After an unsucesfull attempt at cloning using gel, rockwool, and tray/dome I have decided to invest in a cloning machine. The EZ-cloners seem like nice machines but they are so expensive. Are they worth the money? What do you use?

not worth it

not worth it.

cloning is easy, what's the deal wih you sucking at it?

At what temp did you keep the dome?....Rooting seems to thrive in warmer temps...Try one of those heated seed mats...you can get them for $20-$25....

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Well, I think that the plant I cloned from was just too young. Even though it was almost three feet tall it was only five weeks old. Other than that Icant figure out why they died.

That may have been a little young to clone off of??? Never tried it that soon before. How quick are you expecting the clones to root? My attempts have always taken 2-4 weeks. Like I said, using a heat mat really seems to speed that time up.....Don't drown them either lol it will rot.... Those Jiffy pellets seem to work nice.....saturate the pellets, put them in the humidity dome and don't water them again till you see roots. Thats how I've been doing it and it seems to work well for me anyway. Good luck, ~Outlaw~

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this is all good info for you, even though i've never heard of the heat pad method, i'm sure it won't hurt.

remember not to get an air bubble in the 45 degree cut of your clone, that is auto death. and keep n mind for the time they are trying to sprout roots, they have to absorb water through their leaves.

keep them under a light where the heat will evaporate the water soon enough not to make them rot, and spray them down a couple times a day.

I would not recommend the EZ-Clone machine. Worked with it 3 months, all months showed minimal success rate (to none).

I like working with rockwool and Jiffy 7's.

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i just made an aero cloner with 2 5gal bukets a water pump an air pump. fuckn simple if you think about it a little. oh yeah u need the aero fittings, and some tubing. itl cost u 60 bux max. i sucked at cloning till recent, the heat pad worx, make sure you get the tall dome. my homemade aero cloners a champ, my clones dont even wilt! no clone gel or nothin. i do use the super thrive tho, thats the shit, changed every thing for my clone sitcho. peace

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Cloners are the way to go.

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