RE: Update: The Cloner Prototype Worked And Roots Grew
Nice job! There is definitely a learning curve when it comes to growing cannabis.
Just a tip - when using the bubbler style 'rapid rooter' you typically want the stem of your cuttings hanging out exposed to a constant misting of water. The way you are doing it now is really no different then leaving them in a tray, in fact I would get roots faster with my method as the drying out of the pellets actually stimulates the roots into looking for water.
Typically the rapid rooters are used with a foam insert type plug which leaves the stalk of your plant exposed to a constant misting of water and lots of oxygen. You could try letting your stem hang a 1/4" out the bottom of the rockwool for speedier root development. You should be getting roots in 7+/- days with a 'bubbler'. I get roots in 10+/- with the method I mentioned above.
The faster you can push roots, the less nutrient deficient your cuttings will be and the faster they will recover and take off with growth.
Keep growing @rebeccaryan!
this is deep water culture cloning not aero cloning. i believe the stems are constantly submerged in water
Yes, once I got the roots to grown, they sat in the water constantly until I transplanted the rooted cuttings. ;)
Thanks for your comment @legalcanada!
Hmmm... seems to go against what I know about stimulating root development, not to say it can't work well. Honestly, the only time I've had cuttings die in the past couple years is when my friend (who was watching my garden while I was away for 3 days) watered the cubes "cause they were drying out". Being in an over wet environment killed 11 out of 12 cuttings. Typically I have close to 100% success with little to no leaf yellowing using my method.
Perhaps combining a couple of my tips with this method would improve the time.
Just some thoughts. Happy growing!
generally there is no rockwool cube, they use neoprene pucks which only hold the stem in place while the tip is constantly submerged in aerated water for bubble cloners, aerocloners are similar but the stems are misted instead of submerged. some people use a bubble cloner like an aerocloner, by having the stems above the water in the popping bubbles, but that's not how they're intended
I got ya... makes sense.
Thanks for your great reply. I upvoted your comment at 100% because I missed your post about cloning when it was still active and because the content that you have shared is valuable and relevant to my post's subject matter. Thank you for this help @jayanarchon! I really appreciate it.
I will keep improving upon my techniques with each garden that I grow and with the guidance from yourself and other experienced growers.
For anyone who reads this, please check out @jayanarchon's cloning post:
https://steemit.com/cannabis/@jayanarchon/how-to-cloning-cannabis
Feel free to upvote @jayanarchon's comment if you missed voting for the post when it was active too. ;)
Wow, what a compliment! Thanks @rebeccaryan! I will have much more to come.
That's the main thing, keep growing and learning! Combining techniques from different sources can lead to great results.
Thanks again for the promotion and upvote!