Water Farm/DWC club

[BlueBear]

That's what all of us are here for.
By the way, quick question, what are the cloning methuds you guys use before putting into your buckets???
I have a bubble cloner, but am thinking about just cloning in perlite and transfering into the bucket, I know it can be done, but I just want to hear about some methuds and find out what everyone prefers. The thing with the bubble cloner, it is easy, no need for a dome, or a bunch of misting, but I think that taking care of my soil clones on a daily bases is theraputic or something for me, the constent checking and misting and waiting is gradifying to me, perhaps I am getting a little odd in my hybernation up here in the mountans.
Adieu

[latewood]

I have just bumped many cloner threads...yeaterday. But I have reverted to good old r'wool in a tray and I have found that it is less work and cloning % is almost 100%...I built a box out of 1 level of a plastic shelving unit...add a standard light receptacle to top and screwed in 45w cfl...I cut clones and place in soaked and shaken r'wool 1x1" plugs, and fill tray with 1/4" of water. spray clones w a no-wilt product, then leave alone except for a mist a day for about a week, and roots everywhere.

My alternative method is to take cuttings, dip in cloning gel;, and put directly into netpots filled w/wet hydroton...insert into any hydro system, and they will root in 7-10 days. spritz a couple times a day

[latewood]

Oh yeah...If you want to glue something in your rez...Use aquarium sealant...peace

[BlueBear]

LW I use that anti wilt, do you spray or dip. I have only tried dipping, but wonder if I would have better results spraying and have you found that some strains can still wilt with the spray. Also, do you think that the MG shine spray is as affective as that expensive bottle of anti wilt??
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[Cornelius]

what kind of water do you want in your bubble cloner?

[latewood]

LW I use that anti wilt, do you spray or dip. I have only tried dipping, but wonder if I would have better results spraying and have you found that some strains can still wilt with the spray. Also, do you think that the MG shine spray is as affective as that expensive bottle of anti wilt??
Adieu

I just spray...Zandor dips his...It is just a matter of opinion...(Z says he saves a lot of product dipping.)(I on the other hand am a little wasteful, and don't want to spend the extra time storing or dumping unused product, so I spray) NO difference in results!

I never had a clone fail due to using leaf shine...Also, Schultz rooting powder works well. You don't have to buy expensive gels. Both available in garden centers

If you dump a little of both products in a cup...they look and feel the same...Waxy! remember these are similar products that are used in making the produce look and last in the grocery stores...In fact I think that is exactly where no-wilt came from. I only procured no-wilt because one of my hydro suppliers sent me the wrong package and this was my payback for handling package to correct customer.

[BlueBear]

OK, here is a girl that I rescued from a friend who had her in coco coir and I put her in a bucket about a week ago. She was beet up IMO when I got her. Now I can't decide if she is worth throwing into flower or if I should just clone her. She is a BigBud x Skunk number 1
Input is appreciated.
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[rollone]

Bring'r back to par, and clone er. Never know what you might be sitting on

If I may...(havn't read the entire thread but...)
W/F are one of my favs! Homemade I should say. 5g and a 3.5g. Good amount of root space. Really just a DWC w/ top feed. IMO this combination is like penutbutter-n-chocolate Both fuction well together.
Maybe it's just me,...but I've been able to produce much better result's using these then with any other type of cultivation out there.
A while back I've even done a comparason(sp?) on OG using these and a aero bucket. These things won out! Hands-down! However I let the high-tec side of this get ahold of me and decided to try out an aeroflo 60. Waste of money IMO(although the money does come back . Not very fond of letting my plants share their privot area's together....if ya know what I mean? Same deal with ebb-n-flow....although I do like EnF. I soon sold the unit and returned to W/F's. If ya have the space these things are great.

[BlueBear]

Thanks for the input. Do you just run indavidual buckets, or recirculate from a res?
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[latewood]

I run individual buckets...

also for water in your cloner...you just need regular water...ph doesnb't matter when there are no roots. add a couple drops of superthrive or a B-vit, or GH bloom, or LK. Not necessary, but doesn't hurt either.
And yes BB...If it is alive and female...flower it...buddage is buddage peace