kneecapman
Well-Known Member
Grow Journal IV Michigan Medical Marihauna Card Year 2 Crop 4
2012.1.27 Filled Up the CloneRx32: Step by Step DIY Bubble Cloning Made Easy!!!
The birth of crop 4 begins, like the birth of every clone crop, by loading up the clone box. Each time I use it, I break it all the way down and remove all salts and contaminates. Then I put it back together, making sure everything is handled with VERY CLEAN hands. Instead of making a whole post with this DIY bubblecloner as the main subject, I'm just going to begin this journal out with me putting it together and loading it up. I taped off 2 slots, so it is technically the CloneRX 30... Here goes.
To make a DIY Bubble Cloner (which I HIGHLY recommend you do) you will need the following items:
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[TD]
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[TD]
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[TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Yes, a 15ish gallon bin with a sturdy build and NON-TRANSLUSCENT lid. The last part is important. Appropriate holes. IE: You need to buy a hole saw bit that corresponds with the Neoprin Plugs you decide to go with.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Neoprin inserts, this one is 1 3/4". They are available here on the internet, or at most growstores.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4 or more Watts worth of Air Pump power. Yes, these $10 hollers are available at Wal Fart. Don't cheap out (come on, get off your ass and go to Wal Mart), the bubbles are VERY IMPORTANT. Duh, its a bubble cloner.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]These come with the pumps if you would have went to Wal Mart. I don't endorse Wal Mart, but hey, you can get most of the stuff you need there, so just go there, trust me.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Fish tank tubing. Now, the black piece is for the outside, if you can get black tubing, I recommend it. Gorilla Tape. Buy it by name...
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]...Its the shit. It costs more, but one rip off this roll, and you'll know where the other Washingtons went. I've put whole grow ops together with a couple rolls of this shit, I swear by it.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Airstones. Wal Mart. The Biggest ones they got.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]4 of them should do. Just make sure they can fit into the bottom of whatever tub you get.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Internal Fish Tank Thermometer. Guess Where I Got This One!
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]My tub is pretty deep, as you can see. And the sidewalls are sturdy as hell. They are still rubbery, but very firm.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Okay, so get that stuff together, or stuff a lot like it, and come back and read the rest.
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[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1. Tape the stones in the bottom Very Tight, carefull not to have any exposed corners or major air pockets in the tape. Take your time on this, get it tight.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2. Here is the air direction valves under the lid. Make holes for the air hose on the lid near the handle. Put the black tube on the outside with the valves under the lid, making sure the arrows point down.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3. Hook the hose inside up to the airstones. Tape the hose along the sides leading up towards where the holes in the lid will be when the lid is closed.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]4. Make sure to keep the hose close to the wall everywhere except where the stop valves will be when its closed.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5. Put all of the neoprin inserts into the holes that you drilled into the lid using a hole saw that you made sure was the right size at the hardware store before purchasing. Tape off holes that wont be used.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]6. Fill 'er up. Use tap water. Put it in there at the desired range of 73-76. Fill it up until, with the lid on and the sidewalls restrained by the lid, will be about 6 inches below the lid.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7. The important thing to know here is that the stems of the cuttings won't actually be making contact with the actual surface of the water. Keep it low enough. Mist travels about 8 inches untill it begins to dissapate drastically.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]8. Stick the thermometer in the front corner inside the box.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9. Hook the lines up to the stop valves.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]10. Tape the back on REALLY FGOOD.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11. Close it, secure with front straps of tape.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]12. Plug in the air pumps and fire her up.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13. Each plug, when pulled, should look like this.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]14. pH time...
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15. Dump some pH down in and stir it up.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]16. Close it tight and strap it. Should be free of any light leaks this is VERY CRUCIAL. NO LIGHT LEAKS, not even tiny pinhole light leaks. Bubble it for 24 hours.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]17. Confirm temperature (mine was at 73) and pH (mine was at 6.6)
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]18. Take a cutting. Without doing anything to the stem, load it into the neoprine like so.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19. Flop em back into the holes on the lid.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]20. Fully loaded!
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]21. 2 x 26w CFL's about 2 feet abvoe should be plenty of light to get this bowl lit. Keep em on 24/7.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]22. Don't forget to mark down whats what. I got each hole on the lid numbered and the chart says what strain is in what hole.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
That was easy now wasn't it? Hell, the whole thing, lights and all, probably cost me a hundo, but what the hell, it kicks a lot of ass. Put your clones in this beast with confidence that it will turn out 100% clones from good cuttings. Here is the makeup of clones on this run:
[TABLE="width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Strain
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] Qty
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] Number on Lid
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Juicy Fruit
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 2 thru 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Indica #1
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 2
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 7 thru 8
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Indica #2
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 3
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 9 thru 11
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] White Lightning
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 12 thru 16
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] G-13
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 17 thru 21
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Apollo 13
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 27 thru 32
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Northern Lights
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 22 thru 26
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
That's it/ Check under the hood starting in 5 days. Wait till all of them are ready (some roots will go into the water, that's fine).
