Ive been having a hard time cloning, mainly because my humidity dome dries out during the day when im at work. im looking to buy an inexpensive cloning machine to easy my efforts. i dont need a 25 site machine. dont get me wrong, i want one but the legal limit for a medical patient is only 7 here in hawaii (which i have a hard time staying under already!). any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. mahalo and aloha
Absolutely you can go from the cloner to soil.. no prob man...
I never use the dome on my cloner, i use one for my seedlings tho.. But some people use domes for the cloners, i just dont think its necessary (jmo)
Seems like a lot of extra money, and hastle to clean up. I use the standard black plastic flats, and a simple dome. Once i take the clones, dip in clonex and put in 1.5" rockwool, i dip them in Vitagrow anti-wilt. Seems like I dont have to water the cubes again for about a week. I use the off lighting from my 400w hps, or floros. I do mist them about 1 a day, or every other day. I also have the cubes suspended a tad over the trays bottom, so i can keep a tiny bit of water in the bottom to help keep humidity up. Total cost of the setup, less than $20. When the tray gets hard to clean, it costs me nothingness to replace. Only about a 90-95% success rate, so perhaps there is room for improvement. Best of luck to ya!ive been using the standard black tray with dome also, but without being able to mist it all day they get the life sucked out of them. i like the tip of having some standing water in the tray, i may try that for now. doesnt that invite bacteria problems? has anyone tried the botanicare 8 site daisy cloner. not too expensive, but looks like what i need. i would love a 25 site cloner, but im trying to stay closer to my 7 limit. by the way, how do i plus rep all you helpful brothers?
i think youre totally right about the heat or the light. here in hawaii its hard to keep the temps under 80 during the day without running an a/c. I use two l.e.d. lights in the veg room and they may be too close for the clones. i heard you can hang the l.e.d's right above the plants with no problem. the 90w ufo i use gives off as much useable light as a 400w hps (supposedly) so that may be the problem. either that or the heat, and i can only control one of those right now. much mahalos for your help
run it 24/7. no air stone. I used the exact same pump he suggested. I found a couple fountain pumps in stores by me, but they didnt have the same fitting to put the pvc pipe onto it. So I just ordered the same model he used from the net. I don't remember where I got it, but it was reasonable.
