yeah man, cloning is only magic in the beginning, after a while it becomes routine.Yup that's the tray lol Thanks Bozo. So are perlites root-rates are higher?
I know you veterans have probably read about this or have done it but i thought i would post this from a site called build a soil. Take a fresh tip of aloe vera and rub it on your plant stems before you plant them into the cloning soil below. Or Ideally, blend up the fresh aloe filet and mix with water and soak your cuttings in a cup of this mixture before planting. Say a 1" chunk for a tall glass of water? Not need to be exact, they Aloe leaf is very high in a compound called salicylic acid and is the key component for cloning purposes. Another way to do this is to purchase aloe vera juice at the health food store at about 1/4 cup per gallon. In any case give me some feed back on it.
I guess i would use both of them because 1 is organic and has SA and the other is organic and has IBA and SA. I guess the next question is how available are the two. Aloe has been in our home forever and i will try to find some willow to make a solution to also use.
Hey dudes I'm sorry to inform you all but walmart has discontinued this ice tray / cloner ... They must have gotten wind that we were useing them for cloning purposes . Thats why we need to keep things quiet on our stealth end of growing .Yes i am on day 5 using budleys cloner and so far no yellowing or wilting. Using shop lights about 24 inches from the tops of 18 clones.
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Ebay only has a few left ??Hey dudes I'm sorry to inform you all but walmart has discontinued this ice tray / cloner ... They must have gotten wind that we were useing them for cloning purposes . Thats why we need to keep things quiet on our stealth end of growing .
...yeah man, this has been covered before, ...the truth is that the specific container used isn't what makes this elegantly simple wick-style of cloning so effective, it's the principles so once you get a feel for it it becomes very easy to find alternative containers.Ebay only has a few left ??
yeah man, the original ice-tube-trays came with a removable bottom so no cutting was necessary, ...with the originals all you needed to do was drill a couple small holes in each 'cell' bottom so the water could wick up into the media.I was looking for this thread a while ago, now here it is.
Thanks for keeping it active. Good to know its the technique and not
the product that makes this work.
However, the first post shows the wallyworld product but I haven't found if
the OP cut the bottom off the white tubes. In a later post OP describes
pushing the cutting up with a coin and a pencil.
Am I close, if so. how to gauge rate of wick with a different
container?
I was looking for this thread a while ago, now here it is.
Thanks for keeping it active. Good to know its the technique and not
the product that makes this work.
However, the first post shows the wallyworld product but I haven't found if
the OP cut the bottom off the white tubes. In a later post OP describes
pushing the cutting up with a coin and a pencil.
Am I close, if so. how to gauge rate of wick with a different
container?
Im the OP.... I have in fact used 3 different walmart devices for cloning...
The original had the sheet of bottom caps...... great for lots of clones in a small area...
Then that was replaces by a one piece unit... which worked just fine.....but was recently discontinued by walmart....
Then last year or so I began using the popsicle mold......
Of the 3 I prefer generally the popsicle molt becasue you can see the roots....
I have not lost a clone in some months..... when I first put this thread I was getting about 90% to root....
I do two things differently now.... I put the cloner and res into a plastic bag...... at first loosely closed..... then later open at the top...
ANd I now scarify the stem by scraping on either side of the stem.....
maintain your clones at 80 degrees 24 hours a day......
and count to 14 days...
You can use great technique..... but if your temps are wrong..... fail......
that should work fine so long as you keep the temps around 80 as BDR said above and in the first posting of the thread.Here's my hack:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=7372491&postcount=287
And here's a pic to look at if the above link fails:
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