DIY Cloning Machine: Two EASY Ways to Build a Propagation Station 

You bet!

Same here, I was rolling 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

Oh smart! I should have thought of that, haha!

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Yeah, you can cram collars in there for maximum efficiency, I went a bit larger for the video. Nice to hear your routine...love solo cups for the soil stage!

Thanks for sharing 😊

​@@epicgardeningdo you have to plug yours in?

Glad to hear it got the point across!!!

Its so great to see what you're doing from the very start of the video

Definitely!

I cut the bottoms out of mine

How long do they take to print

@@aprilbailey9065 Depending on the size of the net cup. a 2 inch cup less then 1 hr.

Yeah I'm big on the sturdiness of the product for sure.

Thanks :)

Glad to hear!

:)

@@epicgardening im moving towards these instead of my current hydro. Much easier.

My exact thoughts🙄🤔😏🤭

Thanks Melinda!

Thank you!

Just subscribed!

You can add hydroponic nutrients and grow in here, or transplant into soil! And yes, watering 24/7

Constantly

24/7 is most common but I would be interested to see how they react to 15 minutes off and 15 minutes on, or 30 minutes on and off. The extra off time might be better because the roots would have more oxygen... EXPERIMENT TIME

@@passionfruiter3184 and how did the experiment go?

Nutrients also

Thanks!

This one works pretty well: amzn.to/2HXLXKw

Needs to be left on 24 hours everyday until you have enough roots and are ready to transplant.

Was just told in a grow store Saturday... One minute on, four minutes off.

To me, about equal

He probably just transplants the smaller net pot into a larger net pot. No need to remove the plant that way

www.epicgardening.com/book - sorry, forgot to add!

its a cloner, you don't leave plant in it for 3 months

Probably not, because this is for cloning plants, so they wouldn't have roots. If there's no way for water to mist the bare stem to help root development...they'd probably die!

@@epicgardening Ok, I understand now, I missed that part, lol. Thank you for the clarification. I am interested in cloning for sure, easy way to get more plants for the cheap for sure. I need to clone like 10 at a time for example, hibiscus. Do you think this would work for that type of plant also? I am tempted to purchase rooting hormone which wouldnt work in this application, but I can repurpose this set up for hydroponic lettuces indoors for example. Which do you think is the better way to go?

Long as it fits in the bucket, you're good to go

Do you need to have a Dome Lid for humidity , and if so what did you use and if not why ?

I don't add much when propagating, they can't effectively use them until roots develop

You submerge the clones or do what he said about leaving a few inches from water?

@@Mike420X submerged, I add a bit of cloning solution but not needed just makes roots faster and looks stronger. About 2 weeks depending on time of year

@@segawalker3302 awesome thanks, clonex? And also you think a humidity dome is needed? i was goin to buy 1

@@Mike420X I use clones x gel cuz I tried the sprayer method cuz it was thick. I also used the gel to try different cloning methods. However for the air stone method, I used clone x solution just to give it a lil bit of nutrients a cap full in a 5 gallon bucket. Stems in the water and no dome cuz the water gives it the humidity...once you see the roots start to come out check daily cuz those roots seems to take off when they start and it's hard to transplant roots that are too long. I pack my roots in firm soil so they don't air prune in the soil. I think before I was scared to crush the roots so my soil was super loose.

@@Mike420X just try it, it's ez....5 gallon bucket and lid, 2" net cups and foam holders, air pump, air stone. This is basically like a fish tank and cuttings...don't over think it. You can just put cuttings in water without anything's else and it will propagate. Do both methods and see the delta, it's just cuttings. Experiment! Let me know how it goes.

😂 thank you but I like my plants!

welll duh, especially if you stick your hand in there while the now broken air pump is still under water. Water pumps are for going below the water level, air pumps should be in a dry area well away from the water line. :P😈

@@jayo8621 You misunderstand. With the air pump below the waterline outside of the water container you take the risk of starting a syphon if the airpump stops. You can use a check valve to mitigate this risk but they also fail and/or are not 100% effective. I've drained most of a fishtank into my lounge this way :(

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Definitely won't! The water is highly oxygenated itself and they're still suspended in mostly air.

@@epicgardening Consider NFT where most of the roots are in air with only the lowest part of the rootmat sitting in a 1/8" thick film of water. Being completely covered in a film of water will block the roots access to oxygen ;) Your theory suggests it would be impossible to overwater lol

Consider deep water culture, where 95% of the roots are completely submerged in an oxygenated water solution.

