Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

joey green

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ok thank you so much for the advice, cropkingseeds recommends soaking the seeds in water for 18hrs before going to paper towel, so i decided to try that with 2 seeds but after the soak ill be following every step of your method. round 2 here we go.
 

AKGrowAreo

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ok thank you so much for the advice, cropkingseeds recommends soaking the seeds in water for 18hrs before going to paper towel, so i decided to try that with 2 seeds but after the soak ill be following every step of your method. round 2 here we go.
Sweet. let me know how it goes. Maybe I need to add that step myself...
 

Sal Baretta

Active Member
I take the 2"-4" cuttings and place them in the Neoprene sleeves and into the 2" netpots. No spraying, dipping or anything! Just stick them in the cloner and your done.

My cloner is homemade. I have a 100% success rate with this system. I use tap water with 150ml of Clonex clone solution although no rooting hormone is actually needed. It does root a little faster with the solution.

The cloner is running on the same timer I use for all of my Aero setups. 1 min on and 5 mins off.

The clone system is under a 24", 2-light, HO fluorescents.

I use EZ-Clone sprayers for everything. I run a 396 GPH pump for all the systems also.

Use an 18gal. Rubbermaid Ruffneck container for your clone unit. Everything else will leak! Trust me on this, I've tried them all.

1/2" PVC pipe is used for sprayer assembly. Use an 11/64" drill bit for the sprayers. Just screw the sprayers right into the PVC pipe.

Check out the plans for a more detailed example.

Do you use a humidity dome on your cloner.. I bought a aeroponic cloner with dome and if I take it off my plants start to wilt any idea why I see most don't have a dome.
 

jblwired

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My new design is way more efficient. I use the same design now but I use a cooler instead of a strong box. Coolers don't need any sealer to keep from leaking.
Howdy Stinker! It's been a minute. As you should know, I try to pop in and keep up with your thread here more than any other, because it's just been SO damn inspiring, for both myself, and the many others that have passed through here. Thank you VERY much for that!

I find it pretty cool that you switched to a cooler for your cloner, because that's a phenomenal idea! I actually know from experience that it is too, because about 7 years ago, shortly after starting to read this greatly appreciated, highly arousing thread that you created here, it inspired me to make an 11 site trial unit for myself, out of an old six gallon Coleman cooler. Lol. I had told some people back then about it too, but I guess it just didn't catch on for some reason.

The cooler worked just fantastic too, and just as you said, they don't leak or need sealer, and before I retired it, I had even discovered that I could use the cooler to clone with it as an aeroponic, bubbleponic, or fogponic unit. I had even put together the "off-the-grid", 12V, high pressure, aero sprayer setup that I used to talk about years ago, out of automotive parts at that, but for fun mostly. I think I even made a thread about it, on here, or at least somewhere out there. Lol

Anyway, I'll be around, lurking, watching, reading, watering, waiting. Oh yeah........
 

jblwired

Active Member
I know these aero systems benefit from a good cyclic timer for the pumps, so I just want to remind people about the one I started using years ago. I'm not trying to advertise for the company, I'm just trying to inspire people around here that may be on a budget. It's the CanaKit CK191M60 cyclic timer. You have to use it to trigger a separate relay(contactor), which I would use anyway, for any loads more than about 300 watts, but they are about the cheapest way that I know to have a cycle timer for aero. By getting the kit and soldering the electronic components to the board myself(which I love doing anyway), I got away with a timer for not much more than about $30. They used to even sell the kits assembled and in an additional $10 box. Anyway, if you think you can use it, the link is http://www.canakit.com/60-minute-1-hour-adjustable-on-off-cyclic-timer-kit-ck191m60-uk191m60.html
 

joey green

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@AKGrowAreo hey jus wanted to let you know everything went well, i put one in the rooter and one in the soil, rooter popped out in a day, your trick was great for removing the tap root safely, jus opened it up and plucked it out, it's now growing steady in the cloner jus waiting for true leaves. the soil one jus popped his head out today, i removed the helmet so hopefully it will open up soon and start moving.
gonna try a bubba kush seed tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.
oh i think soaking them was a good idea, i feel like they sprouted better maybe faster once in the paper towel.
 

Sal Baretta

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Thanks brother soaking them softens the outer shell and if you leave in water for 48 hours you'll see a nice size root come out I like to keep in just to soften and sort of wake them up lol put j use that trick all the time and it takes like four days but always works plant seed in soil after soak put in after dark warm cabinet soon as you see here pop put under after small CFL light. Thanks again good luck..
 

AKGrowAreo

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How long is each aero/nft flower system? Im assuming running 3 would need a pretty big area especially a tent?
Well, You could buuld one as small as 1.5' x 1.5' if your really wanted to, or you could build one that fills an entire warehouse. Once you understand the concept its easy to adjust the design to whatever space you have. once I had 4 separate units going havesting every 2 weeks, I never stopped trimming and working so now I harvest 2 of the units at a time every 4 weeks. Consider your free time before adding more units... For a personal consumption grow, I would rather have 2 large unit with lots of plant sites and harvest once a month than harvest every 2 weeks.
 

AKGrowAreo

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@AKGrowAreo hey jus wanted to let you know everything went well, i put one in the rooter and one in the soil, rooter popped out in a day, your trick was great for removing the tap root safely, jus opened it up and plucked it out, it's now growing steady in the cloner jus waiting for true leaves. the soil one jus popped his head out today, i removed the helmet so hopefully it will open up soon and start moving.
gonna try a bubba kush seed tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.
oh i think soaking them was a good idea, i feel like they sprouted better maybe faster once in the paper towel.
Awesome bro. Love to hear about success!!!
 

sky rocket

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anyone know if 2 of these lights over a 2'x2' space would work well for 2 cloner units? or for growing seeds/clones in general?
http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=296891-75774-LBP50150T35K&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=50107574&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=rel&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1

also if anyone has a DIY link or knowledge on how to wire 2 light sockets to a power cord it would be much appreciated.
Yeah cloner don't need that much light so it should do the trick.....
 

joey green

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has anyone here dealt with suppressing RF frequencies from their ballast? i had the cable company show up the other day, apparently i've been disrupting the neighborhood. found some adapters online just wondering if anyone else has experience with this.
 

Sal Baretta

Active Member
How long is each aero/nft flower system? Im assuming running 3 would need a pretty big area especially a tent?
What's up bro, I meant I have 3- 4x4 tents to flower and a step room about 25sq foot to vegg in.. I keep my moms and clones in that room sons I harvest 1 tent 10 come out 10 go right back in same day so I harvest every two weeks with a two week break to clean up and regroup for next round.
 
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