Nagel420 - Third Times A Charm!

[Oldtimerunderground]

Nice live trimming too. Looks like all beef and no leaf, lol.

Edit. Need to get me one of those machines…it’s the perfect shape and size

[LegsMahoney]

“all beef and no leaf”

This needs to be a t-shirt

[HeadyBearAdventures]

She’s a CHONK!

[Nagel420]

@Rabeats2093

What’s up with the container just a heat mat under it ?

For the most part. Think of seed starters with humidity domes. Never tall enough. Tall domes are STUPID expensive, this thing was like $6. I have it sitting upside down, on the lid. Lid is a deep enough tray there’s some water in it (think: warm water bath). I then put in my little 12 slot trays with rockwool and cuttings, or seedlings, without the smaller dome lids. Humidity in the environment is high, temps are up. The White Widows rooted in 10 days, waiting to see roots on the GDP cuttings now too…

[GrouchyOldMan]

I have a love affair with the ILGM White Widow! Spent an entire year growing that strain exclusively as I came up to speed on “Modern” Cannabis cultivation. Sprouted them, cloned em and trained the living hell out of them. What a lovely, forgiving and tolerant plant.

My “Senior Thesis” was the “Purple Widow,” seven ounces of fragrant fire. lol

[Rabeats2093]

Awesome man ! The more you tinker and get involved the more knowledge we gain !

I’m stopping pretty impressed with those automatic burping jars you got !

[G-paS]

Need photos please. I am a visual learner

[Nagel420]

The Container. Hefty Hi-Rise storage box, 18qt.

Container is flipped upside down, the blue “Base” is usually the lid.

Clear “Lid” is off (really the box). In the blue Lid I have just a little water that helps to keep humidity up and keep the cuttings root zone warm. I have used small 12 cell planting trays without their usual domes in here. Get an extra few inches from the box.

How the storage box usually looks

I just have it on a basic vivosun heat mat that it shares with my JP2000 worm casting seed starting trays. Mat is kept at 82F, and the “bath” water is pretty warm, keeping nice temps and humidity in the cloning chamber. Just sitting under a crappy LED that gives off enough light to get things moving…

[G-paS]

I love all the DIY ideas OG’ers come up with

[GrouchyOldMan]

Cool idea for the hi-rise dome @Nagel420. I already have a few of those boxes but never considered using them this way.

So, what’s your hack for varying the humidity levels in the dome? Maybe punch a hole or two in the dome and use a little slide to open and close for humidity control?

I’ve lost clones before when the RH in the dome was too high after they began to sprout roots.

[Nagel420]

I haven’t had damping off issues, guess I open it often enough / transplant quick?

You could always just keep some water in the mini trays, and not the blue tray, that would lower RH a bit.

I have also thought about making one of these and installing it in the “dome”

Its the vents on my mini trays, would be super easy to design and print one, then just drill a few holes.

So far, no issues, but if I have to, I’ll adjust. For those without a 3D printer, a few extra holes in the clear lid would lower RH as well…

[Papalag]

I definitely fine having a vent really is a good idea !

I would do one on right and left sides allows a bit of control for RH

I also have a vent on top as well

I need to try the worm castings germination thing
Looks like I’ll try it the next time
I need to get to ace hardware for some promix and some supplies so I’ll pick up a bag then👍

[LegsMahoney]

Wow @Nagel420 thats an awesome DIY setup, I’m gonna have to file that one away for future use

[Nagel420]

Tell me you guys seriously don’t walk around wally world, or dollar stores and think of alternative uses for things?? Heck, even packaging that I am tossing away I sometimes look at and think “what if I?”

And this is the beauty of a 3D printer… 10 minutes ago I started to design the vent. And in two hours I will be holding two printed vents for the sides per @Papalag’s suggestion… At the grand cost of $0.49 of filament… Printing as I type.

@LegsMahoney

thats an awesome DIY setup

And it was like $6 or $7 at wallyworld. Most high dome covers for 1020 planting trays wind up being $10-$20 ea just for the dome depending on where you buy em and if you buy 1, 5 or 10. I only needed 1 so… And thats just for the dome half the times, whereas this is dome + tray (since the lid is really deep enough to work as a 1020 tray would). Many of the storage totes don’t have this deep of a lid, so when I saw this particular one, it piqued my interest.

[Nagel420]

@Papalag

I need to try the worm castings germination thing

It honestly amazes me that over time, we have complicated the process so much with soaking beans, paper towels, zip loc baggies and a source of warmth… For any relatively newer beans, just tossing em in is good enough. Anything older, scarifying them with the sandpaper tube, and possibly a soak, would help with germ rates, but really, we are just giving them what mother nature does. Darkness, warm soil, moisture.

I am a convert for sure, and while there’s more than 1 way to skin a cat, this is the obvious way for me… LOL Bonus is that you can top dress your plants with the WC after you finish germinating. No waste!

[Papalag]

Thanks definitely will give it a shot I’m always wandering around Wally world or Or Home Depot looking for things that I could convert for my grow room . the first room I built was totally a Home Depot operation vans timers lights everything came out the Home Depot if you stop thinking you die

[Nagel420]

Lightning striking twice? This is one of the Black Cream germ tests… Sure looking like she might be variegated to me! This might be a cool one to watch, it she turns as purple as her parents, those leaves might be REALLY cool…

[LegsMahoney]

Looks like that plant is a packers fan with all them greens and yellows. Very cool

[Rabeats2093]

So awesome brother !!

[Papalag]

Love the color man great job