When to move clones to DWC?

[Stark]

I cut 4 clones off a friends Trainwreck 12 days ago. Put them in a DIY bubble cloner and now I have roots. 100% success

This is my first grow, doing 5 gallon DWC. 4 buckets in 32" x 32" room with a 400w HPS.

Question is when do I move clones to the buckets? Using hydrton to grow in.
Also, when do I start with nutes?
Small amount while still in the cloner or wait till they go in the buckets?

Water is out of a RO filter with ppm of 56. Nutes will be GH 3 part Flora micro, grow and bloom.

 

[4u2sm0ke]

Id say now that you have roots..thats how i do soil..but HYDRO will be by shortly Nice setup..looks good



edit: I dont strt nutes on my clones untill they show new growth..then 1/2 strength to start..hope this helps

 

[That crazy vancouver guy]

nice...

I hear a lot of good things with those DIY bubble cloners... :aok:

 

[Stark]

I did a lot of reading before I started on this adventure. Good stuff here at MP. When I came across the DIY bubble cloner I thought to myself that it couldn't be that easy.

Well....it is that easy

Did just what Massproducer said to do, just in a much smaller size. It worked amazingly well. As the pic show.

 

[pcduck]

Once they have roots I put them in my dwc. Start them with 1/4 strength nutes. Sometimes I have placed them in the dwc when they were so small that I would top water for a couple days. Check out my journal its all there.

 

[IRISH]

i put mine in my buckets with roots that size. no nutes just yet though. wait til your roots are down in your bucket with a good 'fish bone' structure. you'll know when you see it.
you make your own bucket up?...bb...

 

[andy52]

as soon as i see roots,they go into the 5 gal buckets. i also use the gh 3 part and start at 1/2 strength.

 

[ozzydiodude]

What PH for clone bubblers is ideal?

 

[IRISH]

are you talking, when you cut clones and put the in cloner? i ph mine at 7.
or, when you hane roots, and put in 5 gallon? i ph those at5.8...
andy told me once thier put into dwc 5 gallon bucket, ph should be 5.5-5.8,
and the ppms at 200-300. hope that helps...bb...

 

[4u2sm0ke]

What PH for clone bubblers is ideal?

I use disstiled PH 6.5 and change water every 3 days..the secret in the bubble cloner isnt the PH,,IMO..its the air bubbles..I have a single bubble cloner that holds 2 cups of water..i use a 20gallon air pump..lots of oxygen to the cut..faster Recovery i think

 

[Stark]

you make your own bucket up?...bb...

Yip made my on buckets. Have one white bucket, painted it black, took a lot of paint to get it light proof. The other three were orange, easier to paint. If I remember right they cost me 2.50 apiece.
The two bubble cloners cost me 6 bucks to make not counting air pump and stones.

Thanks guys for the feedback. Told me just what I needed to know.

They will be going into buckets either today or tomorrow.
Sence they are small should I go ahead and top feed them? If so...how often?

BTW...My water in my cloner had a PH of 7 to start. Now that I have roots it's at 5.7.

 

[CasualGrower]

The other three were orange, easier to paint.

I started all my grows int he orange HD buckets... Never painted them and never had a problem with algae or anything.....

I will be using new black buckets from now on... no special reason, just going to stimulate the economy a lil heh.

 

[IRISH]

if your using grow rocks, soak them first. believe it or not, if you dont soak 'em, they will raise your ph in a matter of hours...bb...

you can top feed if it makes you feel better, but not necessary. put your water 1 inch below net pot, and the breaking bubbles will soak all in net pot, so theres no need really to top feed...bb...

 

[pcduck]

I top water till the roots hit the water level in my buckets. I do this because I move my plants into the dwc so soon after sprouting. The last time I think was 3 days after it sprouted. But it is all a matter a personal preference.