DIY AeroCloner Experiment
My DIY bubble cloner worked great a couple of times but hasn't worked at all the last two times. Since I like DIY projects, I decided I would try another version. These are the parts I had laying around for inspiration
An old bucket that had chlorine tablets in it
An small fountain water pump
A sprinkler pop-up
I purchased the 2" net-pots from Slamazon. They came in a pack of 25 with neoprene cloning collars for $11. They actually sent me 27 of each - plenty of spares. We use these sprinkler pop-ups on our lawn, but you can buy them at the big boxes for less than $1.50.
All I had to do was grab a 2" hole saw, layout my holes, and drill away. The pots fits perfectly - yeah! I cut a notch in the top of the bucket to let the power cord through and assembled the pieces.
The only thing missing was a humidity dome. Luckily, my wife broke an old salad spinner about a month ago. The plastic bowl from it turned out to be another perfect fit!
Dunno yet how well it will work. The sprinkler sprays water well enough. I took it apart and stopped the pop-up from popping up. When it did, it was too close to the bucket lid for good dispersal. A taller (5 gal) bucket would probably work fine w/o messing around with this. Total cost to me: $10.99. If you need a pump and sprinkler in addition to the net pots, you'd have something like $30 total in it.
Here's hoping!