EZ Cloner advice? Looking for surefire success!

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gorgewags

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I need some help in clearing up this HTH Pool Shock idea. First someone says that one gram of Pool Shock per gallon makes EXACTLY the same concentration as Clear Rez, but Herborizer also asks "Now I take this shock-juice and put it in my Ezclone reservoir at 1oz per gallon?" but that is five times the concentration recommended by EZ Clone, which is one ounce per FIVE gallons. My question is, is Pool Shock, at one gram per gallon, five times weaker than Clear Rez, or is it just the same concentration and what should be recommended is the one ounce per five gallons? And if it is only 20% as strong, can I mix it at 2.5 grams per gallon and get the same as Clear Rez?
Thanks, this seems to me to be quite important as we're talking about a concentration of potentially harmful hypochlorite five times stronger than what is recommended.
 
GreenThumbSucker

GreenThumbSucker

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I don't use rooting hormones or fertilizer when rooting, and my cuttings root in 5 - 7 days. If your clones are becoming sickly I would suggest adding a little hydrogen peroxide to your water every other day. That will kill the funk. They also like warmth, over 72 degrees but not too warm.
 
Medicine4Me

Medicine4Me

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I've been using a 30 EZ=CLone for for 3 yrs. with good success. My tap water is mountain spring water, I don't even let it stand to get out the chlorine. I noticed that the makers stress the importance of sanity and changing the water every 5 to 7 days.

Before adding water I wipe the entire inside down with paper towels.

Every 5 days I change the water and give it a small dose of B-1, 5 drops of Superthrive, and bring the PH down around 6.3 If I remember right that was what they recommended ph wise.

When it got real hot two summers ago I added 5 frozen bottles of water to bring the inside water temp. down. In a room that gets no higher than 80 you don't need to cool the water.

I don't know how important it is to get a freshly cut clone into rooting solution, but I try to get it in with in about 20 seconds.

When I cut a clone, I let it soak in a mixture of B-1, Superthive, and Sea Kelp for 5 minutes before putting in the machine.

Use fire to sterilize the razor blade of use a new one each time you cut up a new batch.

Don't over-crowd the top of the box and never put two clones in the same hole.

One 23W CFL bulb or some light equal to that is needed to keep the leaves upright and healthy.

When you finish with a clone - Clean the foam inside and out to get out any junk.

New clone circles can be easily cut to replace older ones that leak water by using the black
plastic insulation that comes with mail packaging.


I hope this helps!


 
Huel Perkins

Huel Perkins

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GreenThumbSucker said:
I don't use rooting hormones or fertilizer when rooting, and my cuttings root in 5 - 7 days. If your clones are becoming sickly I would suggest adding a little hydrogen peroxide to your water every other day. That will kill the funk. They also like warmth, over 72 degrees but not too warm.
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The cloner rez temps should be in the 70-85 range and an atmosphere temp as close to 75 as possible.
 
Vonkins

Vonkins

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budleydoright said:
That is correct. Doing this will not overcome the problems associated with a dirty machine. I run a cup of bleach in mine for an hour to clean it between runs and often have to unplug some of the sprayers.
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Should it not be 1 oz of shock solution to 5 gallons of water and not 1 for 1.
 
ASMALLVOICE

ASMALLVOICE

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One thing that contributes to healthy clones is to take them around 2 hours after you feed them. A well hydrated cutting has a much better chance of survival than one that was thirsty before it was taken.
I just cut from bottom of plant, dip in distilled water, then rooting powder and stick them in a jiffy plug soaked with plain distilled water. I place them in a humidity dome and mist once a day with plain distilled water. I have had 100% success. I took 14 clones less than 2 weeks ago and they are already blowing up.
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Peace and Great Grows

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StinkBud

StinkBud

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I just use plain tap water without worrying about PH. Why? Ph effect nutrient uptake. Plain water has no nutrients. Of course our plain water around here is about 160PPM so I guess there is a little Calcium in it but not enough to matter. Warm water is dangerous! I try to keep my temps below 70 to avoid the funk.

Genetics makes the biggest difference. Woody type plants like OG Kush, Diesel, etc... take a long time to pop roots. Softer green stems pop a lot faster. I've had strains that pop in as little as 4 days and I've had strains that take a month. Pyrethrum Wilt (stem rot) is common when you keep the stems too wet. I use a timer set to 1 minute on and 5 minutes off.

You can stick a pencil in my cloner, come back in a week and it will be a fucking tree! Just kidding, but really, aerocloners are a no-brainer. Here's the plans to my cloner. Cost about $50 to build. Also, it helps to tell the clones, "you want nutes? Pop some roots!" It works everytime.
 
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Bawsegenetics

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Screw making one for 50 when I can buy an oxy-cloner. Now that's a no-brainer

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StinkBud

StinkBud

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Bawsegenetics said:
Screw making one for 50 when I can buy an oxy-cloner. Now that's a no-brainer

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You're absolutely right bro! No need to build anything when you can just go out and buy it. And let's face it, some people just don't like building things. There was a time when your only choice for a cloner was buying an EZ-Cloner for $300 or build your own. Now you can go out and drop less than $50 and end up with a 20-site cloner that works great. Not to mention it probably doesn't leak.

At the same time I still want to encourage the DIU crowd to keep building. Many people enjoy the building process. I personally like trying new things and coming up with new ideas. It's fun! Many times I've spent way too much time on a project that would have been a lot cheaper to just go out and buy. One time I decided to build my own cycle timer. I bought the IC Chips, caps, resistors, circuit board, etc... I must have spent 100 hours on the fucking thing! I do have to say it was kind of cool when it worked. FUCK! I regress! sorry...
 
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