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rocj77 said:
So I think I'm gonna lose mind if I get something special in this tent and dont clone any but have never done it before. Wasnt sure what to buy, would it be ok just to get some clonex gel, come cheap trays and a bag of rapid rooters?
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Yup that works well.

rocj77 said:
I just ordered a 24 slot aerocloner and some clonex gel. Hopefully I got everything I needed
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Also work great
 
rocj77 said:
Thanks, I'm still a little nervous about it since it's my first time I'm afraid I'm gonna grow something special and lose it forever
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You know which method your going to try first? Or going to do both.

One of the biggest factors is keep light to an absolute minimum… remember they have no roots so forcing photosynthesis at anything above minimal will damage the clones.

And temperature… i find about 80f air temp to be the sweet spot… and about 72-74 root temp which usually comes with those air temps
 
Aqua Man said:
You know which method your going to try first? Or going to do both.

One of the biggest factors is keep light to an absolute minimum… remember they have no roots so forcing photosynthesis at anything above minimal will damage the clones.

And temperature… i find about 80f air temp to be the sweet spot… and about 72-74 root temp which usually comes with those air temps
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bought the 24 slot dwc cloner so I think I'm gonna give that a try. Do I need to go out and get a weaker led strip or will it work if I dim my led all the way down?
 
rocj77 said:
bought the 24 slot dwc cloner so I think I'm gonna give that a try. Do I need to go out and get a weaker led strip or will it work if I dim my led all the way down?
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I just use ambient light from any room. All you need is enough to prevent then from flowering and thats very little. No more than 5000 Lux is what id recommend like 2000k should be plenty and have nice healthy green clones after rooting
 
This is lights on in my top zone. About 3’ long and 2’ hight. LED is all the way down. Zone 2 below heats the bottom of the shelf for warmth. Under the cloth are pucks with seeds. I took the small glass out of it’s dark cup.
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Once I see root strands I put in the double cup with holes on inside cup. This way I can see when it gets lots of roots to transplant. Also let’s you see where your soils water line is. (Aqua man knows the right term.)

This is the lower zone 2 with vegging plants. One in the cup it getting sent outside with the other veggies soon.
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Once your plant(s) get larger and you start grooming them you’ll have lots of opportunities to make clones and experiment.

Great plants man. 👍
 
rocj77 said:
I ended up cancelling my order for the cloner and ordering this one instead. I figure since I am growing in soil it might be easier to tranplant them if I use the plugs. https://buildasoil.com/products/complete-clone-kit
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That looks like the same one @GoodShit97 uses. He’s got a few in his now iirc.

I made one with mondi tray, jiffy tray & dome. Use Jiffy pucks in it. Didn’t know about the kits. But mine only cost $20 plus Jiffy peat pucks.

I also put in a hygrometer to watch things better in the dome, the cheap rectangular ones people put in jars. Just outline then cut out inside the line.

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I have only used it twice as I don’t need more than 4 at a time. But I use it for other things.

I think a a smaller one would have been a better setup unless making lots of clones. Maybe a 3x3 for 9 cells. If it exists.

Don’t know your legal limits or goals so hope this helps.
 
rocj77 said:
I ended up cancelling my order for the cloner and ordering this one instead. I figure since I am growing in soil it might be easier to tranplant them if I use the plugs. https://buildasoil.com/products/complete-clone-kit
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I run the floraflex cloner and floraflex plugs. My first bag of plugs i didnt use any hormones and i would get about 60-70% success. Started usijg clonex and have 100% success every time.
They all work the same though so it doesnt matter what one you buy imo.
 
Just make sure you keep them warm.
Only time i struggle is in the winter when its cold inside. But i think ive got that figured out now and ill just leave the cloner on a towel on top of my pellet stove in the winter. It doesnt even get as hot as a heat mat so it should be safe.
 
tent is filling up nicely. Gonna take 2 cuts of each plant and put them in the 3x3 with light dimmed down all the way. Every plant is handling full strength nutrients but the wolfman is showing some pale tips so I diluted her feed a little bit this morning with some ph water. Flip planned for the 10th next Saturday. Here is 1 pic of all of them and 2 pics of the wolfman I have a good feeling about this plant even if she is a picky eater 20230602_174207.jpg
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I was debating about flipping them all day yesterday and ended up doing it, So today is day 1 of flower. In the past I have always been extra careful for the first 2 weeks but honestly what always gets me is the 4th week of flower for some reason that is when I have issues. This grow using cropsalt their feed schedule calls for part A and B of veg up until day 21 of flower so I am hoping this helps with my issues I think in the past when the plants started taking in more nutrients as flowering progressed I was over fertilizing and giving too much nitrogen around week 3. Will be interesting to see what happens in 30 days and see if I can avoid the nasty burn I had last run. The guide on the cropsalt site has an LED guide also and I've been following it but am a little reluctant to turn my lights up past 50 since I added this extra light in the tent. I have it at 700 PPFD/32DLI right now with the lights about 18 inches away and I think this is the highest I wanna go for at least a few weeks to see how they react. Last run they did not stretch like they should have and I believe it was due to light intensity being too high
 
Woke up this morning and took the dome off the clones for a few minutes and almost died when I saw every single root plug covered in fuzzy white mold. Made a h202 spray and sprayed the plugs to get rid of the mold. Was not expecting this, but hopefully they will be ok. I opened up 1 of the holes on the dome a slit to try and get some air circulation in there
 
Looking good in there man. Sounds like you got the air circulation thing fixed for those clones. I had that fuzzy stuff happen one time too on some clones and i just cleaned it off, increased airflow and they took off like gangbusters. Excited to see these girls bloom!
 
