crimsonecho
Well-Known Member
i had my first root bumps and only on a single clone after 13 days. does this seem like a normal amount of time in a bubblecloner? its good to see the roots as oppose to using something like peat where you dont know whats happening in there until you see roots shooting from the pots or the clone dies but i still feel like this can be optimised for faster rooting.
now i bought a ready to go setup but i ditched the pump that came with the set and used one i had on hand because its a bigger and better pump. reservoir is filled to the brim and i guess it takes about 8-9lt or water i’m not sure. i also added about 3-5ml of clonefix into this water and a very dilute dose of salt based one part fertilizer, like 1-2 mls. i mixed in 20mls of 200ppm hypochlorous acid solution at the beginning and i’m adding about 3-5mls every other day. the surface is covered with bubbles and the neoprene disks and the stems inside are all wet too.
now good part it doesnt seem like there are any pathogens rotting the stems not so great part is that this much root growth took 13 days and this is only on one clone. i also see a couple more getting bumps and probably gonna form roots in a couple of days but still i’m thinking that there may be something off with my technique or something.
also i don’t keep the stems in the water and some are short cuttings and stay about maybe 5cm off the water and some are just 1-2cm above water but they are all getting plenty of bubbles i can see that when i remove the discs from the cloner.
i should also add that i’m using a humidity dome and lighting over the cloner are led t5s, 4x7w with diffusers. 6500K and 3000K mix.
whats your technique to get the healthiest clones, fast in a bubble cloner?

now i bought a ready to go setup but i ditched the pump that came with the set and used one i had on hand because its a bigger and better pump. reservoir is filled to the brim and i guess it takes about 8-9lt or water i’m not sure. i also added about 3-5ml of clonefix into this water and a very dilute dose of salt based one part fertilizer, like 1-2 mls. i mixed in 20mls of 200ppm hypochlorous acid solution at the beginning and i’m adding about 3-5mls every other day. the surface is covered with bubbles and the neoprene disks and the stems inside are all wet too.
now good part it doesnt seem like there are any pathogens rotting the stems not so great part is that this much root growth took 13 days and this is only on one clone. i also see a couple more getting bumps and probably gonna form roots in a couple of days but still i’m thinking that there may be something off with my technique or something.
also i don’t keep the stems in the water and some are short cuttings and stay about maybe 5cm off the water and some are just 1-2cm above water but they are all getting plenty of bubbles i can see that when i remove the discs from the cloner.
i should also add that i’m using a humidity dome and lighting over the cloner are led t5s, 4x7w with diffusers. 6500K and 3000K mix.
whats your technique to get the healthiest clones, fast in a bubble cloner?
