Cloning directly to Hydroton/Bubbler x4

[latewood]

Cutting...prepping...setting into 5" netpots w/hydroton.

Materials: 10 gallon/4 plant rubbermaid tub w/7-8 gallons of ph'd*5.8 ROwater
hydroton to fill 4-5" netpots
2-12" airstones
1-dual airpump
4 feet of 1/4" black tubing
razor sharp knife
schultz takeroot (cloning powder)
Optional: 5ml micro-grow-bloom...10ml liquid karma...

1. place airstones on bottom of tub hook up airlines, then run airlines thru holes drilled in top just big enough to allow the lines to feed snugly thru...plug airlines into airpump...fill the res with your pre-mixed nutes...plug in airpump...bubbles
2. I cut 4 clones off the bottom of my 2-headed Misty Blue 5-6 inches long,
because I want the end of the cutting right on the bottom of the netpot, supported by the hydroton. This should allow the cutting to 'root and will never have to be moved from it's original environment...Wish me luck :smokin:

A small *note while we wait for upload...I had a complete bubbler cloning how-to/step-by-step, but a moth got into the res' and ate 2/3 of the roots of my 15 clones and killed most of them...5-7 still thriving, I suppose. Anyway, I will still post the thread later. Meanwhile enjoy yet another interesting experiment from 'MadScience Grows'

The idea to try this was suggested by a mmj grower on a fixed income @TYdot who had limited means and couldn't afford to build/buy anymore growing systems, so he tried cloning a mother plant and setting the cutting right into his hyroton. He later claimed to have succeeded. That and a Moth!

So, with that said, "Here we Go", Enjoy, lw :smokin:

latewood Reviewed by latewood on 11-13-2005. Cloning directly to Hydroton/Bubbler x4 :cool: Cutting...prepping...setting into 5" netpots w/hydroton. Materials: 10 gallon/4 plant rubbermaid tub w/7-8 gallons of ph'd*5.8 ROwater hydroton to fill 4-5" netpots 2-12" airstones 1-dual airpump 4 feet of 1/4" black tubing razor sharp knife schultz takeroot (cloning powder) Optional: 5ml micro-grow-bloom...10ml liquid karma... Rating: 5

[latewood]

I am not going to spend alot of time on cloning; that is another thread...

1. The Misty Blue that these were cut from, is a beautiful plant 2nd week of flower.

2. Clean them up all the way to the top 2 nodes and trim the bigger fan leaves.

3. Scrape the stem a little to expose the stem to the rooting powder,
and drag the cutting thru the powder.

4. I found that with these big fat clones (hopefully), fill the netpots with a couple of inches of hydroton, then just lightly insert stem with rooting powder into the netpot and hydroton, all the way to the bottom.

5. Carefuly, fill netpot to the top with hydroton...Here is one ready for our bubbler. :thumbsup:

[latewood]

here is the set-up; :dance: all 4 trimmed up and powdered and set in hydroton filled 5" netpots...oh yeah, I almost forgot...I didn't show it, but for an anti-wilt, I use leaf shine by miracle grow(this product has a waxy substance that provides leaves with support, without clogging the pores)...DISCLAIMER; (leaf shine is the only product that I use or ever will use by miracle grow.) As you can see, there is no humidity dome, that is what the anti-wilt is for.

Well, let's all hope for success. Maybe we can all learn something...see you all in 10 days or so, lw :smokin:

[cnd411]

Sound good :thumbsup: But what if you don't have 100% of rooted clones ?
Many growers used bubbler cloning like what you are using. They suggested do not mix nutrient into res until the clones rooted. Just a few drops of super thrive or B52 or Liquid Kama will work better than any nutrient mix. Have a good day.

[latewood]

thanks cnd...this is an experiment...it will work, or not. Then all will know.
I don't know what you are asking, "what if you don't have a 100% of rooted clones?" But, I have always had about a 95+% of success and I really only changed the way I put clones in the bubbler...I just harvested close to 3/4lb from my last clones.
...here is a pic of this pm...12 hours and they are standing up looking healthy :dance: ...In my opinion, this shows me that bubbles are moistening up the bottom of the netpots and feeding the cuttings :clap: They will root.

[lemonboy]

I like the idea of the LeafShine. So do you not mist at all?

[latewood]

I mist them real good with the leaf shine and they stand right up overnight and I might mist once after a week depending on how they look...here is pic I just took to show you my results with my normal bubblecloner 12 days/bbjack and misty blue/2 seperate plants, I'm re-netting these tonight...if you notice blank netpot in back, that was full and thriving all from my big hydro MIsty 2 and a moth ate the roots right off the stems...I caught him in this well getting ready to eat these that is why I started these big clones so late. I wanted offspring from this particular plant! :smokin: The moth ate all 7 I had from her/MIsty 2.

[latewood]

is place the netpot in hydro system for 3 week veg
Now that is results!!! :dance: and I did entirely with supplies I bought from Wally's...

I also used 3-part nutes w/Liquid Karma and hygrozyme :thumbsup: ...so I broke some taboos here ...time will tell

Here is a pic of the 4 new roots sproting out of netpot, and it has only been 8 days :dance:

I threw this closet together for cloning...It will evolve, I promise...
...
for those of you who don't know...I should have reflective material on wall, but I've had a lot of things going on lately; including a new job
so I got lazy...later.lw

[latewood]

This worked real well...kept Mother(Misty Blue) from this project...good thick smoke.
bumped this for new members.lw

[Gen]

Hey latewood, I remember reading all your posts when I knew nothing and thinking wow.
So you took your clones and went straight to hydroton. Very impressive. Thanks for bumping this up. It's starting to make more sense now.

Tell me about this moth. If the reservoir is full of water, how does the moth live in there long enough to eat the roots off your plants? I would think the moth would drown.