Cloning Gel?

[MrStickyScissors]

Surprisingly the ones that do root barely yellow, the rest end up looking like hell. I did have one that had a single lonely root coming off the stem and all it's leaves but 1 had yellowed and fallen off when the root finally appeared. I put it in my usual organic mix and she ended up yielding 2oz under a 250watt HPS. I would however really like to have 3 - 4 month grow instead of a 5 - 6 month grow, cloning and recuperation are taking up nearly 50% of my grow time.

yeah thats bullshit you should be able to do a couple grows in that time. damn i would just use the gel its only 20 bucks for a bottle. and get sum rapid rooters 20 bucks for 50 cubes. and a humidome thats like 5 bucks and but a whole on each side big enough to slide through a 2 foot t5. thats what i do roots in 7 days

 

[namtih024]

na it was more like 3/4 lb

 

[MrStickyScissors]

na it was more like 3/4 lb

nice nice.

 

[LILBSDAD]

Make sure you put your cloning gel in a seperate container when using it and throw out any unused portion. Bacteria can spread if you dip right out of the container. And keeping it in the refrigerator will help keep it fresh as well.

 

[namtih024]

my aeroponic set-up took me some fine tuning at first but here was what i ended up with. no yellowing, roots in 8 days average.100% success

i used a medium sized pond pump from lowes ( i cant remember the gph as i dont have it anymore, but it was the middle size of three that they carried if that helps) ran two inches of hose from the pump the a pvc assembly, a figure eight with fine mist nozzels placed every three inches, i did not glue this together to keep toxic chemicals out of my tub and to make cleaning and adjusting easy.
that fit into a 15 gal rubbermaid tub with a lid.
30 1.25 inch neoprene pucks sat in the lid.
i had a $10 aquarium heater from wal-mart that heated to 75 degrees then turned of.
i used an aerator with a one foot air stone at all times.
i placed a clear 15gal rubbermaid container on top of this assembly upside down and held it in place with velcro.
i made sure to cut plenty of vent holes in the clear tub for plants to breath.
i cut a hole to mount the t-5 light in the clear tub to suspend it over the plants
the light ran 18 hrs on 6 hrs off
the pump ran 24/7
the heater was on at all times (but only heated to 75 then turned off)
the aerator ran 24/7
i filled the bottom tub with this solution: Reverse Osmosis filtered water (ppm 12-18 ) adjusted to 200 ppm of Canna's Aqua Flores (part A and B), ph 5.5 - 5.8 twice a week.
between feedings i would top the tub off with just plain R/O water and adjust PH to 5.5 -5.8 daily
keep the air around your clones under 80 degrees at all times to keep your clones green and rooting fast.
you should trim the rooting clones daily getting rid of anything that might be dieing this increases success rate drastically

once a week i took all plants out and cleaned every thing with bleach water use a 10% bleach 90%water solution and thoroughly clean everything, scrub pvc, nozzles, hoses, airstones, neoprene, the tub, the heater, air hoses everything. after that clean it again with warm soapy water, then rinse very well with plain water, pay special attention to the airstone. all this is very important to producing good green clones.

i find that you want to keep rockwool cubes and peat pellets a little warmer to get well rooted clones. around 78-80 degrees.

in response to retired toker

 

[namtih024]

Make sure you put your cloning gel in a seperate container when using it and throw out any unused portion. Bacteria can spread if you dip right out of the container. And keeping it in the refrigerator will help keep it fresh as well.

good advice

 

[RetiredToker76]

my aeroponic set-up took me some fine tuning at first but here was what i ended up with. no yellowing, roots in 8 days average.100% success

i used a medium sized pond pump from lowes ( i cant remember the gph as i dont have it anymore, but it was the middle size of three that they carried if that helps) ran two inches of hose from the pump the a pvc assembly, a figure eight with fine mist nozzels placed every three inches, i did not glue this together to keep toxic chemicals out of my tub and to make cleaning and adjusting easy.
that fit into a 15 gal rubbermaid tub with a lid.
30 1.25 inch neoprene pucks sat in the lid.
i had a $10 aquarium heater from wal-mart that heated to 75 degrees then turned of.
i used an aerator with a one foot air stone at all times.
i placed a clear 15gal rubbermaid container on top of this assembly upside down and held it in place with velcro.
i made sure to cut plenty of vent holes in the clear tub for plants to breath.
i cut a hole to mount the t-5 light in the clear tub to suspend it over the plants
the light ran 18 hrs on 6 hrs off
the pump ran 24/7
the heater was on at all times (but only heated to 75 then turned off)
the aerator ran 24/7
i filled the bottom tub with this solution: Reverse Osmosis filtered water (ppm 12-18 ) adjusted to 200 ppm of Canna's Aqua Flores (part A and B), ph 5.5 - 5.8 twice a week.
between feedings i would top the tub off with just plain R/O water and adjust PH to 5.5 -5.8 daily
keep the air around your clones under 80 degrees at all times to keep your clones green and rooting fast.
you should trim the rooting clones daily getting rid of anything that might be dieing this increases success rate drastically

once a week i took all plants out and cleaned every thing with bleach water use a 10% bleach 90%water solution and thoroughly clean everything, scrub pvc, nozzles, hoses, airstones, neoprene, the tub, the heater, air hoses everything. after that clean it again with warm soapy water, then rinse very well with plain water, pay special attention to the airstone. all this is very important to producing good green clones.

i find that you want to keep rockwool cubes and peat pellets a little warmer to get well rooted clones. around 78-80 degrees.

in response to retired toker

Thank you VERY much. I'll make modifications to my cloner (right now it's 2 1' bendable airstones creating a mist of water upwards - no sprayers or pumps) and let you know how it goes. Thanks for the info!

 

[kizzzzurt]

Make sure you put your cloning gel in a seperate container when using it and throw out any unused portion. Bacteria can spread if you dip right out of the container. And keeping it in the refrigerator will help keep it fresh as well.

Thanks for the advice. Never thought of this.

 

[MrStickyScissors]

thats all i need. simple and trays of clones in 7 days

 

[kevin murphy]

very nice info on ere..take a look on the advanced setion put some info on the the cloning thread on there to help others...