Aeroponic Cloning > DWC of White Shark

Golden Grow Power Cloner cleaned and ready to roll. Tips to be harvested from Momma have been misted twice over the past 10 days. I’ll take cuttings tomorrow morning at lights on and update further. This is the first time I have run the Cloner in this little propagation tent. Typically, I see roots forming within 7 days and they need to be moved to the DWC cabinet by Day 14.

Saw Root nubs on some at Day 8 (1-2 days later than “usual”). On Day 9, I added RapidStart to the rez. I have also applied Clonex Mist every 2-3 days since cutting. I turned off all but 1 of the T5s because after the first couple of days it seemed perhaps they were getting more light than needed. Hopeful that there will be some decent development over the next couple of days and I’ll update pics them.

All cuttings rooted. Most within 7-9 days. I moved 17 over to a Producer (grow box/cabinet), by wrapping each root crown in a Root Riot plug, then feeding the roots through the net pot (most had roots >10" long), and carefully filling the pot with Growstones. They seem to be adjusting to the new environment pretty well. Even though they've gone from being under only 2 x 2' T5s to now under 2 x 400W MH, because of the difference in light distance from the plants (8" vs 39"), the lux being delivered to the plants is not drastically different. The DWC setup has stainless still coils (through which cold water is pumped as needed) to keep the temp at 68°F. Dissolved oxygen is maximized through use of an O2 Grow unit. A small pump gentle circulates the solution in the reservoir. A separate pump provides top-drip fertigation for 5 min, once per day. Reservoir is changed weekly. The air temp right now is ~78°, which is fine, but when it starts to rise in flower, I have a cooling radiator attached to the intake fan to keep temps as desired. I am only using Mantis Buffered Nutrients and UC Roots (to keep the rez sterile). Mantis is a product I recently began using and the plants seem to love it! It is also uber user friendly: completely buffered so no pH adjustments are required, and - very new to me - there is NO feed schedule. You feed 5 ml/L ALWAYS from seed to harvest. That produces an EC of ~1.0 (TDS = 500 on 500 scale). After the plants have settled in, I'll remove the ugly leaves and any undesired lower nodes.

They seem to be settling in well and starting to kick into growth mode. All but 1 of 17 had roots in the water when I brought them over from the Cloner. The 1 holdout is finally dropping roots now and they’re almost in the water. I’ve been using a syringe to wet the bottom of the net pot to encourage downward growth and to keep the emerging tips moist. A bit of root discolouration, but I’m reasonably certain this is just runoff from the Root Riot starter cubes I wrapped around the root crowns. I’ll let them gain a bit more height then too them. I’m thinking I’ll do a clean 4 cola per plant configuration.