ZombieRider said:
Looking good in there man. Sounds like you got the air circulation thing fixed for those clones. I had that fuzzy stuff happen one time too on some clones and i just cleaned it off, increased airflow and they took off like gangbusters. Excited to see these girls bloom!
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Yeah I started to panic at first and then took a deep breath and started googling. At first I thought they were roots hahaha such a clone noob right now
 
rocj77 said:
Woke up this morning and took the dome off the clones for a few minutes and almost died when I saw every single root plug covered in fuzzy white mold. Made a h202 spray and sprayed the plugs to get rid of the mold. Was not expecting this, but hopefully they will be ok. I opened up 1 of the holes on the dome a slit to try and get some air circulation in there
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Ive had this happen before too, i just sprayed everything with Safer Brand 3in1 spray, even sprayed the dome, the spray has sulfur in it which works wonders on bugs and fungus.
 
GoodShit97 said:
Ive had this happen before too, i just sprayed everything with Safer Brand 3in1 spray, even sprayed the dome, the spray has sulfur in it which works wonders on bugs and fungus.
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I'll have to grab some of that. I have some stuff I won in the photo contest on the farm last dec I think it's called dr zymes eliminator I'll have to search my room and see if I can find it
 
rocj77 said:
I'll have to grab some of that. I have some stuff I won in the photo contest on the farm last dec I think it's called dr zymes eliminator I'll have to search my room and see if I can find it
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Dr. Zymes works too, just dont over mix it, and test it on a leaf, see how they react and then go full send with it.
I turned 10 clones to dried out crispers in 12 hours accidentally just recently, i think it was the Zymes.
 
rocj77 said:
Woke up this morning and took the dome off the clones for a few minutes and almost died when I saw every single root plug covered in fuzzy white mold. Made a h202 spray and sprayed the plugs to get rid of the mold. Was not expecting this, but hopefully they will be ok. I opened up 1 of the holes on the dome a slit to try and get some air circulation in there
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That’s why I put in the hygrometer. Then I just open the air vents as needed.
 
rocj77 said:
Yeah I started to panic at first and then took a deep breath and started googling. At first I thought they were roots hahaha such a clone noob right now
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Everyone starts somewhere. I haven’t popped more than one seed, other than veggies, since I started clones. To easy once you find a way that works.

Today one person I was kind to just gave my wife to clones. Funny thing was I was giving another clone to my son’s friend, whose growing it to help his brother.

Hang in there. Most individuals are like us, helping and learning.
 
Once you learn to propagate, seeds start to look more like a hassle!! 😄

My time in LGO's got me spoiled as I had access to lots of different cultivar cuts. Most of the LGO's had pretty extensive mother rooms with a variety of cultivars. Not having to cull males makes growing much easier as I can position my plants under my net without having to cull back some of the males and have empty spaces under the net.

I just now finally am able to run cuts rather than have to go from seed as I've now established a small mother tent so runs should be shorter and annual yields higher!!!
 
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Rootsruler said:
Once you learn to propagate, seeds start to look more like a hassle!! 😄

My time in LGO's got me spoiled as I had access to lots of different cultivar cuts. Most of the LGO's had pretty extensive mother rooms with a variety of cultivars. Not having to cull males makes growing much easier as I can position my plants under my net without having to cull back some of the males and have empty spaces under the net.

I just now finally am able to run cuts rather than have to go from seed as I've now established a small mother tent so runs should be shorter and annual yields higher!!!
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that is the goal, I am using the 4x4 to grow these out but I don't plan on growing from seed for awhile. I will occasionally pop the seeds I have sitting around since I paid so much for them but growing from clone seems to be the fastest way to do it
 
rocj77 said:
that is the goal, I am using the 4x4 to grow these out but I don't plan on growing from seed for awhile. I will occasionally pop the seeds I have sitting around since I paid so much for them but growing from clone seems to be the fastest way to do it
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Takes a second to establish but so worth it in the long run. Obviously if you like a lot of different variety then this will not be the answer but for those that have found a genetic they really like and want to produce it faster and in larger quantity this is, IMO, the best method.

On my next run I'm revamping my DIY auto water system along with running more plant sites. This will allow me to spend less time in veg and turn more product faster. I also want to see if putting the plants into flower earlier will give the plants more vitality in flower for bigger, fatter flower since they're younger and produce more growth hormones vs later in veg where they've reached a level of maturity and are leveling out or ramping down.
 
rocj77 said:
I went by the grow name Costanza for the past couple years but when I started a new profile on here I used my other alias from discord. It was my nickname growing up since I tend to be very neurotic like George
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I remember you from The Farmer. I think you avoided banishment because you use a different name here.
 
MysticEpipedon said:
I remember you from The Farmer. I think you avoided banishment because you use a different name here.
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that was part of the game, I decided to change names to see how long it took them to ban me. Thought I would be able to change it right back to my original name but apparently I have to wait until November to do so.
 
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