Nice work :thumbsup: great pics, too :thumbsup:
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Nice work :thumbsup: great pics, too :thumbsup:
It IS nice work....I agree with Reaper. Good job bozo. :thumbsup:
now for the hydro growers, something i learned from StinkyAttic, all props to her!
LOL, if i don't get this right, it's me, not what Stinky taught
anyway, if your growing in hydroton, hygromite or river rock, you need to be extra gentle with your roots so put your medium into a tub filled with ph balanced solution (just 4ml ThriveAliveB1 red and a drop of SuperThrive for a gallon of water)(the hydroton in particular needs to be pre-cleaned and pre-soaked before use)
now, put your net pots into the solution, add some medium and then add your roots.
now, gently back-fill into your pot.
pretty simple really
and now for the bake
Hey bozo,
Looking great!
You dropped by my grow a couple weeks ago i think when i'd just taken some cuttings and told me about you're cloner. I took a quick look then but now i'm gonna try and build one myself and have re-read your thread. I'm gonna go looking for supplies this afternoon.
Everything seems pretty straight forward and you've explained everything well but i've just got one question. What level do you have your resevoir filled to? I was thinking an inch or two lower than the bottom of the cutting so that the bubbles mist the stem, is that right?
Oh and another thing, I have much better success when i put my clones in a humidity dome, (the old way just in rooting cubes in a propagator) do you think I should try to build my cloner with one or isn't it needed as they get a constant misting effect to the roots? I've not seen a dome on yours so i assume you dont bother with one. But did you use a dome before and decide you didnt need one on the bubble cloner?
Thanks
Good luck, can't wait to see them flowering ;)
if there's a Lowes near you the bins i use are black and they're called 'Stor-It-All Pro', there are several sizes, my cloner is the smallest one they make.Quote:
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Originally Posted by hudson88
you got it, the solution has to be high enough so the stems get splashed (constantly,lol)
(i use approx 3ml of ThriveAlive B1 Red and 1 drop of Superthrive per gallon, the bin holds 2 gallons)
i do have a dome but haven't had to use it for the new cloner, my cuttings started showing roots in just a few days and by 8 or 9 days, 17 of 18 had roots (i believe i transplanted after 12 days)Quote:
Originally Posted by hudson88
the last 3 are right but the first couple don't belong so here are the right ones
so, look at these, then go to post #83, disregarding the first 2 pics (obviously dirt)
Hey bozo,
I'm in the uk and don't have a lowes around, I found a box just the right size but when I got it home discovered it leaked lol but only after i'd spent about an hour cutting holes out of the lid (jeez that plastic was thick) :mad: It's ok tho I went back and found a better one that cost about $9. (the lid was much thinner and easier to cut :D) Got my pump for $12, line and airstone for $4, net pots $1 for a grand total of $26, not bad eh!
Decided to use net pots and clay pebbles rather than drop the root directly in the res, although I plan to get another lid and try it the other way too, i'm sure it will be better as the stem will be getting sprayed directly, I was just in a bit of a rush to get this done before I go away and I was already going to the hydro shop so got the pots while I was there.
I asked the guy at the hydro store about superthrive but they don't stock it, he recommended some stuff called "FORMULEX" so I hope that does the job.
Yeah that makes sense that you haven't needed the dome as they root so fast, i'll see how they get on i'm sure i can find something suitable pretty quickly should they need a dome.
Thanks for your advice and showing me how easy it is to make your own bubble cloner :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Oh and I plan to put a skirt around the side of it so roots are not exposed to any light.
Here's a couple of pics!
and a quick and easy skirt might be to just spray paint the outside of the bin. (get the kind for model cars, i think it will hold better as it's made to paint plastic)
on another note, i tried rooting clones in net pots with hydroton around the stems and all i got was dead cuttings, i think you will have much better success if you just dangle the stems above the solution so they get splashed constantly by bubbles.
here's a couple of pics of something you can do to make it work
i had more cuttings than would fit into the cloner so i had to improvise, using 2 of my DWC's as cloners, except that the holes were too big. what i did was to cut out the bottoms of some plastic cups, then i got a pool noodle and sliced off some 1 inch thick pieces to use as inserts, the noodle already had a hole running through it so all i had to do was slice it to allow for easy removal of the rooted cutting
Nice job. Looking good.
Yeah I thought it would be better to have the stems dangling but figured it would still be ok in hydroton, thanks for the heads up bozo, I'll have to have a think, maybe if I just put a top with a small hole on the net pots it will work till i've some time to sort it properly or a bit of styrofoam ( i think thats what its called, the white stuff they use for packing), yeah i'm sure i can get that to work, thanks again bozo.