DIY Bubble Cloner Not working

[farmerguy]

Ok, so after reading about these diy bubble cloners and how good everyone

says they are I decided to give it a try. Its been seven days and 1 of the 4

I put in has gotten flimsy and fallen over. On 4 more that I put in 4 days

later, 2 of them are doing the same thing. None of them are showing any

signs of roots yet. What is going on with my little

ones? I did put some root hormone on the cuttings before I stuck em in the

cloner, although Ive seen people say its not needed. As for the water, its

pH was at around 7.5 this morning, I brought it back down to around 6. I

have 2 long air stones and one small airstone, mabee I dont have enough

bubbles?



So if anyone has any ideas on what might be going wrong please let me know. Thanks for any input!

farmerguy Reviewed by farmerguy on 02-18-2009. DIY Bubble Cloner Not working Ok, so after reading about these diy bubble cloners and how good everyone says they are I decided to give it a try. Its been seven days and 1 of the 4 I put in has gotten flimsy and fallen over. On 4 more that I put in 4 days later, 2 of them are doing the same thing. None of them are showing any signs of roots yet. What is going on with my little Rating: 5

[headshake]

when your cloner is running do the bubbles splash up and touch the bottom of the cuttings?

-shake

[farmerguy]

It was when I put them in, but now when I look I dont see water dripping off the

cuttings, but the bottem of the pads that they are in is wet.

[headshake]

i would definitely check on that!

also, are you using a humidity dome and misting them? what's your humidity and temp? lighting? water temp? any additives in the water?

i read yesterday that a ph of 7.3 is ideal for cloning. i'm trying to remember where and find it. lol.

[farmerguy]

No I am not using a humidity dome, read that one is not needed. I am misting them

about 3 times a day.

Temp is staying around 70 and the humidity is around 25.

No additives in the water. Just Rootatone(walmart root hormone) on the cuttings, but

most of that has washed off. A little still remains on the stems.

[farmerguy]

For lighting I am using 4x 2 ft. floresent grow lights from walmart, I forget what the watts for them are, they arent all that bright. Forgot to mention that in the above post.


Ok I added some water and now the bubbles are for sure splashing up on them again.

Within an hour they have stood back up and are looking ok again.


Should I be adding any additives to the water, if so what, and will it help em sprout

roots faster? Thanks for helping me out!

[headshake]

no worries! as far as the lighting, it will be fine for you clones, but do you have some other lighting source for veg/flower?

a humidity dome is not needed, but it probably would help.

you don't need to add anything to the water.

if they are standing up and appear to be okay then i would leave them be. just make sure to check the water level and make sure that it is splashing on the bottoms of the cuttings.

good luck!

-shake

[farmerguy]

Yeah I have other lighting for my veg/flower cycles, Im not worried about

that.

Thanks for the reply's.

[farmerguy]

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.

[Lit Up]

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.