DIY DWC Cloning Tutorial - Easy Cloning

[Grooven420]

Not sure if anyone is reading this thread anymore? If so I built my own cloner also almost identical to this on.

I am getting some weird kind of gel around the clone that is in the water? I am assuming this is the CLONEX from dipping it in it before putting it in the home-made cloner?

Has anyone else seen this?

How much of the clone do you want below the water?

Interesting enough the first one to root has the root coming out just below the neoprene 2" insert? This almost leads me to believe to stick the bottom of the clone to just the surface of the water?

Anyone that could shed some insight to this would be greatly appreciated!!

L8R,
Grooven420

 

[OldMedUser]

Not sure if anyone is reading this thread anymore? If so I built my own cloner also almost identical to this on.

I am getting some weird kind of gel around the clone that is in the water? I am assuming this is the CLONEX from dipping it in it before putting it in the home-made cloner?

Has anyone else seen this?

How much of the clone do you want below the water?

Interesting enough the first one to root has the root coming out just below the neoprene 2" insert? This almost leads me to believe to stick the bottom of the clone to just the surface of the water?

Anyone that could shed some insight to this would be greatly appreciated!!

L8R,
Grooven420

I made a similar rig a few years ago. I used a small RubberMaid 11.3L tub and just drilled a bunch of holes about 1/4" in the lid about 2" apart. Then I made cuts joining some of the holes together to be able to get the rooted ends out. 3 or 4 holes in a line.

I used RO water with a little Supernaturals Purple Thrive in the water, no rooting gel and keep the water an inch below the bottoms of the cuttings. The 12" stone in the tub splashes water droplets on the cut ends as the bubbles pop.

Prepare cuttings as you would for regular cloning, scrape some of the outer stem off and maybe split the stem a little.

Worked like a hot-damn.

 

[Cheezy]

Instead of painting it, could you just start out with an opaque plastic? And instead of a hole saw, just use a sharpened piece of pvc, aluminum, or steel pipe and push through the Styrofoam. That would be faster and easier. I do belive I will try this device myself soon. Thanks for posting.

 

[Dee House]

good job on the cloner ........u guys should check out the bubble heads thread

 

[Ziminy]

Really?

Nobody is going to finish this post and answer the responding questions?
Could somebody maybe post a link to information on how to use this contraption?

 

[GrowCannabis2]

I'll finish this for anyone else who wants the ending. When cloning with DWC you do not want the cutting in the water at all. You want it somewhere between a 1/2" to an 1" above the water and with the airstones bubbling you will get the nutrient solution on the end of the stems and the roots will begin to grow after a couple days reaching for the water. The roots can stay in water and should be pretty well developed before transplanting into soil or any other medium that is going to have the roots put into a new medium like any soil less medium. If you are going to keep in DWC than all you have to do is take the 2" net pot and place it into a larger net pot preferably 6" and gently surround the roots with the hydroton.

Water and Nute Information:

First Ph of water should be 5.5 and should be allowed to drift up to 6.3 or any where between these ph levels are good for you clones to root anything lower or higher some needed nutrient will become locked out and could kill the clone or rooted plant quickly. Allowing PH to drift between the range listed above is ideal to ensure the clones and plants are receiving nutrients at there maximum absorption during the ph drift.

If using regular tap water your PPM with nutrient solution should be no higher than 450. 1/4 strength nutes should be used when using tap water because you don't exactly know what the water has in it.

If using R/O water you will want to make a nutrient blend with a PPM equal to 350 - 425. Ensure you add Cal-Mg to the nute solution as the R/O water will contain no nutrients or salts what so ever. Super Thrive or B-52 by Advanced Nutrients would help a lot during the cloning stages as it will help ensure the plants have the nutes needed to live and the vitamins they need and want to form strong healthy roots.

One last note on this if your dwc design allows for you to cover the clones before the rooting actually occurs would be a good idea to help ensure success.

 

[Sith]

I tried to post a new thread, but although I've done so earlier, I'm not allowed to do that now for some reason..
There seems to be differing views/advice on this matter, I just bought an air pump with the intention of building a similar system myself, but I thought the water would bubble much more..

I'm using a air pump for 0-66 gallons of water, capable of 63 gallons/h.. The water container is for about 8 gallons of water, just now I'm trying it out and have just enough water to cover the oxygene stones..
I wonder if I should almost fill the water container completely?

An earlier poster said that the stem of the clone shouldn't be submerged in the water, and another poster in some thread said that the stem should be submerged in the water..
I wonder how it should be?
If the stem should be just above the water level, the water don't seem to bubble enough to get to the stem..

As an alternative I'm thinking of a top fed system with net pots and maybe clay pebbles in them, in a lid with a water container beneath.. Could that work as well?
Not sure what I should try right now..
Any more good advice on this would be much appreciated!

 

[Tillerman]

you don't need top feed.... you want to make the container AIR tight... helps the clones root faster as it raises the humidity from the air bubbles popping.....

water level doesn't really matter the clones can be in the water or ontop of it.... aslong as the bottom of the lid is moist or wet your good..


another thing you could do is HEAT the water... yea I know you guys think I'm crazy... heat the water and they will root 3-4 times faster.... I use a heating mat.... 10X20 under my bubbler cloner...

 

[Tillerman]

ill do a tutorial of mine and you can see how it works....