Super Cheap Mass Cloner

[Guest]

You can make a 30 to 60 site aerocloner for about $50-$75. Maybe even less. Shit works fast as hell too. All you need is a mag drive pump,some short pieces of pvc pipe, two rubbermaid bins,some of those cheap mister nozzles, and one of those long styrofoam pool things.

Look on the ez-cloner site for the specs on the pump sizes for which cloners (30 site, 60 site,etc) then go get a magdrive pump with that same gph from bghydro or somewhere like that and the little mister nozzles for cheap as hell and then the rest is hardware store or walmart shit.

 

[Grat3fulh3ad]

You can make a 30 to 60 site aerocloner for about $50-$75. Maybe even less. Shit works fast as hell too. All you need is a mag drive pump,some short pieces of pvc pipe, two rubbermaid bins,some of those cheap mister nozzles, and one of those long styrofoam pool things.

Look on the ez-cloner site for the specs on the pump sizes for which cloners (30 site, 60 site,etc) then go get a magdrive pump with that same gph from bghydro or somewhere like that and the little mister nozzles for cheap as hell and then the rest is hardware store or walmart shit.

Yeah, but mine works better, and is cheaper.... and roots more than 30 to 60 cuts...

 

[tuttlebudd]

ABSOLUTELY....I built one and they ROCK...and cheep as well!!! Many thanks..graythumb's GOTTA be stoned....lol
tutt

 

[Guest]

Thanks GH for an excellent and long lasting thread. It makes perfect sense, it's cheap, and simple. I've been having alot of anxiety about cloning and have avoided it....until now.

 

[BaboKoyanggi]

Very nice cloner Grat3. i am in Korea and can't find any perlite. Do you thinjk it would work with pumice?

 

[Grat3fulh3ad]

Very nice cloner Grat3. i am in Korea and can't find any perlite. Do you thinjk it would work with pumice?

I would speculate, yes... let us know how it works out...

 

[mikeh]

13 days is pretty long mate.. i do it in 8 a 9 days in stonewole cubes!!

Good luck with your project!

K+

 

[Grat3fulh3ad]

Thirteen days is pretty long, most strains root very quickly in this system, but some strains are harder to root than others, Sour Bubble for example... I have plants that show roots after 4 or 5 days, and plants that take two weeks... One of the main advantages of this unit is that it holds 2 weeks worth of water, plug in 60 cuts, and forget about them for a week or so, go back and they're rooted....

 

[Bulénath]

GH, thank you for all the information!
You rock! Im starting my first perpetual set up, and have decided to use your system for my first try! Aloha!

 

[Tomatoesonly]

Will any additives to the solution be wicked up and distributed by the wicks or will it "filter" it out somehow?

 

[Grat3fulh3ad]

Will any additives to the solution be wicked up and distributed by the wicks or will it "filter" it out somehow?

I use no additives or hormone at all in this system...

 

[Reverend Willis]

Great thread. I'm gonna follow and try to improve my cloning technique.
Thanks

 

[mmm420socal]

40 w fluro about a foot a way. 1.5 inches of water is rez.

I\'m lost.

Thats your problem... too far from the light source.

Make the light as close to the dome as you can get it. Mine is touching with a 25w undercab flo.


M3

 

[sysprog]

Wow I can't believe the number of people who feel the need to dis or insist another way is better. Jeez, just start your own thread showing your way. It's all good. This is a simple fool proof low tech method. My first attemp at using it resulted in roots in the res after 2 weeks so I just grew to harvest in it. Boy did I have a tangled mass in the res at the end.

No friggin pumps, air stones or noise the whole damn time

Props again bro!!

 

[Reverend Willis]

The Gospel

The Gospel

Wow I can't believe the number of people who feel the need to dis or insist another way is better. Jeez, just start your own thread showing your way. It's all good. This is a simple fool proof low tech method. My first attemp at using it resulted in roots in the res after 2 weeks so I just grew to harvest in it. Boy did I have a tangled mass in the res at the end.
No friggin pumps, air stones or noise the whole damn time Props again bro!!

Amen, amen. Shout it from the rafters. Sing the praises of Chuck Berry cause this method rocks. I tried it. It works great for me. End of story.

Here's my clone box. I started 4 in soil cups and 5 in the new cloner. One cutting I took was way too short and it died. The others prospered.

Pic 2 shows the dome off the cloner. I kept mine on for most of the 9 days until roots formed.

The cloner couldn't have been easier to put together. I have about $4 invested in mine.

Pic 4... the proof is in the pudding. You be the judge. In my experience with cloning, these are nice healthy roots for 9 days. I planted all 4 of these FMS WW into soil/perlite cups. They are doing very well. I'll post some pix to compare the 4 rooted in soil and the 4 from the cloner.

 

[Guest]

all my clones usually root in one week, ready for transplant at ten days.I just put them in soil in a dome with clonex...should I write about it ?

 

[Cheeba]

all my clones usually root in one week, ready for transplant at ten days.I just put them in soil in a dome with clonex...should I write about it ?

You just did.

If you had success with Grat3fulh3ad's wick cloning method, by all means, share it.

 

[Reverend Willis]

Soil grown clones and wick cloner

Soil grown clones and wick cloner

I started 4 WW clones in soil on 16 Aug. A week later I saw this thread and thought I'd try it. I gathered the stuff and started 4 more WW clones in the wick cloner on 25 Aug. The soil clones are 9 days older than wicked clones.
You can be the judge.

I checked the roots at 9 days. They were forming nicely so I threw them in soil.

They've grown nicely in 5 days. Nice color.

These grown in soil will probably survive and flourish but they don't look as healthy as the others.


Last time I checked, there were 167,842 different ways to clone. This way has proven successful for me. I'd like to say thanks to Grat3fulh3ad for this great idea.
Grow big, grow green.
RW

 

[Guest]

I don't use any gels or powders, because I reuse my cloner, perpetual style, and gels or powders shorten the life of the perlite.


the wilting is a self correcting problem, and goes away on its own.

How long is the "Life Span" of perlite in your system? Why do You feel rooting hormones shorten the viability of the perlite? Does it promote algae growth or something? Thanks

 

[mungus]

hay GH...do you think straight tap water is best to start with...

also do the cuts stay green up until they root...i have just set up

a small wick system for a trial run

thanks bro