doobie gillis
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In your opinion, what is fastest and most reliable method to clone,spray,air bubble or rockwool or similar medium?I'm new to this and I'm looking for the most reliable method.........thanks for your time.
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Im keen to use this method.I think they all have similar success rates when conditions are good. It kind of depends on what suits you best. For example I'm away a lot and had a hard time keeping rockwool watered the right amount. And I had a hard time keeping my temps right for the aerocloner. Now I clone in a tray of perlite - I just add water once or twice a week and that's about it.
Great. I appreciate that. So if perlite gets drenched its still okIt's definitely my favourite method so far. I learned it from Tead. Before I met him I used coco for quite a while in a similar way, but it was easier to overwater, whereas it's impossible to overwater perlite.
The perlite cloner tray is a concept I got from Tead and has generally worked better than all the other methods I've used. Thanks Tead. Scuze the mess...
There's a 'medical' type heating pad on the floor, and then a tray of coco which works as a sort of buffer to even out the heat from the pad. Inside the tray of coco is sitting another tray which is full of perlite about 3" deep. It has a couple holes drilled in one end about an inch up from the bottom- so I can pour water in there once in a while and it won't over-fill.
Obviously the coco isn't necessary in itself- I just wanted something to help absorb the warmth and diffuse it around the tray of perlite, and a tray to catch the runoff with.
I can tell when cuttings are rooted by their appearance, and by how they feel if I tug on them. Then I dig them out with a spoon and plant them. This is pretty much a system I can throw cuttings in and leave. Yes it's very rustic but it's worked better than all the other cloning contraptions I've made. The magic in the perlite is that it tends to stay at a nice even moisture level. You can't over water it.
I top up with water about once a week. No more dealing with little rockwool cubes or pissing around with the aeorocloner. I'll sterilize and reuse the perlite sometime in the future.