Its not pulling the pictures up,it might be because im on my phone but im not sure,and its no problem at all man.a lil' aero action..
here is the nubbin's on 6/3 ......... 8 days I think
This is the next day 6/4
These are Dinafem: Power Kush & Dinachem
tnx for letting me post
Great root action! I gave up on cloning for now,im going to get a little experience with seeds first.I have a little bit more money to throw at this hobby now so im untill I get proper equipment its just seeds for me,I have two started now,they are day 10 from sprout out of some decent bag seed
Aero's work great, but if you have a clog or a fuse blows your in trouble. I find the root riots using a heated propagator produces roots just as fast if not faster AND the heated prop/root riots are second to none for sprouting seeds-no germination-right into cube, right into propagator-sprouts in less then 5 days. My aero has been collecting dust for awhile. The whole set up with a tray, root riots, clonex, 2" dome(for seeds), 7" dome(for clones), and heat mat costs less then 50 bucks, cheaper then many DIY cloning machines I see as well.Nice, aero's definitely the way to go for clones, easy, quick
Exactly my experience with cloning^
Good point on the clogging, never had one clog up on me but I use it strictly for cloning so 2 weeks, every 6-8 weeks, and clean it after each run by running it for 24-48 hours with diluted bleach solution. That seems to keep it running well and I keep a couple of spare sprayers around if needed (I've yet to replace one in about a year of use though). As far as fuses/breakers, I've never tripped a breaker by having too much on one circuit, but I over-engineer everything and have a total of 4 circuits between my flower room and veg cabinet, none of them run beyond 50% load, most aren't even hitting 30%.
I think they key to aero cloners is keeping the temps down, but not ridiculous, it's suggested by many growing in aero that the temps be kept around 68F. That's fine for vegging/flowering but with clones, they seem to like it a little warmer, I try and keep mine around 70-75F for clones and they're fine with that. BUT, with cloning they're only in there for 2 weeks, I change the water once in the middle and never get any sort of slime or the like. I've found It's much easier to keep the temps in check by putting the cloner on a cold concrete floor. Typically I use a tent which sits on a cold cement floor and the the temps never get beyond 72F in that environment. This round they're reaching 75F but it's sitting in a raised floor in the cabinet. Too much light will also raise temps, that's why this round I tried 2x 10W LED Tubes and they seem just as happy as when I usually run a 60W actual draw LED panel. If I had been running that LED panel in the cabinet this round I'd probably have higher res temps. And yes, once they root they start growing quick so get them out or you may have deal with untangling a mess of roots!
I'v also had great success with rapid rooters/root riot. I went to aero cause' Im gone from grow for 3-4 days at a time in winter, and I'm not around to mist dome every day, (also waay lazy) .
bob
U don't need to use the rooting powder or the gel with an aero cloner. The cutting manufactures it's own hormone. Try it it works. I bought a cloner off eBay once and there was a sheet inside that i usually throw away but I read it that once. It said not to use powders or gels. So I tried it bc it did make sense. Ever put a cutting of something in a glass of water? Roots fine doesnt it? Well it does work with no added hormone. Who knew? Also, the gels and powders clog the manifold, and we cant have that, the misters have to shoot out a fine spray of water and oxygen which is what makes aero an aero system. The info also stated not to let the temp get too high or I would have problems with bacteria growing. Turned out to be true too. Lastly I use indirect light, for me I put the aero unit about 3ft from a T5 floro. No wilting, no yellowing and no damping off. Roots start in about 4 days and they're ready to plant in about 7-10 days. That's it, it's really easy I know guys swear by their systems and I'm no different, it's great to clones so fast I wonder why I'm not in the clone selling business instead of the bud business.
Agreed, there's no need for any of the root enhancers in aero, thats what I like about it, simplicity, just cut/score/scrape and pretty well forget about it. I change the res out after 1 week usually but only if the temps are above 70 like this round since I'm not in my normal environment and temps are higher. But even that is not necessary. Simple, relatively low maintenance, and great/consistent results, nothing wrong with that.
