Cloning directly to Hydroton/Bubbler x4

[latewood]

the water level is only to bottom/or just below bottom of netpots, bubbles pop...hydroton with root-powdered clone inside gets damp/wet and grows roots...you DO NOT want water all the way up to the point it would drown a moth...you want the plants to seek the moisture, promoting a strong root system...I used to use a single
fluoro tube for rooting, have since changed to cfl/250hps for clones/seedlings...

[Gen]

Hey Latewood thanks for the explaination about the moth. What differences do you see between the single fluoro tube and cfl/250 hps. Faster growth, bigger plants?

[latewood]

at that stage a fluoro is all you need...matter of fact, I remember how good it actually
looked under a single fluoro...I did buy the green/cool light at wally's to go in it.

I would really like to have a 4x4 or 6' fluoro set=up for clones and seedlings...hmmm eventually

the cfl's do great...as a matter of fact I am vegging tomato's and peppers under 250hps/cfl's right now...my first experimental/commercial crop of veggies If I could run a string of cfls???...like a "luau"...It might be enough for veggies

[Gen]

Does clf mean circular fluoros? What is a green/cool light? 250 hps/cfl's is that a high pressure sodium with circular fluoros for side light? I'm interested in your tomato/pepper crop of veggies using hydro indoor. Please post more. I've got my seedlings under fluoros and they are beautiful to perfection. Thanks.

[latewood]

cfl compact fluoro...

green/cool light?...go to Wally's and enter the lighting section...they have a variety of 4' fluorescent tubes...they all have a colorguide towards different spectrums...I personally have had great success with the aqua/green color coded fluoro tube

since I have several lights...I had a diamond 250w hps laying around and decided to veg with it...I also started tomato's and peppers...so In order to get more light coverage...I broke out the 45w/150 cfl's...I have 4

[grow4fun]

Wow. Could you specify (close as you can) the exact height above the waterline the stem was, and the height above the netpot-bottom that the bottom tip of the stem sits at? Still amazed, thinking that placement of the stem in the hydroton (i.e. how far up from netcup-bottom), and in relation to the waterline, is probably crucial.

[latewood]

Wow. Could you specify (close as you can) the exact height above the waterline the stem was, and the height above the netpot-bottom that the bottom tip of the stem sits at? Still amazed, thinking that placement of the stem in the hydroton (i.e. how far up from netcup-bottom), and in relation to the waterline, is probably crucial.

I thought I showed this in the thread...but, I keep my water right below...like 1/8"
below the netpots...the stem of the clone must be long enough to reach the bottom of netpot and still be above hydroton...I just have my netpots with hydroton soaking in the water I use in the clonerwhen I trim the cutting, I
dip it in rooting hormone and stickit right into the hydroton to the bottom...
that's it, I then put netpot into bubbler.lw:smokin:

[grow4fun]

Danke schon...... I was thinkin' maybe there had to be some hydroton beneath the bottom tip of the stem (the cut just wicking moisture from the clay), but the tip/cut sits all the way down where the spray hits it directly. Thanks

[Gen]

Hey late, always enjoy rereading your post. Whatever happened to your tomatos and bell peppers?

[mountainman]

I also started some veges under my 400 HPS lighting system in my hydro system like you, latewood. I had room, so why not? Peas, beans, peppers, and tomatoes. I loooove having my bedroom covered in plants. I just got them started, so it will be interesting to see my results compared to yours