Organic cloning? How do you clone?

[MustangStudFarm]

I started off with clone machines. They worked great until they didnt. It seemed like my system got infected and I could not do anything about it. I even ran a chiller!
After several failed attempts, I switched back to rockwool and cloning gel. It takes over 2 weeks to get roots a lot of times...
I really wanted to see how the organic guys clone. Rooting cubes? Cloning gel? I have an extra large aloe vera plant!

 

[greasemonkeymann]

aloe, and distilled water.
rockwool.

 

[THE KONASSURE]

I've seen some organic freaks actually take a cutting then slice open some aloe and put the cutting inside the aloe leaf then pot it up a few days later

experience and luck also how you treat the mum effects it, you can get the cutting to root on the plant before you cut it but that can be quite a bit of work in some set ups

 

[Sunny Organics]

some people use honey, im tempted to experiment btw honey vs aloe vs aloe with honey. who knows, might be good??

 

[OrganicSmokeOnly77]

I diluted some of my compost tea and placed em in that direct. Had fat roots in like 5-7 days. Organic ground cinnamon works well too.I haven't tried the aloe Vera but there are people who swear by it on here. I wnt to try it

 

[Saturnine]

DWC bubbler...nothing added other than hydrogen peroxide to keep the root slime at bay.

It doesn't seem to be any faster than soil cloning, it's just a lot less work.

 

[Alienwidow]

Get your temps up mustang. 78-81. Youll have roots in 8-10 days and have no problems transplanting from rockwool at 13-14 days.

 

[Alienwidow]

My 2 cents is that organic cloning isnt as consistant.

 

[anzohaze]

I agree with grease. I use a cheat clone king works great for me after I am through using it I and like 3 cups bleach and let it run for an hoi r so drain it rinse it and no orobs

 

[hyroot]

I used to do the aloe method. Works great. But I use aero cloner now. Way better anywhere from 5-14 days (depending on strain) clones are rooted. After 3 weeks from start. They have a 2 foot long root ball. A few new nodes. Goes straight into a 2 gal...

 

[Smidge34]

I just use a ghetto bubble cloner I made. I add aloe juice and algae preventer for aquariums to the water and have just about 100% success.

 

[Growan]

I'd you have a willow tree near by you ban take a fairly young shooting branch and chop it up into short sections and simmer if for an hour or so. It contains some sort of acid the name of which I forget.

Willow water. Works. Tried it.

 

[Carolina Dream'n]

Rapid rooters soaked in GO Biothrive bloom. Roots in 5-6 days. Transplanted at 10.

 

[st0wandgrow]

I'd you have a willow tree near by you ban take a fairly young shooting branch and chop it up into short sections and simmer if for an hour or so. It contains some sort of acid the name of which I forget.

Willow water. Works. Tried it.

Salicylic acid. Same thing that aloe (and aspirin) contains which is a rooting hormone.

 

[st0wandgrow]

I used to do the aloe method. Works great. But I use aero cloner now. Way better anywhere from 5-14 days (depending on strain) clones are rooted. After 3 weeks from start. They have a 2 foot long root ball. A few new nodes. Goes straight into a 2 gal...

I agree with this. Aero cloners are the fastest way to root cuttings. Just be sure to clean it thoroughly after each round

 

[MustangStudFarm]

I used to do the aloe method. Works great. But I use aero cloner now. Way better anywhere from 5-14 days (depending on strain) clones are rooted. After 3 weeks from start. They have a 2 foot long root ball. A few new nodes. Goes straight into a 2 gal...

It just seems like after my first bad batch in the aero cloner, it was infected with something... I was even tried the pool shock, but I was adding at 4 days and I think that it should have been 2-3days...
Really, I got away from the aero cloner because of this. I have done everything but change the pump and manifold.? I am not doing something right?

Get your temps up mustang. 78-81. Youll have roots in 8-10 days and have no problems transplanting from rockwool at 13-14 days.

I did not use my heating mat last time. That could be the reason it took so long because it was cold then.

 

[MustangStudFarm]

I have thought about letting my rockwool soak in my tea as it brews.?

 

[MustangStudFarm]

aloe, and distilled water.
rockwool.

Is there a difference between distilled water and RO water... I left that out, I had been running RO water in my machine.

 

[hyroot]

I agree with this. Aero cloners are the fastest way to root cuttings. Just be sure to clean it thoroughly after each round

I've had it running 2 months straight. No cleaning. No resi change. Just keep adding tap war. Having air stones and keeping water temp down prevents any slime or anything from forming. I've been getting same results.

 

[hyroot]

It just seems like after my first bad batch in the aero cloner, it was infected with something... I was even tried the pool shock, but I was adding at 4 days and I think that it should have been 2-3days...
Really, I got away from the aero cloner because of this. I have done everything but change the pump and manifold.? I am not doing something right?

I did not use my heating mat last time. That could be the reason it took so long because it was cold then.

my first aero cloner run was a failure. Then I added a 15 min timer to the water pump, an air pump and air stones (big difference) and constantly kept putting frozen water bottles in there to kelp temps down. I've had a 100% every time . I use just tap water and a couple mils of pro tekt and that's it.

if yours is too cold then use a heating mat. Mine was too warm...