Today I added a new addition to my growing apparati. I built myself a diy aero/ez cloner. A rubbermaid roughneck container, 400 gph pump, 1" pvc, 360 degree misters, an air pump and an airstone. I will let my system run and then try to get her to run at optimal conditions. If my research is correct I should run her at about 5.8 ph, 78 degree res temp, 74 air temp, no nutes, lights and pump 24/7.
I will cut all large leaves in half, i will use cuttings 4", remove lower leaves, make a diaganol cut, immediately dip in rooting gel, then into cloner. I know that no rooting gel is necessary with aero but a lil extra help at the start can't hurt. I have attempted taking cuttings twice so far using dome technique with little success. My second attempt is in rockwool right now strugglin. Tomorrow I will take a couple cuttings from my girls that are flowering. Ideally I would have taken all cuttings in veg but hey its my first time, I'm learning ya know!!!
If anyone has any advice on their cloning techniques please feel free to comment on what works for you.
The big girls in the flowering room are forming lots of bud sites now and flowering has gotten under way. I hate to cut my nutes back to accommodate the weaker plants, but that seems to be the right thing to do.
Pics soon!!