dude! you read my mind! lol i was actually going to use some old dried fan leaves that had been saving for something. I really want cover crop of clover.but im having a hard time finding it anywhere but amazon.
trimmed the plants up a little a couple days ago.top fed with happy frog jump start.took the screens out of the trays.the fabric pots wick up the runoff and keep the soil moist. Im really trying to dial in how much water to use without getting runoff. I used 1l of water per pot and a lot of it...
i did warm my water up to about room temperature, i usually try to do this when i water my plants too. ill put my water jug in the sink with some warm water around it til its up to temp.I feel like the cold water will kill microbes or make them go dormant.i try make it about 65-70°F.
cut a piece off the aloe and stuck the stems in there and got them all coated nice with gel and dripped a big glob of it in the holes as i pushed them into the rockwool cubes.
so far it seems to be working the clones drooped for a couple hours but perked right back up. I did notice a slight problem with this method.i noticed a puddle under the glass. I found that the pipe cleaners are wicking the water out and over the edge of cup.i dont recommend using the pipe...
i have an aero cloner, but ive never tried it without chemicals.i have some rockwool cubes soaking in 5.5 ph water. Ill be transplanting into the cubes tommorrow.
ive heard people getting great results with clonex, but something about it being a carcinogenic mutagen just makes my skin crawl.im trying to go completely organic including my cloning process, so ive decided to do a little experiment with aloe. took two clones from the girl scouts and two fire...
The girls are lovin their new light set ups. Im still getting my watering regimine down though. The one plant got droopy because it dried out too much. Then i watered it too fast and it all ran out the bottom.i believe the term is "hydrophobic".it stayed droopy for a couple days but i watered it...
Super excited! i got my 3rd led today! lightning fast too came in 2 days. One light per plant should get me in good yield range. I took the hps cooltube out and rerouted my vent system.hung it up and daisy chained it to the other light