Cloning Chamber!!

[Yes4Prop215]

I did a search on cloning chambers and i couldnt find much! I want to build some kind of chamber that can house a dozen or so clones. But i got alot of questions and dont know where to start.

My general idea is to mount a plastic tray into a large rubber maid, the tray will contain runoff holes so that any excess water will just end up in the bottom of the rubbermaid and create humidity. I am not sure if i should just hand water the clone tray or set up some kind of irrigation/pump system.

1) What kind of CFLs should i use, how should i mount them
2) Should i create a pump/irrigation system
3) How often should clones be watered, i read they need 100% humidity.

 

[BesideHimself]

I would hand water. Clones aren't going to want that much water and it's best to do it as needed. Use Daylight CFL's for vegging those puppies out (blue/white temperature: 2700K or around).

They're not going to need that much water at all - it's pretty easy to overdue it. Could use a humidity dome to keep that humidity up, but probably only while the clones are still babies.

Get some cleat sockets to mount the bulbs - really easy install.

 

[FreezerBoy]

There are 1,000,000 ways to clone in the Naked City and the ONLY way to clone properly is ... whatever works for you. Seriously, no area of growing will give more disparate results from identical methods.

I use a modified bubbler. Normally used with naked stems and tap water, I added a 1 minute soak in Hormex (B1, IBA, NAA rooting hormones) gel, rockwool, and 1/4 tsp GH Micro and Bloom. Simply a small tub with airstones and aquarium heater (75º) and a cover with holes to hold the cubes.



Weaning plants from humidity domes was my #1 cause of death. So I threw the dome in the trash and death went with it. By keeping cuts small and leaves trimmed, the need to transpire (and thus the need for humidity) is removed. Note here RH is at 28%. I've cloned as low as 15%. Roots normally show around day 12 but, I've seen it in 7 days. I believe the difference is I normally take cuts from low stems. The 7 day roots were from plant tops.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

^^ wow thats kinda what i had in mind, i still need to get some nice mothers growing, so i still have about a month or so to build the chamber.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

so you dose 1/2 teaspoon of GH micro and bloom to every gallon or every rockwool cube?

 

[FreezerBoy]

1/4 tsp GH Micro and 1/2 tsp Bloom per gal of water. pH adjusted to 5.8.

Many claim success with plain water. I've had no luck that way.