Stronger Clones Start Here
Bubbleponic cloning systems are an easy to build clarification to weak and limpy clones. The whole law will not cost you very much. If you use neorepene discs, like the E-Z Clone uses, you will have an sufficient cloning law that uses no growth medium.
Home Made Lighter
The aeroponic cloner you will have after this guide can root clones in as puny as 7 days with an organic rooting gel like Earth Juice Earthstock. There are plentifulness of other types of rooting gels and powders. Clonex and Olivia's are two other gels that work well.
Supply List
-Storage Tote
-Neorepene Ez Clone Discs
-Air Pump
-Air Tubing
-Air Stones
-Power Drill with drill bit that is the same size as your discs.
Light Proof Your Tote
If you bought a light proof tote, you can skip this step. If it is clear or semi clear you need to wrap it in a reflective material. You can use Christmas wrapping paper if you do not have way to something else. You just want to make sure no light comes in straight through the walls of your tote. The warehouse tote will be the water stockroom for your cloning system.
Use Hdpe Food Grade plastics for your warehouse tote if you plan on cloning consumable plants like fruits or veggies. Food grade plastics ensure the protection of you and your family. If the cloning law is only for flowers, there is no risk since you will not ingest the chemicals.
Prepare the Air Tube Hole
Drill a hole straight through the side of the Bubbleponics law near the top. A half inch drill bit works well. You can also use a soldering iron to make a small hole. It just has to be big adequate to fit the air tubing linked to the air pump.
Put the air tubing straight through the hole before connecting the air stone or the pump. You put it straight through the hole to test that its big adequate and to ensure the tube is straight through the hole before larger objects are sealed on to it. You can also seal the hole with a rubber grommet so no water will leak if it is moved.
Warning: Burning plastic gives off toxic fumes. Wear protective gear in a well ventilated area.
Prepare the Bubbleponics law Lid
Take one of the Ez-Clone discs or Net Pots you plan on using for your clones and trace the outer diameter on to the lid of the tote. Plan them like a grid so you can maximize your space.
Start your holes in one of the corners. The whole of holes you make is up to you. Remember your clones will only need a week or two in the cloner before they are rooted and ready for transplant. It is good institution to plan for a merge clones that you may not need.
Extra clones allow you to pick out the strongest ones and prevent yourself from not having enough. Of policy extra clones need a salutary mother Plant.
Green Tip: Leave a puny extra space in in the middle of your holes. The extra space will let the clone leaves spread out and still have way to adequate oxygen. The point of a bubbleponic law is efficiency.
Next you can insert your neorepene discs or net pots in the holes you created. Here is where Ez Clone discs have an benefit over net pots. The discs can stay in the cloner when it is not being used to prevent light from getting into the stockroom causing algae growth.
Net pots do not block light properly unless they are full of medium. You can just waste adequate medium to fill the empty places when you are not using it. A smarter option is to cover the wasted part of the cloner with black and white poly or mylar.
Fill The Bubbleponics System
Get the cloning law in position under the light you plan to use. Now you are ready to fill your stockroom with water. You will want the water to be a few inches below the hole for the air tubing. There needs to be room for the stem of your clones to hang in the dark 100% humidity environment above the water line.
Plug the air pump in and make sure you have plentifulness of bubbles popping on the covering of the water. If you plan on using all the spaces you will want even bubble distribution over the covering area of the water. It doesn't have to be exactly even, just make sure no space is getting too wet and no space is extremely dry.
The high humidity will ensure success in small 15-20 clone systems. 20 - 50 clone systems will only need two or three oxy stones. If you need a bigger cloning system, you may want to think production multiple 50 clone systems. Having isolate reservoirs will ensure a qoute in one law does not end your whole propagation system.
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