DIY Bubble Cloner Not working

[Divestoned]

I run my cloner at 5.8 ph (as with all soiless systems)water temp 68-70 deg. PPM at 5-600.Dip the clones in rooting gel.I get root's in 3-5 days.

[Divestoned]

also...i dont agree with misting clone's.You can use anti-wilt (which you can get at the garden store) if you are afraid of wilting.

[farmerguy]

Whats your water temps been at? Did you change the water or anything? Water should be on the warm side i think like 72-78, somewhere in between there. I lack a heating pad so mine take about 2 weeks a lil longer on the ones now, had 2 root in under 2 weeks the other 2 are still working on it.

Remember room temps do not vouche for water temps.....you need to check that out.

My water temp is at around 68 to 69 degrees.

[LolaGal]

Its been 12 days since I started my clones and still no signs of roots.

Some of the leaves are starting to turn brown on the ends, is this a bad sign?


Are there any ways to speed up the rooting process? I put a rooting

hormone on them but most of that got washed off.


I have cloned before, but never in a bubble cloner. The way I have been

doing it previously was by putting the cuttings in a plastic cup full of

spahgnum(spelling?) moss with root hormone on them. I would keep the

moss damp by misting a couple times a day. This way was sprouting roots

in a little over 2 weeks. I was hoping that this DIY Cloner would help speed

up the process.

Take Jiffy pellet and put plant cutting with rooting hormone on it in Jiffy. Place in plastic tote with lid. Mist and put 1/8 inch water in bottom.

Put lid on and check daily if needed for more misting.....

Day 7 you will have roots........Sorry picture is so bad, but you can see the roots at Day 7 busting out the peat pellet.

[Lit Up]

^ Very interesting. BTW your temps seem fine I thought I was on the high side.

[Dreadscale]

farmerguy sorry to hear about your troubles!!

I have been using a bubble cloner for about a year now with excellent results.

The only time I had any problem was when my temp. got too high.
I had the cloner above a little Veg. area and the 4 100w. CFLs were heating the clone area.

I use no Hormones at all! I take cuttings, place in cloner, that is filled with just tap water. Presto about a week I got roots.

I start with cuttings about 1/4 inch into the water and at end of week just the bubbles are feeding them.

Good Luck!!!

[farmerguy]

farmerguy sorry to hear about your troubles!!

I have been using a bubble cloner for about a year now with excellent results.

The only time I had any problem was when my temp. got too high.
I had the cloner above a little Veg. area and the 4 100w. CFLs were heating the clone area.

I use no Hormones at all! I take cuttings, place in cloner, that is filled with just tap water. Presto about a week I got roots.

I start with cuttings about 1/4 inch into the water and at end of week just the bubbles are feeding them.

Good Luck!!!

Do some strains take longer then others to root possibly?

I was wondering about having the cuttings in the water a little bit too, I

might try that and see if it works any better.

[cigarettes42]

im curious? do you leach out your nutes for a week before taking cuttings untill your plant looks a pale or lime green. they say if you skip that step that the N in it could make it harder or take longer for cuttings to take root.

[farmerguy]

im curious? do you leach out your nutes for a week before taking cuttings untill your plant looks a pale or lime green. they say if you skip that step that the N in it could make it harder or take longer for cuttings to take root.

Im using some MG potting soil for my mothers that say it feeds for up to 3

months. Im not adding any nutes at this time and my plants are green as

can be. So no, I guess im not. I guess this might be what is making em take

longer. In the past doing it without the bubble cloner it took about 3 weeks

to get good roots. Right now im at 16 days and still not roots. I think I may

see some signs of roots but Ive been thinking that for a week and they still

havent popped out. I got some super thrive last night and some new bubble

stones. Im going to put in the stones today and change the water adding a

drop of the super thrive per gallon of water and see if it helps any. They

arent dead yet, but they arent looking all that good either. The leaves look

like they are starting to burn a little bit.

Also I noticed today that my lid my be letting light in. It is white and I didnt

tape it up to make it light proof, could this be affecting the rooting process?

The tub has been taped and made light proof, just not the lid.

[cigarettes42]

roots dont like light. also since your soil is time release you can leach out nitrogen by misting the shit out of your plants for a few days prior to cutting. just do it in the begining of your light schedule and let the big drops fall off before putting it under the light(magnifying effect). but i dont know if it helps after taking cuttings...