Sick of paying for Root riot cubes/ made my own...........

Clonex

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So i made my own root riot cubes from some normal household sponges , they were cheap , they are the same kind of texture as root riot , i have washed them out and pre soaked in a clonex/water mix , anyone forsee any issues here ?? i cant see why it wont work , i am not reliant on these cuttings they are surpless so ima see what happens , any opinions?

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tellno1

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it will be interesting to see .. i would just wonder if mold and fungus will be the issue with household sponges ..
 

Clonex

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it will be interesting to see .. i would just wonder if mold and fungus will be the issue with household sponges ..
Yeah maybe , saying that , i bought some root riot cubes before that were all mouldy and stuff after i opened the packet , i will post pics later and update them , daily so we can see....
 

randomseed

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So i made my own root riot cubes from some normal household sponges , they were cheap , they are the same kind of texture as root riot , i have washed them out and pre soaked in a clonex/water mix , anyone forsee any issues here ?? i cant see why it wont work , i am not reliant on these cuttings they are surpless so ima see what happens , any opinions?
Will it work? Maybe....
I would NOT re-use them thats for sure.
I would use all natural sponges as well. Rince them out WELL. Otherwise it could work...sure.
 

randomseed

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Yeah maybe , saying that , i bought some root riot cubes before that were all mouldy and stuff after i opened the packet , i will post pics later and update them , daily so we can see....
Thats sucks. Must have been some old ass plugs. I had an unopened bag sit around for a year with no issues.
 

Clonex

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Thats sucks. Must have been some old ass plugs. I had an unopened bag sit around for a year with no issues.
Oh i still used them , i just washed them out and pre soaked in mineral water , the mould never re appeared , i know i should not of risked it but i hate to throw money away ...
 

tellno1

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did you take pics and send it to the company with a complaint clonex? .. you never know what you might have recieved ...
 

Clonex

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did you take pics and send it to the company with a complaint clonex? .. you never know what you might have recieved ...
No i didnt , to be honest it's the only issue i ever had with them and as i still used them , i thought , good Karma and all......
 

doc111

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Yeah maybe , saying that , i bought some root riot cubes before that were all mouldy and stuff after i opened the packet , i will post pics later and update them , daily so we can see....
You may want to consider inoculating the cubes with something like Great White (beneficial bacteria and Myco's). The addition of high populations of bennies will crowd out the bad stuff (mold, etc.) It will also stimulate root growth. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. Best of luck my friend.bongsmilie
 

Clonex

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You may want to consider inocculating the cubes with something like Great White (beneficial bacteria and Myco's). The addition of high populations of bennies will crowd out the bad stuff (mold, etc.) It will also stimulate root growth. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. Best of luck my friend.bongsmilie
Thank you for your comments , i'm sure thats an exellent idea , but just for now i want to just do it as i always do with root riot cubes , clonex-distilled water-usual lights , this way i will get an exact comparison , note in pics its root riot x 1 vrs sponges x 2 , already an unfair advantage :)
 

Clonex

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Just to add all 3 cuttings are Bigg Buddha G-Bomb , all from the same stem of the mother plant...
 

doc111

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Thank you for your comments , i'm sure thats an exellent idea , but just for now i want to just do it as i always do with root riot cubes , clonex-distilled water-usual lights , this way i will get an exact comparison , note in pics its root riot x 1 vrs sponges x 2 , already an unfair advantage :)
I think the root riot cubes are inoculated with bennies. I could be wrong, but I know that Rapid Rooters are inocculated. They are pretty similar..........I think.:?
 

doc111

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i will investigate deeper :)
No need! lol!:-P


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projectmayham

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Sponges should be fine, but i've always found my reciepe for success is using Jiffy #7's pre-soaked with Superboost (150ppms) and then take my healthy cutting and dip it in root burst powder(RBP). RBP has the highest indole 4 buytric acid, i could find at 0.8%. And the Jiffy pucks cost penny's compared to anything else!
 
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