Bubble Cloning 🚰

[Roux]

3 Different Strains:

• Nirvana: Northern Lights
• Nirvana: White Widow
• Kagrae’s #3 ((BC Mango x BC Nightnurse) x Diesel Moonshine)

Equipment List:

• 7.5 gallon DWC
• 4" circular airstone
• Clone Bones
• 50w heater with thermometer
• Excato knife
• Rooting powder

NOTE: Wash, Rinse, Sanitize, and Dry all equipment

Process and Results:

1. Fill container with plain RO water, turn on ** airstone**

2. Set the water temp to 70ºf

3. Pick healthy growths with at least 3 nodes

4. Diagonally make final cut through node, and dip into rooting powder

5. Set the cuttings stem no more than 3" above the water

6. Cover with humidity dome, keep the RH% 80+

7. Add the secret ingredient until they root

Click for Secret Ingredient

@ReikoX

LITFA (Leave it the F Alone) is an all new tonic I’ve been marketing. It will help with over watered plants, broken stems, and is an excellent flushing agent. LITFA can be over applied, more is not better in this case. LITFA is best used in a soil or soiless medium; small doses may work in hydro. All for the low price of $99.99 + S&H.

Works great for Bubble cloning too!

7 Days Later:

Day 5: Kalgrae’s #3 showed roots
Day 6: Nirvana: NL showed roots
Day 7: Nirvana: WW showed roots

Day 8+ Clone Maintenance

Yellowing leaves like this one indicate they are ready for food

Nutrients:

200ppm @ 0.5 in 6 gals RO water PH 5.7

• 1/4 tsp Armor Si
• 1/2 tsp CALiMAGic
• 1 tsp FloraMicro
• 1 tsp FloraGrow
• 1 tsp FloraBloom
• 1 tsp RapidStart

NOTE: This is an example of what I used

14 Days Later:

Some slight yellowing but they are sprouting healthy new growths

Ready for transplant 95% success rate

[v1ru5]

I have had a similar system before…

But been wondering, could this same work with a water pump? I mean, it has the same aeration capability.

So yes? Maybe I just try and post my results.

The hardest thing in my country for building these kind of systems is the fact that Neoprene is EXTREMELY hard to obtain.

[Roux]

Hey @v1ru5

The bubbles are good at breaking on the surface to displace little water droplets on the clones stem.

But there are many ways to skin a cat, If the water pump can break the surface of the water you could get the same results too. But I find an airstone and airpump the simplest method.

I got the Neoprene pucks from amazon for cheap.

[v1ru5]

Amazon.de or Amazon.co.uk does not have any neoprene pucks…

And ordering from the US, with shipping it would be probably the same as just buying the expensive neoprene here (about 10€ or 12$ for a 10x10cm - 4x4" piece)…

Maybe I just have to deal with a loud bubbler cloner…

[Roux]

I was thinking tho, if you prefer water pumps, just build an aeroponics cloner, the PVC pipes and mister tips are cheap.

I’ve seen people use pool noddles in place of the neoprene, you might be able to try that.

The cloner isn’t that loud, I don’t hear it until I open the tent. The neoprene doesn’t make it anymore quite.

[v1ru5]

Ye well, I know how to build an “aeroponics” (not true HPA) cloner, but that sounds like even more noisey option…

I will just do a waterpump only cloner and be done with it

Thanks for the inspiration.

[Illyssian]

Wouldn’t it be easier to run 1 clone in 1 place? Or are you transplanting them seperatly after they got full roots?

[Viva_Mexico]

Easier yes, 1/5th the total amount of clones also. They are easily pulled apart even with longish roots

[Roux]

Hey @Illyssian

You sure could do 1 clone in each spot if that’s all you want. I could fit up to 8 in one neoprene puck if needed.

I’m going to be running SOG ebb and flow. Clones are meant to be separated for transplant into 5" netpots filled with hydroton and straight into flowering.

Roots are strong and can be tugged apart gently with ease

[ReikoX]

I’ve used sponges in place of neoprene. They work ok for a cycle or two.

[legalcanada]

i used a big square of 1.5" styrofoam from a shipping box and measured and cut out circles with an exacto blade, then cut a slit from the one side to the centre. spray painted them black the same time i was spray painting the 5g bucket. for the mister i used a 360* sprinkler fitting on a fountain pump.