right you can get the line through hole, then insert sprinkler head and gently force it back into the hole...It becomes rigid. later.lw

Well, I thought it apprpropriate to introduce you to the Star of the :clap: show...
1. My mother; Before the Slashing:eek:

2. Here's to you MOM...16 Misty Blue's...she looks like she could use a ciggy:D lmao...

3. New Unit ready to go...:thumbsup:

4. 3 of the 4 strains I'm cloning tonight, seperated and the 2 unsexed NL2's
tagged...the 4th strain is unsexed Sexy Orange Skunk.
We will trim under water...

5. So, I've got 5 from one unsexed NL#2 from one plant I think is a fem...we'll see how right I am, later...3 from another unsexed NL#2, 2 unsexed Sexy Orange Skunk, the other 14 are Misty Blue.

OK...

1. back to our under water cloning station...This is where we usually show you how to trim and dip in rooting gel...etc...blah blah blah...I am not going to do that!:cool: So...

2. Here is one potential clone; Ready to go:)

3. the 3 unsexed strains labeled...the other 14, I know what they are:smokin:

4. It looks WET in there...whadaya think Z?

5. I thought some of you might get a 'kick' out of this...cloner in place, 3' below 250hps...then clockwise...10g 2 site bubbler/3.75" netpots...3g 2 site bubbler/5" netpots...2.5g bubbler (made out of a distilled water jug)/3.75" netpot...and a 5g bucket bubbler/5" netpot;) :) A Smorgasbord of home-made dwc units:dance: :glugglug: :upsidedow :twocents: :p

Hope you all enjoy the thread...maybe this will help some one build a cloner...who knows?

See ya in a week, when I get some bumps...later.lw

Very nice. Do you snip the tips of all your clones? Also, I found some neoprene inserts but they don;t say what size they are.

http://www.gchydro.com/detail.asp?product_id=EZCLONEI

Do you know what size they are (maybe it's a universal sized insert and you know.)