Wick Cloner: simple, cheap, and effective

[munki]

Picture update of the little ones. Well, they were little! Man, they grow like weeds!

[Jjones]

prtti little ladies

great work.

[munki]

I will conclude my test of the cloner here and call it a success. I will definitely be using it again in the future.

So, why haven't YOU made one yet!?!?!

[obxgardener]

Originally Posted by munki

I will conclude my test of the cloner here and call it a success. I will definitely be using it again in the future.

So, why haven't YOU made one yet!?!?!

Good question !!

I'm definitely going to get set up for clones next go around - it's a shame to let good genes go to waste.

[munki]

Originally Posted by obxgardener

Good question !!

I'm definitely going to get set up for clones next go around - it's a shame to let good genes go to waste.

It is very cheap to build and was a fun project for the day. Highly recommended for the DIY crowd.

[Wolfbuddie]

good job on the transplant. Hope they grow well.

[munki]

Originally Posted by Wolfbuddie

good job on the transplant. Hope they grow well.

They seem to be taking just fine. I've been giving them sun during the day and 5500K CFL light at night. The plants are showing their personalities now. I bet the one in the back would get over 6 feet tall if I let it. I will probably make it a candidate for supercropping by topping the plant and try to clone the the removed top.

[Ray Gunn]

Yo man, its been a while since I've seen this thread. Your ladies are looking real nice. Your cloning set-up worked for me too. My seven are about a week behind yours. I've already had sucess with 14 out of 16 plants making it through the cloning process. I did 8 plants with 1 failure on the first run on 9/5(the ones you saw and 7 out of 8 on the second run on 9/17. They are about 15 days apart. I super cropped 5 of the 1st run and I left 2 of them alone as the internodes were alternating on the main stem. The 2nd run just started to turn from flowering to veg 2 days ago. Seems like you can tell when they start vegging as they start to turn real green. I seemed to get roots after 9 to 11 days in the cloning set up. I was real nervous using the spoon to get clones out of the pearlite but it works great. Also you were right, The internodes are very close together. When I topped them each plant has 4 to 6 shoots popping out. I'm just waiting for my main grow to finish up so I can put these 7 girls in the main growing room. Trichromes on my main grow are getting milky with amber color just starting to turn. Hopefully another week and time to harvest. Soon these girls will be in there rocking too. I will use this cloning set up from now on. FYI I used tin foil instead of the plastic bag to cover my light and it actually works better.

[munki]

Sweet, Ray Gunn. Here is how my babies look tonight. I topped the one and it is in the cloner right now. I'm even trying to clone a leaf only. It seems to be working.

[munki]

Just an FYI, these clones were given to a fellow grower for breeding. Miss them, but onward for me.

[NormanTBates]

Thanks for this thread Munki, I will be making one of these for myself shortly.

And BTW congrats on winning POTM

[munki]

Thanks for the props Norman. I didn't invent this, but I definitely promote it. You can use tap water so it is practically impossible to get unwanted fungal or algal growth. You do need to get black spray paint for plastics though as you won't find the containers in a truly opaque color. It is easy to drill clean holes in the plastic, so that makes up for it.

[rowdy]

Nice idea It looks like it might work.

[munki]

Update: It has been at least 4 weeks since I put in a cutting and a single leaf with a petiole length of maybe an inch into the cloner. They did get razor cuts in the stems and I did use rooting gel, but they have only been on tap water since run through a Brita.

illumination has been with a low K warm color CFL that is only 10 watts. Bulb is about 12 inches above cutting on a 24/0 cycle. Note how they are still healthy but have not grown in height. They are in a hibernation like state, growing oh so slowly. Roots will be checked soon.

[Tead]

Originally Posted by munki

They are in a hibernation like state, growing oh so slowly.

I wonder if a bit of nutes would change that? Not suggesting anything... just wondering.

Cheers!