is a medium really necessary?

[booradley]

Or could you just suspend the plant over aerated water? I just started using the buble cloner found in the DIY section (thanks Massproducer!) and wondering if I could just take my clones straight from the cloner and put in a two liter bottle using the 1/2" hose (I'm using 1/2" PVC pipe) to suspend the plant?

 

[MJ20]

Remember those tubes wont be holding the plant as firm as grow medium would.I don't see why it's not possible (it's still alive in the tube so it can survive *IM guessing*) but I think you'll run into problems in the long run.Where is it going to get support?

 

[booradley]

well, I grow in a SOG, so they never get too big. I hope that the tube itself will support the plant enough in the same way it does in the cloner. Well, only one way to find out! I'll just do a test run with my next batch of clones.