goodolboy
Active Member
Last night i got bored and was inspecting my girls when i got a wild hair up my ass to try out these Rapid Rooters.. So i went ahead and built an 8 site cloner with dual 6in airstones, that thing bubbles like crazy. I went with 1.25" holes, since the rapid rooters are soo small.
The guy at the hydroponics store talked me into buying 5 2in"foam rings" they are black circles with a cross cut in them, they are supposed to hole your stem while you submerge it in water on my bubbleponics setup, and its supposed to improve clone rooting by half the time. We'll see..
Anyway, After i got everything set up, i put my cloner in an aquarium with a 23watt cfl above it.
I took 2 clones as a test run, 1 super lemon haze(about 5in) and 1 acapulco gold(about 4in) both with healthy leaves and strong stems.
First i shaved off about 1/2in of the stems outer layer, then made my cuts below were i had shaved, putting the cut/shaved section directly into a glass of water after cutting.
After a 3-5min soak in the glass of water, I funnelled a little Greenlight Rooting Hormone into the RR's Holes and submerged them in glass of water my cuttings were in. From there, under water i inserted the cuttings into the RR's, after they were pushed deep enough to my likings, i pulled the plugs out and they both went to the cloner.
Last night after taking the cuttings they had the sunflower effect, where the lower branches grow out sideways and then peak upward, So when i stood them up straight they were facing one side or the other, but today they are both facing up toward the cfl and looking good so far. I wont give up on em until they ready to harvest or dead as door nails. but i think it will be fine, just that the leaves moved toward the light after being cut shows me the genetics are obviously pretty strong.
I also Transplanted my Rootbound Red Diesel, Acapulco Gold, Bubba Kush, and 1 of the Afghan kush from 1gallon bags to 3 gallon bags. im not the best with handling loose soil so i broke up some roots in all 4 but they seem to be doing better in thier new bags, all 4 of them have showed improvement overnight.
Even though im Feeding the soil, Am i going to need to go to a 4 or 5 gallon pot to make it through to harvest with my Non auto plants?
Speedy is starting to get shiny
All my autos are in 3 gallon bags so I know theyll be good all the way through harvest, hell santa only had 1/3 of the 3 gallon bag he was in rooted. So i pulled the roots out and mixed the soil back in my soil mix bin.
Any suggestions on anything?
The guy at the hydroponics store talked me into buying 5 2in"foam rings" they are black circles with a cross cut in them, they are supposed to hole your stem while you submerge it in water on my bubbleponics setup, and its supposed to improve clone rooting by half the time. We'll see..
Anyway, After i got everything set up, i put my cloner in an aquarium with a 23watt cfl above it.
I took 2 clones as a test run, 1 super lemon haze(about 5in) and 1 acapulco gold(about 4in) both with healthy leaves and strong stems.
First i shaved off about 1/2in of the stems outer layer, then made my cuts below were i had shaved, putting the cut/shaved section directly into a glass of water after cutting.
After a 3-5min soak in the glass of water, I funnelled a little Greenlight Rooting Hormone into the RR's Holes and submerged them in glass of water my cuttings were in. From there, under water i inserted the cuttings into the RR's, after they were pushed deep enough to my likings, i pulled the plugs out and they both went to the cloner.
Last night after taking the cuttings they had the sunflower effect, where the lower branches grow out sideways and then peak upward, So when i stood them up straight they were facing one side or the other, but today they are both facing up toward the cfl and looking good so far. I wont give up on em until they ready to harvest or dead as door nails. but i think it will be fine, just that the leaves moved toward the light after being cut shows me the genetics are obviously pretty strong.
I also Transplanted my Rootbound Red Diesel, Acapulco Gold, Bubba Kush, and 1 of the Afghan kush from 1gallon bags to 3 gallon bags. im not the best with handling loose soil so i broke up some roots in all 4 but they seem to be doing better in thier new bags, all 4 of them have showed improvement overnight.
Even though im Feeding the soil, Am i going to need to go to a 4 or 5 gallon pot to make it through to harvest with my Non auto plants?
Speedy is starting to get shiny
All my autos are in 3 gallon bags so I know theyll be good all the way through harvest, hell santa only had 1/3 of the 3 gallon bag he was in rooted. So i pulled the roots out and mixed the soil back in my soil mix bin.
Any suggestions on anything?
. I also let my temps raise back up to about 88 and they all seem to be growing stronger now. I also learned that my auto's dont like nutrients as much as the regular plants, so Ill just be watering them from now on.