2012.1.27 Filled Up the CloneRx32: Step by Step DIY Bubble Cloning Made Easy!!!
The birth of crop 4 begins, like the birth of every clone crop, by loading up the clone box. Each time I use it, I break it all the way down and remove all salts and contaminates. Then I put it back together, making sure everything is handled with VERY CLEAN hands. Instead of making a whole post with this DIY bubblecloner as the main subject, I'm just going to begin this journal out with me putting it together and loading it up. I taped off 2 slots, so it is technically the CloneRX 30... Here goes.
To make a DIY Bubble Cloner (which I HIGHLY recommend you do) you will need the following items:
[TABLE="width: 500, align: center"]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yes, a 15ish gallon bin with a sturdy build and NON-TRANSLUSCENT lid. The last part is important. Appropriate holes. IE: You need to buy a hole saw bit that corresponds with the Neoprin Plugs you decide to go with.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Neoprin inserts, this one is 1 3/4". They are available here on the internet, or at most growstores.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4 or more Watts worth of Air Pump power. Yes, these $10 hollers are available at Wal Fart. Don't cheap out (come on, get off your ass and go to Wal Mart), the bubbles are VERY IMPORTANT. Duh, its a bubble cloner.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]These come with the pumps if you would have went to Wal Mart. I don't endorse Wal Mart, but hey, you can get most of the stuff you need there, so just go there, trust me.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Fish tank tubing. Now, the black piece is for the outside, if you can get black tubing, I recommend it. Gorilla Tape. Buy it by name...
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]...Its the shit. It costs more, but one rip off this roll, and you'll know where the other Washingtons went. I've put whole grow ops together with a couple rolls of this shit, I swear by it.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Airstones. Wal Mart. The Biggest ones they got.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]4 of them should do. Just make sure they can fit into the bottom of whatever tub you get.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Internal Fish Tank Thermometer. Guess Where I Got This One!
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]My tub is pretty deep, as you can see. And the sidewalls are sturdy as hell. They are still rubbery, but very firm.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Okay, so get that stuff together, or stuff a lot like it, and come back and read the rest.
[TABLE="width: 500, align: center"]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1. Tape the stones in the bottom Very Tight, carefull not to have any exposed corners or major air pockets in the tape. Take your time on this, get it tight.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2. Here is the air direction valves under the lid. Make holes for the air hose on the lid near the handle. Put the black tube on the outside with the valves under the lid, making sure the arrows point down.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3. Hook the hose inside up to the airstones. Tape the hose along the sides leading up towards where the holes in the lid will be when the lid is closed.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]4. Make sure to keep the hose close to the wall everywhere except where the stop valves will be when its closed.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5. Put all of the neoprin inserts into the holes that you drilled into the lid using a hole saw that you made sure was the right size at the hardware store before purchasing. Tape off holes that wont be used.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]6. Fill 'er up. Use tap water. Put it in there at the desired range of 73-76. Fill it up until, with the lid on and the sidewalls restrained by the lid, will be about 6 inches below the lid.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7. The important thing to know here is that the stems of the cuttings won't actually be making contact with the actual surface of the water. Keep it low enough. Mist travels about 8 inches untill it begins to dissapate drastically.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]8. Stick the thermometer in the front corner inside the box.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9. Hook the lines up to the stop valves.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]10. Tape the back on REALLY FGOOD.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11. Close it, secure with front straps of tape.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]12. Plug in the air pumps and fire her up.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13. Each plug, when pulled, should look like this.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]14. pH time...
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15. Dump some pH down in and stir it up.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]16. Close it tight and strap it. Should be free of any light leaks this is VERY CRUCIAL. NO LIGHT LEAKS, not even tiny pinhole light leaks. Bubble it for 24 hours.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]17. Confirm temperature (mine was at 73) and pH (mine was at 6.6)
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]18. Take a cutting. Without doing anything to the stem, load it into the neoprine like so.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19. Flop em back into the holes on the lid.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]20. Fully loaded!
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]21. 2 x 26w CFL's about 2 feet abvoe should be plenty of light to get this bowl lit. Keep em on 24/7.
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]22. Don't forget to mark down whats what. I got each hole on the lid numbered and the chart says what strain is in what hole.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
That was easy now wasn't it? Hell, the whole thing, lights and all, probably cost me a hundo, but what the hell, it kicks a lot of ass. Put your clones in this beast with confidence that it will turn out 100% clones from good cuttings. Here is the makeup of clones on this run:
[TABLE="width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Strain
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] Qty
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] Number on Lid
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Juicy Fruit
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 2 thru 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Indica #1
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 2
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 7 thru 8
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Indica #2
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 3
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 9 thru 11
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] White Lightning
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 12 thru 16
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] G-13
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 17 thru 21
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Apollo 13
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 27 thru 32
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"] Northern Lights
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"] 22 thru 26
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
That's it/ Check under the hood starting in 5 days. Wait till all of them are ready (some roots will go into the water, that's fine).