Mad Hamish
Well-Known Member
Well guys, I have to give credit where credit is due, first of all. This is where I learned about this way of doing things:
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/15030-batch-clones-rockwool.html
Al B. Fuct is my SoG guru. Wish he was still around on RIU But looking at what is happening with cannabis law across the globe, I think he's kicking ass in his job as a writer for the cannabis scene. MAX RESPECT!
Stow, so far I have 100 percent success rate (knock on wood) which is awesome, I take 15 clones for each cycle of 9 that hit the SoG and choose the STRONGEST ones. I like being spoiled for choice there. Means I usually keep 2 or 3 mothers per pheno I intend on running. Right now I am mothering up 4 clones of my favourite LVBK pheno, the Tahoe just does NOT veg fast enough even with 4 moms. The Dream Beaver is going to be a dream, I can tell already, SUPER vigorous. I don't like leaving the mums as bare as Al does. I guess how you cut the clones is totally up to preference, I have seen very little info refuting one method or another, but yes I also cut at angles and strip the lower nodes. I do NOT scrape at the stem however, they really do root a lot faster that way. But yes, over-shooting by double should have you really happy! Even thin little branches will root no problem, but there is a threshold for TOO thin, and then they can take up to 14 days to show good root development.
Rrog, I find if you stack the cubes pretty close together, they need one watering of 25-35 ml a day. I like keeping them on the lid so I can move them all out at once, and it makes for a nice little 'mobile workbench' that I sterilize before and then I usually make cuts right on there. I have about a billion uses for those lids, LOL... The nice thing here is the vents don't work all the time, they are pretty much there for heat-control, the ducts I added as light-traps for the little fans I have in-line with the lamp so they are quite oversized, it was the only size ducting I had lying around at the time. I still need to neaten it up, it went into operation almost instantly, I really should take the time to make it look a bit nicer now it's standing idle for a bit :/ So the vent fans kick on as soon as the temps go around .3 degrees C of where I set the controller. When it gets warmer the heating mat also gets connected to the controller so it switches off when temps are at the set amount. So I have a humidity of between 55 and 65 percent most of the time, which they seem to like just fine. I had too many issues with domes... So I find the relative humidity kinda sorts itself out, but keep in mind I designed it EXACTLY for my needs, I've tried with just one or two clones in there, but then they need a watering sometimes twice a day. I did compensate for that by almost over-watering them last time and it worked great, so instead of a 'moist' cube I went for full-on WET. Worked out well, seeing as my watering mix always has a little H2O2 in there so they never suffocate. Best part of this is, no 'hardening off' required, and they adjust to the HPS really fast too. Took me a while of playing with it to get it perfect, and bigger cubes do work a lot better.
I have to add one of the little things that REALLY made this kick along is a Dutch rooting powder called Rhizopon. It really kicks ASS. Clonex is left in the dust by this stuff, I don't even wet the stems, just a small little dusting and BOOM!
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/15030-batch-clones-rockwool.html
Al B. Fuct is my SoG guru. Wish he was still around on RIU But looking at what is happening with cannabis law across the globe, I think he's kicking ass in his job as a writer for the cannabis scene. MAX RESPECT!
Stow, so far I have 100 percent success rate (knock on wood) which is awesome, I take 15 clones for each cycle of 9 that hit the SoG and choose the STRONGEST ones. I like being spoiled for choice there. Means I usually keep 2 or 3 mothers per pheno I intend on running. Right now I am mothering up 4 clones of my favourite LVBK pheno, the Tahoe just does NOT veg fast enough even with 4 moms. The Dream Beaver is going to be a dream, I can tell already, SUPER vigorous. I don't like leaving the mums as bare as Al does. I guess how you cut the clones is totally up to preference, I have seen very little info refuting one method or another, but yes I also cut at angles and strip the lower nodes. I do NOT scrape at the stem however, they really do root a lot faster that way. But yes, over-shooting by double should have you really happy! Even thin little branches will root no problem, but there is a threshold for TOO thin, and then they can take up to 14 days to show good root development.
Rrog, I find if you stack the cubes pretty close together, they need one watering of 25-35 ml a day. I like keeping them on the lid so I can move them all out at once, and it makes for a nice little 'mobile workbench' that I sterilize before and then I usually make cuts right on there. I have about a billion uses for those lids, LOL... The nice thing here is the vents don't work all the time, they are pretty much there for heat-control, the ducts I added as light-traps for the little fans I have in-line with the lamp so they are quite oversized, it was the only size ducting I had lying around at the time. I still need to neaten it up, it went into operation almost instantly, I really should take the time to make it look a bit nicer now it's standing idle for a bit :/ So the vent fans kick on as soon as the temps go around .3 degrees C of where I set the controller. When it gets warmer the heating mat also gets connected to the controller so it switches off when temps are at the set amount. So I have a humidity of between 55 and 65 percent most of the time, which they seem to like just fine. I had too many issues with domes... So I find the relative humidity kinda sorts itself out, but keep in mind I designed it EXACTLY for my needs, I've tried with just one or two clones in there, but then they need a watering sometimes twice a day. I did compensate for that by almost over-watering them last time and it worked great, so instead of a 'moist' cube I went for full-on WET. Worked out well, seeing as my watering mix always has a little H2O2 in there so they never suffocate. Best part of this is, no 'hardening off' required, and they adjust to the HPS really fast too. Took me a while of playing with it to get it perfect, and bigger cubes do work a lot better.
I have to add one of the little things that REALLY made this kick along is a Dutch rooting powder called Rhizopon. It really kicks ASS. Clonex is left in the dust by this stuff, I don't even wet the stems, just a small little dusting and BOOM!