Is it Possible to Start Seeds in an Aero Cloner?

Wondering if anyone has tried to start seeds using an aero cloner - no dirt/perlite/rockwool used.

My thoughts are...

1. Start the seeds in a paper towel
2. Once the seeds crack & have the little white tap root showing gently place them low in a neoprene disk & in the cloner
3. Fill cloner with pH5.8 water and wait for the magic to happen

Think it'll work???

if it aint broke dont fix it...and no I personally havent and never will, I dont see the point.

Woomeister said:

if it aint broke dont fix it...and no I personally havent and never will, I dont see the point.

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I've had issues with rockwool in the past and am looking for a way around using it.

The reason to start using the cloner is to completely rid the system of grow media other than hydroton. I'd like to start the seeds in the cloner and put them directly into pots of hydroton once they have nice roots.

Why do you feel the need to 'rid the system of any othergrow media'? I have always used jiffy coir pellets and placed them into hydroton in my flood tables and there is no problem. Or at least I have never had a problem in 18 years...Some will say it gets into your reservoir, they are talking rubbish as you never flood that high.

Woomeister said:

Why do you feel the need to 'rid the system of any othergrow media'? I have always used jiffy coir pellets and placed them into hydroton in my flood tables and there is no problem. Or at least I have never had a problem in 18 years...Some will say it gets into your reservoir, they are talking rubbish as you never flood that high.

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I'm guessing that you don't use H2O2 in your system then?

Ahzweepay said:

I've had issues with rockwool in the past and am looking for a way around using it.

The reason to start using the cloner is to completely rid the system of grow media other than hydroton. I'd like to start the seeds in the cloner and put them directly into pots of hydroton once they have nice roots.

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i germinate in paper towels and put in hydroton and into aero system
make sure not to cover the shell or it will weigh it down

moash said:

i germinate in paper towels and put in hydroton and into aero system
make sure not to cover the shell or it will weigh it down

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Since you don't cover the shell of the seed with hydroton do you put the system in the dark until the plants get going? Seems that if the seed isn't covered that it'd get too much light?

My method of germinating seeds in an aero cloner: I take a small square of paper towel, place one or more seeds in the middle, bunch it up like a cup and place it inside of a net pot with a neoprene collar on top. Within 1-3 days they will crack and show tap roots, 5-7 days later, they are usually big enough to place in their own neoprene collar and cup.

Continual 100% success with this method using only nearly RO water @ 20ppm, 5.8 pH, and ~68F.

Completely ridding myself of grow medium was one of the happiest days of my adult life =) (jk but it was nice)

Did you find any Advantages in terms of growth rates with this aero cloner sprouting system? Or was it just for the sake of mastering the bud?

that’s badass