Actually, it is… The one pictured has a siphon preventer on it (not needed, only works when mister is being hung really). But the mister is plugged into 1/4" poly line, and there’s a simple 1/4" double ended barb fitting pushed into 1/2" poly. You could even poke holes in 1/2" poly and with the barbed version just stick em in the poly. I needed mine to be raised on stakes for the sand bed / mist overhead…
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my 1/2 cpvc is sitting directly on a barbed male from the pump, i just took a drill bit and hollowed out the cpvc and jammed it on, no glue at all.
point being, i agree, there is always a way
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its self contained in the tub / bucket anyway, so a little leak there wouldnt be the end of the world.
I’m impressed those connections (barb into poly) don’t leak much, if at all. My lettuce hyrdo system out back has a 1/2" poly off the pump, then that acts as a manifold to 4 x 1/4" poly lines barbed into it / running 10ft to the other end of the gutters (NFT system)
yeah, right! pretty elegant and effective design for a dummy…nice.
since nobody asked, how moist (or not) are you keeping the inside of the dome?
these look excellent man. what feeding and light if you don’t mind me asking?
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If your dome or cake carrier lid fits tight like the one I use, it traps in a lot of humidity. I literally never need to mist the clones. Ever. Nor do I spray the lid to create humidity.
Thank you! And I don’t mind at all! The nutes I use for vegging are the tried and true GH 3 part Flora Series, plus CalMag Plus (Botanicare) since I use RO water. I follow the strength on the label, for the most part, but never exceed the suggested amounts.
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is the dome necessary?>
i wasnt planning on having one. some do and some dont for the prefab for sale ones.
if you rec i will find a way to make one, shouldnt be too terribly hard
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Hmmm…So I’ve never NOT used one, for clones or for seedlings. This may or may not impact my results, but I promise you this: I’m not willing to find out if it’s necessary!
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ha ---- valid
thnx 
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I’ve never used a dome with the Bubble cloner
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Keep in mind, I’m touting 100% success and a $20 build.
It seems we’re doing thing differently, which is great. I’m thinking you might want to consider starting your own thread and show us exactly how yours is built and how well it works. I know I’d come check it out…
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Was that meant for me or @CornbreadJunior ??? I’m merely sharing, and have details on my cloner on my journal??.
As PNH said though he doesn’t worry about heat. In that set up some pumps may provide too much heat.
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the dome is going to depend a lot on the relative humidity and your ability to manipulate it. Domes can be great or they can cause you to have so much humidity in the dome water beads and that is not good.
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yes, i read that, thank you for reiterating.
if that was meant for me, i apologize, im just asking questions and trying to learn from y’all, if i should do that elsewhere or if you find it annoying just say the word, i dont want to offend nor am i trying to
as previously stated thanks again for all the info and responses, this thread has helped me tremendously.
I agree, and hope PnH doesn’t think we’re telling him to do it this way or that way. I say it all the time on here, there’s more than one way to skin a cat… All I think we’re doing is adding to the thread, maybe suggesting good ideas, maybe bad ones. Maybe something the OP hadn’t thought of / possibly seen. (I know JohnnyP taught me a new way to germinate, and its not like I’m a young pup, definitely an old dog here).
PnH let us know please… apologies if ya thought we were cluttering up the thread.
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I’ve got a bubble cloner in a 3 gal and since I’ve started using the dome (cup cake carrier on Amazon) my results have been more successful than without. Trying seedlings for first time 
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I would have used black if available but had to go with what I could get. Passed the run test and in operation later today. thanks for the thread.
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Looks great, @Herbie! I’ve also made them where I put nozzles across the middle, so yours looks very familiar to me. One suggestion I would make: turn the nozzles that are directly facing the sides of the bucket a quarter turn. This should give you even better coverage.
As for using the white bucket and lid, I’ve used white ones for years without issue. HOWEVER - that’s because I keep it clean. You might notice algae starting to form on the top after a couple of weeks - and you need to clean the bucket and lid when you see it forming.
I see you have the 2" net cups. I use net cups too when I transfer the plants in the cloning collars into my tub, and the rim around the net cup prevents the plants from falling down into the tub when they get larger. But - I cut the “netting” off the bottom of the net cups so I don’t have to deal with the roots growing through it. You’ll never be able to remove the plants from the net cups if the netting is still there; at least, not without pulling off a bunch of roots. On the other hand, if you plan to keep the plants in the net cups until it’s time to harvest, you don’t need to worry about that.
Good work, Herbie. I hope you’ll let us know how it works for you.
BTW - do you have a cake cover lid?
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my RH is about 65 now. So not atm. on the cake cover. When it drops below 60 I’ll get one. But not necessary for a few days at least.
Nice heads up on the roots and the bottom of the net baskets.
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I’ve never tried rooting clones without the cover. I have it in the same place where I veg other plants, and I keep a fan running constantly. That fan stresses out the fresh cut clones, so the lid protects them - and I’m sure is also why I have a 100% success rate. It may not be be necessary, but you won’t catch me not using one when I cut new clones!
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