My new aero cloner

greenacres - very good point, but I am on one of my first grow in many many years (suprising how much I have forgotten) so I want to get a few grows under my belt so I feel comfterable again and then I plan to jump into some new methods, well new for me anyways. Thanks for the tip, I appreciate it.

heres the timer i'm going to pick up inthe morning. nice to have a cheep hydroshop kinda locally
http://www.elitehydro.com/proddetail.php?prod=CANFT1

I have 4 clones left in my aero cloner, they show leaf growth but no roots yet. I have two bubble wands, w/ a heater (73F-75F). I am using distilled water, not shure on the PH. I do have the stems submerged in the water, could that be the problem? should the stems be above the water? Air pump is on 24/7 and lights are on 18/8 cycle.
Thank you

do you cover the clones from above when using aero or foog cloner ? thank you

I built one of the systems about six months ago. The only reason I have'nt set it up yet is that I keep finding questions I have answer first. From what I've found out the optimum temperature for the water solution is 68 degress. I think its different for clones. So this told me I need somekink of chiller for the reservoir. Researching diy for a chiller system. It's going to hard to keep the water at this temperature, when I like the beans to grow in 80 to 85 degree temperature. Have a/c in room. You also have to have a cycling timer. If I remember correctly the spray should be on for 1-1/2 to 2 seconds and off up to 2 minutes. This is why they call it aeroponics. The roots are grown in the air and they have to be able to dry and have oxygen circulate. I got a ART-DNe ajustable recycle timer-T319633. You can cycle it for 24 hours. It's cheaper then getting a chiller. I will figure out how to make a chiller before I set up this system. Because from what I've learned there is not much room for error. Let me know how everything goes. Goodluck. Also if you have not arlready cleaned up you cuts of the top, I would because you don't need any of the debris in your pump.

Al B. Fuct said:

Stem rot is where the tissue dies and goes squishy. Caused by overwet conds which promote pathogen growth.

The whitish goo you have is a big wad of pathogen growth, could be pythium or fusarium. About the best way I've found to suppress pythium is with hydrogen peroxide. I use 50% 'food grade' H2O2 at 1ml/litre of nutrient solution, every 2nd to 3rd day. You can use the 3% pharmacy grade H2O2 but you need to use 17ml/litre of standing nutrient solution.

If the bottom of a reservoir feels slimy, there's pathogen growth happening that H2O2 will stop. In severe cases, you get the 'goo' you're describng.

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Using 3% now at 1oz. per 4 gallon mix,first time I tried the h2o2...will this low dose work?

Speaking of temps,my aero cloner is so cold because it sits in a garage with no heat this winter,so the temps are in the 50's or so.Roots take a bunch of extra time.I did just add a 250w heat lamp and roots are starting to pop.

I got an old refrigerator for cold beers and summer time heat...going to drill some holes in it and place a coil of copper in err,sort of an diy chiller