Megacloner woes

24/7 or forget it. ... thats w/aero

is yours 'fog'?

I run 80 seconds on, 8 minutes off on cloner, vegger, and flower units with never a problem. The roots need time to breathe. I would wonder about off gassing from the styrofoam.

i run 30 seconds on 11 min off in my cloner. Water temp at 76. A teaspoon of great white to keep the rot away.

Not a dry fog. But fogger nozzles on a high pressure pump.

lp aero im guessing like most of us. i run mine 24/7 no problems

Originally Posted by Nelstoned

We have a styrofoam power cloner we made but our clones just won't survive!
How crucial is it to have the foggers goings at all times? At first we had it on a 3min on/5 min off cycle to sub par results

DUDE, do your self a flavor and sell that aeroponic cloner while there are still suckers to buy it.

aeroponic cloners are not worth the time, maintenence and effort WHATSOEVER. if it is absolutely perfect you can root your clones about 2-3 days sooner than me and all i do is the old fashioned humidome setup. i take plain coco and get it wet with phed water stuff it in a peatpot and then make a hole for the cutting, dip it in rootech(more potent) or clonex gel, mash the coco around it and in 2 weeks we have a 95% success rate. no timers, no pumps, to neoprene collars(that dont stand up to bleach), no high res temps, no cleaning giant resevoirs and thousands of neoprene collars. simple as that.

the one place you can go wrong is not making your coco wet enough for the 2 week span, the tops of your humidomes should look like its raining, all the time. almost 100% humidity. also we spray with sm90(sulfur spray) once the tray is full before we put on the dome, this keeps the possibility of mold out of the equation. after that we dont touch them for 2 weeks. under a t5 naturally, 24/7 light

the coco peats are easily transplantable into any medium even an aeroponic system, one of the biggest problems i found with rooted clones in air is that the roots have no substrate to grow in, so when you plant an aero clone it just falls over and when you plant it is impossible to keep from matting the roots on top of themselves where the root finally rests in a substrate.

we had 3 - 120 site cloners and my last job, and 3 at this one, i have retired them completely, they are NOT worth it

im not sure, but my feeling is that aeroponic cloners took off because of a young generations affinity for rubegoldbergs and computers. or maybe they are growing and blooming in aeroponic systems, and if you love those things, well im not sure i can help you. too many moving parts.

it is amazing how many gardeners forget the number one method for everything : K.I.S.S.

How much more simple can it get than an aero cloner? Cut, stick, check two weeks later. Done. No domes, no watering. No worrying about Ph, just no worries. Plus no media needed, then you could change your name to igotnomorehydroton

Originally Posted by superstoner1

How much more simple can it get than an aero cloner? Cut, stick, check two weeks later. Done. No domes, no watering. No worrying about Ph, just no worries. Plus no media needed, then you could change your name to igotnomorehydroton

Couldnt of said it better