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[Woodsman67]

Very cool. Expensive. But cool. And they have a chiller built in?

 

[Toker1]

Mine is a clone king 25 site. I only use plain tap water in it. I put a 100w aquarium chiller inside separately. On eBay you can get the chiller, tubing, and pump kit for $100. The entire set up was a bit less than $200 delivered to my door step and I pull approx 50 clones per month off it. It’s low maintenance. I clean and refill the reservoir every 6 months plus replace all the insert plugs when I clean. I top the reservoir off with plain tap water 2-4 times per month. I have had the same system for 2-3 years now.

 

[DingusKhan]

You will soon have one of JDU's Mango clones, and actually it's already big enough to take a cutting!

 

[Mr.furley]

Alright this is a older grow but it checks out for educational purposes, I will do a live clone in a couple weeks with jiffy and gel.

For about 15$ buck u.s. I put this thing together a couple years back.

Mr.Furleys bubbler.

A 1gal-ish black tote
Some clone rings and tie downs
used air pump, stone and line.
other expenses:
A tray, dome, NSF thermometer and heat pad.
Clonex seedling nutrient solution water ph at 6.2

I stabilize my temp and PH

Cut clones and secure in rings with tie-down.

I mist them off the bat, cover with the lid, vents close for the most part the first couple days with 46 watts cfl.

if all goes well in 3 to 7 days I'll see roots at different stages of growth. I will stop misting, open vents and even uncover the tarys at this point

Plants are usually in Coco withing a two weeks period getting 1/2 strength feedings.

Got a pretty good success rate, I usually cut at least two clones for every one I plan on keeping and alot of times I have to toss some. I have had bad results a couple times, cloning Topps are a little tougher in the water and some strains are just hard to clone, like Durban Posion, went 0 for 6 on that one.

hope you enjoy

 

[DingusKhan]

Very nice. Are the holes smaller than the collars, and they're just sitting on top, not wedged in?

That's much simpler than cutting the bottoms out of 2" net cups and putting the collars in the tops of those, and then snapping them into 2" holes.

I was going to simplify by drilling 1 7/8 holes and squeezing them in. But if just sitting them on top of a 1 inch hole works just fine, hell I'm doing that.

 

[Mr.furley]

I just used a 1 1/2" paddle bit and 2" clone rings. yes they just sit on top, the first go with them I use net pots and it was very apparent that it was unnecessary.

 

[DingusKhan]

That's awesome because pulling the little disc of plastic out of the 2inch hole saw SUCKS! I'm so not doing that anymore!

Thanks for the time savingest hack yet! GWE Fuck Yeah!

 

[Spidermite]

If this is going to be an ongoing thread I'll post how we mass clone in about a month. Our mother plants were started in October for next seasons grow. We do nothing special but it is easy to follow and its cheap. I'll get my daughter to do a step by step as she is the best cloner we have. It's funny how I taught her how to clone and within weeks she could make clones out of nowhere I think. I swear she could turn a rock into a plant.

 

[Woodsman67]

Thanks Mr.furley, hydroponics, bubbleponics aeroponics! Yall are making me think. Taking root cuttings for clones? Yeah I am gonna learn some shit. And be setting up a couple new grow stations. I can have 6 in flower, 6 in vegg and 6 in various stages of clone including a mother. Ample for experiment plus perpetual grow

 

[Woodsman67]

Some people just have a gift with plants. That's awesome!

 

[DingusKhan]

Awesome! I'll be watching for that post.

 

[Woodsman67]

The more I see this type of setup, the more I want one

 

[Mr.furley]

Super easy to make, very cost effective, compact, easy to use and can double as aeroponic cloner just don't put as much water in so the air stones spit.

 

[Woodsman67]

I have a heavy duty aquarium pump for 100 gal tank. I'll probably have to install a valve to vary the pressure, but yes I could do bubbleponics and aeroponic experiments in same set up. I'm not convinced aquaculture type growing is suited for my lifestyle, but seeing some of the results I have questions only hands on will answer. Like can I do it lol

 

[DingusKhan]

I apologize if I'm misunderstanding your meaning, but you don't need anything other than a small AIR pump, to pump bubbles into an 8 or 12 inch air stone in a small size tote bin of water. You don't need a water pump at all.

This box just has the cuttings sitting in holes cut in the lid, with the stems sticking down into the bubbling water. That's it. No pressurized spray involved. Just an airstone.

Mr.furley to clarify, how do you do aeroponics with this setup? Do you mean that you only put in enough water that the stems aren't submerged, but are being splattered by the bubbles popping?

 

[Mr.furley]

DingusKhan
The tote I have can hold a gallon +, so if I do everything the same and only put in a 1/2 gallon the air stone spits water every were inside the tote and poof! Aeroponics in a sense. They make misters as well.

 

[Woodsman67]

I am definitely going to be changing my method after reading the above posts. My method is always a hope and a prayer for me, I have produced uncountable plants just in the strain I am cloning here but killed quite a few too. This mother was cloned in June. I will do my best to show what I did this round and feedback is appreciated!

 

[Obi-Wan]

I’m a few weeks off from taking cutting of my current crops but I can do a step by step of my procedure. To be honest, I really don’t do anything special, the key for me is to make sure everything is sterile. When everything is completely clean my success rates push 100%, when I get lazy they’re more like 50/50 or worse.

 

[DingusKhan]

Thanks for writing that up, nice pics too. And if you're producing uncountable plants, even if you're killing a lot, I would still call that "successful".

What kind of soil are you using in your cups?

 

[DingusKhan]

I'm looking forward to reading it. I haven't really been keeping track, I think my clone success rate is about 50-60%, and the times it's not working, they usually all die, not just some of them.

If I took notes or something "organized" like that, I bet I could actually derive some useful grow advice out of this.

Good thing this isn't "growweedORGANIZED.com". I wouldn't last a minute.