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To me the single most important thing besides the obvious is protecting against root rot. Even well oxygenated cloners can get it. First thing to keep in mind is being sanitary about the whole process and you can have excellent results. I prefer using air stones to pumps because they are discarded after use and I don't need to worry about cleaning pumps. Going a step further I have been using a dry microbe powder called Azos for cloning (though any dry microbe powder should be fine). This provides an extra layer of protection against root pathogens. Liquid microbe solutions can go weak during transport (heat) or storage (time). Dry mixes tend to survive heat better and store much longer.Whats the secret everbody asks.Answers from all over the board,ph ,rooting gel, dome, misting it goes on and on.No one mentions or rarely is it touched upon.
The single most important thing?
What say you?
Are you using a hormone in addition to the Azos?To me the single most important thing besides the obvious is protecting against root rot. Even well oxygenated cloners can get it. First thing to keep in mind is being sanitary about the whole process and you can have excellent results. I prefer using air stones to pumps because they are discarded after use and I don't need to worry about cleaning pumps. Going a step further I have been using a dry microbe powder called Azos for cloning (though any dry microbe powder should be fine). This provides an extra layer of protection against root pathogens. Liquid microbe solutions can go weak during transport (heat) or storage (time). Dry mixes tend to survive heat better and store much longer.
I prefer not to use domes. Even with RH in the mid 40s - 50, clones in open air will do fine. High humidity/low airflow and beneficial microbes can become to aggressive and colonize the stem which is not good.
It is interesting that some cultivars and varieties of plants in general seem to just pop roots on their own while others definitely need a helping hand and some special care for reproductionI do use a rooting hormone. I've gone without and got good results though.
You do air cloning as well, I put a airstone in my tank today when I checked it and hour later I noticed that the lid had been sprayed by the bubbles rising and bursting, this gave me the idea to try it out as a air cloner...To me the single most important thing besides the obvious is protecting against root rot. Even well oxygenated cloners can get it. First thing to keep in mind is being sanitary about the whole process and you can have excellent results. I prefer using air stones to pumps because they are discarded after use and I don't need to worry about cleaning pumps. Going a step further I have been using a dry microbe powder called Azos for cloning (though any dry microbe powder should be fine). This provides an extra layer of protection against root pathogens. Liquid microbe solutions can go weak during transport (heat) or storage (time). Dry mixes tend to survive heat better and store much longer.
I prefer not to use domes. Even with RH in the mid 40s - 50, clones in open air will do fine. High humidity/low airflow and beneficial microbes can become to aggressive and colonize the stem which is not good.
you wont regret it, i discovered the same thing and have been useing it for cloneing for a while now. but i had problems with my hindu kush not taking toit for some obscure reason and tried the root riot and two took so im a fan of both methods but root riot for troublesom cutsYou do air cloning as well, I put a airstone in my tank today when I checked it and hour later I noticed that the lid had been sprayed by the bubbles rising and bursting, this gave me the idea to try it out as a air cloner...
A few questions if you don't mind, do you have the clone stem submerged or above the water/feed so that the bubbles bursting are watering/covering it.
I've some neoprene collars I could just float but maybe the bubbles bursting is a better idea?
Thanks SD
I had a old style aero cloner some years ago it used little mesh pots with 1" rw cubes but imo it was far too wet and it went all green and was generally wet all the time with oversprayyou wont regret it, i discovered the same thing and have been useing it for cloneing for a while now. but i had problems with my hindu kush not taking toit for some obscure reason and tried the root riot and two took so im a fan of both methods but root riot for troublesom cuts
Sorry would you mind expanding on that I can't form a picture using cut hose to hold them?originaly i did both, but with the bubbles bursting over the cuts, i used hose pipe sections with a cut down one side so i could open them up and just take the cut out