The best DIY EZ walmart DWC CLONER for MICRO grows. Zen style

[thegoods217]

where did you guys find the foam pieces at walmart? I was looking up and down the toys section, infant section forever w/ no luck. All i found was lil alphabet letters but they were too small, i also found skinny lil foam pads. Would a mouse pad work?

 

[beta0701]

I used foam poster board stuff, its in the school section at walmart

It doesnt work the best, but i just cut out squares, poked a hole in the middle, then shoved the cutting through. It hold the cutting suspending it in water, and prevents the light from getting in

 

[thegoods217]

thanks beta, ill check it out today again.. going to walmart is an adventure in its own.

 

[stonywan]

I would like to know where you got the light sockets ....

 

[koolhand77]

you can get those light sockets at walmart or even home chepo. I know he got them at walmart as I bought some there. they are cheeper at walmart than home chepo cause I bought some there too. chose your poison.

 

[generalchaos]

is a humidity dome still required with bubble cloners? I see people with and without them.

 

[koolhand77]

I would use them tell you have a good roots.

 

[The Dude 4552]

Does anyone know whether some bubble wands (that is, plastic tubing that goes around the reservoir and bubbles instead of an airstone) work well? I am building one of these cloners' for my perpetual grow cab to root clones and I was curious about using them?

 

[homerdog]

Goods, I use the cheap styrafoam cups, use a hole saw bit to make holes. You could cut the upper part of the cup off if you wanted to make them smaller. Couple dozen for under a $1 and easy to label.

 

[DaveTheNewbie]

instead of the lid with holes that is used here, i just use a single flat piece of yoga mat that becomes the lid, with a few slits for the clones to sit in. works great

https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/119183-davethenewbie-dwc-cloner-fast-simple.html#post1453653

what i was wondering is why some clones grow roots and some dont.
the un-rooted clones dont die, wilt, or anything, they just sit there without roots for weeks

 

[littlegrower2004]

so i still dont get it...do u have the end of the clone in the water???

 

[hybrid]

its fun to see more and more clever ideas popping out of a clever idea

 

[homerdog]

Let me know if you figure that one out Dave. I was getting near 100% rooting last time I used it, this time they have just been sitting there, someone suggested that maybe my razor wasn't sharp enough or my cloning powder was getting old. I dunno, I need to resolve it like now though.

 

[hybrid]

Why not add a drop or two of superthrive?

Maybe dip the roots in some gel, add some rooting hormone in a mild concentration to the water and a couple crushed aspirin?

could be the ticket.

I advised a buddy of this cloner for a hard to clone plant he has, the thing sucks at cloning so he needs to change up his program on it. Humidity dome is killing over half of this particular one.

 

[DaveTheNewbie]

some cloning questions that i never see answered :
- do you use 18/6 or 24/0 lighting schedule?
- do you use the same 400w MH or do you have CFLs for cloning?
- do you foliar feed or just use a dome, or both or none?
there is more to it than just the clone gel and the cuts, but nobody ever talks about it.

 

[littlegrower2004]

i use 24 hr with a fish tank light and use normal water for foliar feeding inside the dome

 

[smoke and coke]

so i still dont get it...do u have the end of the clone in the water???

do the ends sit in the water or are they suspended a little above the water?
do you run the air pump all the time or is it on a timer for like 15 minutes on and 15 off?

 

[DaveTheNewbie]

air pump runs all the time, i believe the ends of clone are submerged, thats how i do it

 

[homerdog]

If they are not in the water they dry out and die.

 

[gotot]

where do you buy the air pump and stone