Is there like a plate I can set my cloner on to cool down the water??

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Meast21

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Is there anything electric that I can buy to set my 12" wide dewey mister cloner on to cool down the water?? I would just need to lower it by 5 degrees. Cloner holds about 2 gallons of water.
 
Meast21 said:
Is there anything electric that I can buy to set my 12" wide dewey mister cloner on to cool down the water?? I would just need to lower it by 5 degrees. Cloner holds about 2 gallons of water.
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Do you have concreate floors. Usually they wick heat. Mine stay anywhere between 5f - 8f cooler than the ambient air,
 
Therrion said:
Do you have concreate floors. Usually they wick heat. Mine stay anywhere between 5f - 8f cooler than the ambient air,
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Yeah i have concrete floors which lower the temps a few degrees. Just been having problems with my clones since my basement has been warmer.. Its been 65 during the day here and 50 at night and I don't have my air on so the basement gets warmer and runs 78-79.
 
Meast21 said:
Yeah i have concrete floors which lower the temps a few degrees. Just been having problems with my clones since my basement has been warmer.. Its been 65 during the day here and 50 at night and I don't have my air on so the basement gets warmer and runs 78-79.
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If your worried about root rot, you can just put a few tablespoons of 3% peroxide in the water every time you change it out and that is usually sufficient.
 
For a small volume of water like a cloner you could use an ICE Probe. You will want a temperature controller to kick off the ICE Probe when the temps get low enough.
 
Renfro said:
For a small volume of water like a cloner you could use an ICE Probe. You will want a temperature controller to kick off the ICE Probe when the temps get low enough.
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Cuttings have taken longer to root bc of the high temps lately. Air is not on in the house so the basement gets no air.
 
Renfro said:
For a small volume of water like a cloner you could use an ICE Probe. You will want a temperature controller to kick off the ICE Probe when the temps get low enough.
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Not sure if I want to spend $175 for something I'm gonna use 1-2 months out of the year... Any other cheats to drop the temp?
 
You could set the cloner inside of cooler a half full of water. That would act as a much bigger reservoir.
 
Meast21 said:
Not sure if I want to spend $175 for something I'm gonna use 1-2 months out of the year... Any other cheats to drop the temp?
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Well I guess you could do the frozen bottle of water trick, change it out every few hours.
 
Is your air pump running 24/7? Both the pump and friction of the bubbles can increase temps. Put it on a timer for like 3 min on / 15 off
 
Don't turn the pump off if it's an aero cloner, you can do it with established plants but not whilst rooting clones. Absolute best option is as people have already suggested. Big bottle of frozen water. Use some great white and you should speed things up. I root clones in a week with clonex, great white and formulex at half strength. Make sure you are misting every few hours and keeping the lid on and vents closed, you should be rooting before a high temp is even a problem.
 
Renfro said:
Well I guess you could do the frozen bottle of water trick, change it out every few hours.
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Dewey mister only holds 1.75g of water, not sure this will work... Only having a hard time cloning when air isn't on in the house this time of the year and basement is in the high 70's... Once it gets colder outside in a few weeks and this winter when basement is around 70 degrees i bet i have an easier time cloning... Took 8 clones 2 weeks ago and 1 died and 5 rooted, 2 undecided still. Water looks a pinch slimey bc of high temps, not slimey but you know.
 
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