I wanted a better cloner than the dome?.I did a lot of reading, and yes the super cool Frapaplas fogger at about $600 per copy is the top of the line. At $600 the clone dome wasn??t looking so bad. Around a hundred bucks seemed more like my budget. While the frapaplas would fog the entire room?.I??m a California boy that can only do 6 at a time, so a pond fogger seemed to fill the bill.

I tried to build with whatever I could pick up locally?.I??m a bit rural, and trips to the city are only out of necessity. The 4 ¾? vinyl posts and caps come from the Depot and bubble wall air stones from Petsmart.
Also I needed something as compact as possible (low profile) to fit on a high shelf, and I wanted to use 3.75? netpots as they transfer down the line to a pre-veg bubbler, and then drop directly into 6? netpots in 5 gallon buckets.

So the drawbacks of the pond foggers are heat generated and distribution:

With the fogger below the netpots the fog has to rise up to the netpots and the typical solution was to incorporate a fan to move the fog. This setup creates the fog in a manifold above and allows the fog to drop down in to the grow chambers doing what comes naturally.

To beat the heat issue the fogging manifold is isolated from the grow chamber, so the heat doesn??t accumulate in the grow chamber below. It recirculates to a remote reservoir and cools there before being brought back up via a small pump.

As fog floats across the water?.the drain set in the grow chamber is at 1 ¾? and the drain set in the manifold is at (if I remember correctly) 2 5/8?. This in effect reduces the volume that the fog needs to fill by nearly one half.

Now, why the bubbler?
Oldmac reports that after a 100% fogging in a cloner that the lacey roots created by fogging need a week to ten days to restructure to roots that function well in a splash environment.
So what I??m going to try to find out is?.what is the ratio of fogging to splashing that will allow for a smooth transition as they move down the line to a splash environment. I don??t have a clue. Maybe (hint) with luck, a few fogheads will help me figure out where to start.

Don??t ask me questions about fogging?.I??ve never done it. I posted this to learn about fogging. Questions about the build?.I would be more than happy to oblige.
I haven??t even run it yet?.the adhesive is drying?.we??ll get around to that soon enough (provided that it actually holds water).

Let??s start with some pictures:

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Foghead thoughts?.criticisms?.and ideas are invited.

More mañana,
Horsemanrocks.
Horsemanrocks Reviewed by Horsemanrocks on . Bubbler-Pond fogger cloner I wanted a better cloner than the dome?.I did a lot of reading, and yes the super cool Frapaplas fogger at about $600 per copy is the top of the line. At $600 the clone dome wasn??t looking so bad. Around a hundred bucks seemed more like my budget. While the frapaplas would fog the entire room?.I??m a California boy that can only do 6 at a time, so a pond fogger seemed to fill the bill. I tried to build with whatever I could pick up locally?.I??m a bit rural, and trips to the city Rating: 5