Free Seeds & Free Clones Thread Vol. 5 (Part 5)

Sorry I presumed it was a aero cloner you were talking about !

But I did find a diy for 35 dollars :sweat_smile: close enough

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no problem lol I saw where your mistake was.

editā€¦ the biggest expense in an aero cloner is the pump, from there itā€™s no biggie.
Iā€™ve made a few of them for under 40-50 bucks though. 20-30 clone set ups.

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Do you use airstone / aerator, or pump / misters in your clone box? Airstone for me, but I have misters on an ā€œintermittent mist sandbedā€ that I use for cloning ornamental plants too. Really should toss a few cuttings in there today and see if they have roots next week. Never saw anybody clone cannabis with the intermittent mist beds beforeā€¦ should work thoughā€¦

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@Qtip ā†’ Ordered Spirit Train f2 but have not yet received! (Toronto)

@Swe-can ā†’ look for tubs on sale, and I found the cheapest foam inserts were on Amazon. Use as many airstones in as you can. I run 2 in a 5L mini cloner and the cuttings NEVER lay down.

@Nagel420 ā†’ I use airstones only and keep the water level JUST below the end of stem line.

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I use both in the cloning boxes, also a chiller to keep the water temp right. The pumps I use on that big of a box gives off heat, but needed for that many clones. The manifold is a bitch to build but once done it can be re-used for years.

editā€¦ roots in about 10 days

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Thatā€™ll blow his budget :wink: ROFLā€¦ Although I agree. I have a pair of 12" airstones and an Alita AL15 as my airpump. $190 package there (but I have a few for the koi pond here so I just reused, thats expensive for a DIY setup but that pump will never die)

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I believe thatā€™s what is called a ā€˜bubble clonerā€™ but it works! Thereā€™s quite a few different types and they all seem to work decently.

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ahh. no heat to worry about with airstones for me. I used to keep reef aquariums, so I know the heat issue from pumps. Manifolds arenā€™t too bad (again, 10 years building koi ponds, Iā€™ve built a number of different manifolds). Iā€™ve been toying with the idea of frankensteining something using my mistersā€¦ But always been airpumps for cloning (15 liters / minute is a LOT of air :slight_smile: )

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I like the small 24 site cloner I bought roughly 40 bucks gets you everything you need . Air pump and stone manifold and water pump extra foam discs .

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$29.99

= Done :wink:

Edit:

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If I didnā€™t have all the materials already on hand (other than the upgrade to the pucks, in the past I had and still have pipe insulation pucks), I would buy a simple setup like that. Takes the guesswork out of it for a newbie / not so mechanically inclined person.

I donā€™t understand the super high prices on these things at times. Thereā€™s not much to them at allā€¦

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I told the cloner engineers we need to cut costs and this was the soloution.

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what kinda labor you got keeping that straw goin? ROFL

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Ok folks, Iā€™m having a problem here. I got some Romulan seeds in a trade from someone and canā€™t find who after going back through my DMsā€¦

Anyone know who mightā€™ve had Romulan seeds?

editā€¦ The reason I ask is this lol, I germinated all 4-5. One of them went full blown male IN VEGGING! Iā€™ve never known ā€˜regularā€™ seeds to do this lol

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Didnā€™t you say they were from @norcalpal??

I have no idea who I traded them from, I went through all my DMs, including @norcalpalā€¦

these were supposedly straight Romulan, no cross, and photoperiod, not auto
Iā€™m thinking somehow a seed got mixed in there, and itā€™s been vegging for a couple months and is 3ā€™ tall! lol for it to do that means it isnā€™t a true auto, but also not a true photoperiod either lol I figure itā€™s a crossā€¦

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If you ever need to go through your pmā€™s, a quick way to search for them by member is to put this in the search bar

in:personal-direct

And then under advanced search you can put in the members username. It will pop up all the messages youā€™ve had with that specific member.

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lol too late! i went through each one from the beginning of my DMs!

I mustā€™ve deleted it somewhere along the line

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ok It must be @norcalpal. I see where he had Romulan and Jungle spice and I have had some dealings with him. I donā€™t see anyone else mention Romulan

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Oh man, that sounds brutal :laughing: I would get lost so fast :joy:

Even though itā€™s too late for you now, here is a quick screenshot if I didnā€™t explain it well enough, for anyone who might need it :slightly_smiling_face: I find it to be very helpful

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