@@epicgardening Thats why root suffocation and rootrot is so common with dwc unless you run a lor of air and a chiller ;) You might find it interesting to see what happens to aeroponic roots a few hours after being transferred to dwc ;) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VnopLD-SJqo.html Take a spray bottle that produces a very fine mist and apply a very short burst to the stem of a cutting. Inspect the stem closely and you will see it is coated with small droplets with lots of gaps between them. Its not the same as having a solid film of water. Its not radically different to a cutting in perlite where you have damp perlite in direct contact with the stem and air gaps where perlite isnt in direct contact.

If you really feel that way, you can always add a small percentage of H2O2 to add oxygen to the water as it decays into O2 and H2O.

This is the part I don’t understand. I thought the stem would be in water. And for the life of me I don’t understand what the net pot is for...if anyone can explain I would appreciate it. Sees like you could do this with everything here except the net pot?

@@vanessahammonds7827 so I managed to successfully make clones now. The part of the stem cut at a 45 degree angle goes into the water. I think the net pot is used in order to hold the neoprene pieces. Could you do it without the net pot? I think so. Could you do it without the neoprene pieces that hold the plant clones in place? I think so, but it just makes it a lot easier to use them. They are really cheap parts on amazon

@@markborkowski965 : Pool noodle from the dollar store and a knife

Show me because I need to save every penny I can!

Then show us. Make a video

@@markborkowski965 So total cost was around $40 max for a DIY aeroponics machine. Or exactly $39.1 before tax. Parts included are: Pump: $23.96 on Amazon www.amazon.com/EcoPlus-185-Submersible-Pump-158/dp/B00FHA1WBE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1435787960&sr=8-1&keywords=eco%2B185&linkCode=sl1&tag=savingse-20&linkId=97579510785da61a8220aa8b41698317&th=1 The pvc pipe $1.90 www.homedepot.com/p/3-4-in-x-10-ft-PVC-Class-200-Plain-End-Pipe-57570/100168741 6 misters $8 total www.homedepot.com/p/Rain-Bird-360-Threaded-Microsprays-2-Pack-MSF2PKS/202078390 Home Depot bucket $3.48 www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-5-Gal-Homer-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613 Home depot lid: $1.76 www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-5-Gal-Homer-Leakproof-Lid-5GLD-ORANGE-LID-for-5GL-HOMER-PAIL/202264044 I made the pvc pipe about 4 1/2 inches tall off the top of the pump, and had it make a t shape at the top. For the t shape using the pvc pipes they should be 3- 3 1/2 inches each section. I admit I had pvc end caps which are super cheap, and I had an L and t cross section for the PVC, super cheap (another 3 dollars). I will link those below this portion. I used only 5 of the misters, and saved the extra incase I ever needed to replace one. Not only is this method cheaper, it lasts longer. Oh and my hydro store game me neoprene inserts for aeroponics free. You only need at most 10, so the cheapest available gets you 30 and is $8.95 on Amazon (link below as well) PVC t or cross $1.44 www.homedepot.com/p/1-2-in-Schedule-40-PVC-Cross-C420-005/100347454 PVC L or elbow $0.46 www.homedepot.com/p/Charlotte-Pipe-3-4-in-PVC-Schedule-40-90-S-x-S-Elbow-Fitting-PVC023000800HD/203812123 4 End caps $2.52 www.homedepot.com/p/3-4-in-Schedule-40-PVC-Cap-C447-007/100345011 Neoprene inserts for aeroponics $8.95 www.amazon.com/Pack-Black-xGarden-Clone-Collars/dp/B01GDPCS96/ref=sr_1_35?dchild=1&keywords=aeroponic+foam&qid=1604436042&sr=8-35

@@markborkowski965 I think the air stone is worthless since the pump is already doing the work, and the method I explain might be around $50 after I added costs that I didn't have laying around. Either way my way is much more durable and affordable. Sorry I don't have time to make a video rn, but maybe in the near future.

@@jher6969 Hey I responded in the replies to my comment with links, I added it up and its roughly more like $50 if you don't have any PVC supplies laying around. You could get cheaper pumps from craigslists or other similar websites too, I got mine that way, and the seller gave me around 3 extras for free (lucky break maybe, or maybe because they are old and used). Either way you can get it all new for $50 total, if you have none of the materials at home. Sorry I didn't respond earlier I have been super busy, which is why I can't make a video till some time in the foreseeable future.