Not enough oxygen?

Hydrowannabe

Hydrowannabe

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Now that I think of it,...and this is a far reach, but I’m going to ask anyway,...could it be bc I had soaked my airstones along with all my other equipment in bleach water. I was unsure if or how to clean airstones so I tossed them in the bleach water. Maybe I messed up there. It’s a reach
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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Hydrowannabe said:
Now that I think of it,...and this is a far reach, but I’m going to ask anyway,...could it be bc I had soaked my airstones along with all my other equipment in bleach water. I was unsure if or how to clean airstones so I tossed them in the bleach water. Maybe I messed up there. It’s a reach
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I replaced air stones with a second small low pressure pump with a flooming attachment and put it on a timer to minimize heat
 
Hydrowannabe

Hydrowannabe

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Been away for a couple days due to frustration. Someone above gave the advice to start as simple as you can so you can see how truly fundamentally easy it is to clone (not verbatim). This seems to work great, but what I like about this is that it does truly show me the simplicity of cloning. I believe my cuttings were dieing in the bubble cloner bc of not enough oxygen. Obviously by reducing to a solo cup, I was able to clear that up right away. Thanks everyone for the sharing info.
 
70's natureboy

70's natureboy

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If you really want simplicity you should try a Clone King. Stick the clones in with straight tap water and you don't have to think about them again. Check them in 10 days and transplant.

I actually BOUGHT a bubble cloner, Hydrofarm I believe, and had 0 success.
 
Rakin

Rakin

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Hydrowannabe said:
hey everyone. Simple question. Are two of these cheap inline pumps with 4 air stones enough to provide enough oxygen to fresh cuts. I ask because if I start my cuttings in my aero cloner, wait for them to form little nubs, then change them to the bubbler, I get very nice and fast roots. (I’m unemployed atm, so I obviously have a lot of time on my hands ha). But if I start the cutting directly in the bubbler, they fall over and never come back up, making me believe that it’s an oxygen issue. Another way of asking this would be, do I need to buy a better inline pump for this 12 gal diy bubble cloner. Thanks
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I used to use a bubble cloner. Kept fighting bacteria and lost lots of clones or they would not root half the time. I just started putting them in perlite/vermiculite in a popsicle tray with holes in the bottom inside a shoebox tote with a little water in it. No pump or anything. Then I would put a dome on it and shade it and slowly add more air exchange and light. Way easier and more success for me.
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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Recently, I developed a better seed/clone starter. It combines lpa with hpa mist heads and a deep cycle timer.

These plants will be one month old from seed in 2 days. Cycle time is 3 minutes on/30-60 minutes pause
 

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