Lets Build a Clone Machine *Step by Step*

[Rumpleforeskin]

Originally Posted by Gurid

I think he was talking about that Square White box that has the 4 6" Net Pots, Ive also noticed in another photo you have what seems to be another top for that box with multiple smaller net pots

http://forum.grasscity.com/photopost.../cloneroom.jpg

Its the one at the bottom

My question is also about that box in that did you use the same size pond pump/spray design as in this 5 gallon bucket or different one?


Ive been a quiet reader on GC for sometime now but I must say after reading all of your Threads that it has given me the hope of perhaps doing this my self....

Thank you in advance for all the priceless information your able to provide us nooblets

-Gurid

Ok, that my Botanicare Clone Machine with a custom top I made out of a plastic cutting board. Sometime the main room is not ready for the new clones, so I put them in the 6" baskets and place them back in the clone machine with that fancy top I made.

The pump is the same as the one I put on the list for this build. I use that pump for all sorts of stuff.

[Rumpleforeskin]

Originally Posted by chunkdaddyo

Nice tutorial Rump........I'm thinking you meant a 1 7/8" forstner bit/hole saw in the first post? Thanks for helping everybody take their grow skills to the next level.......+rep

Great catch my brotha (you don't miss a thing), very impressive. Fix'n it now.

[Rumpleforeskin]

Originally Posted by whatuthinkin

greath thread man. i have been looking for a good way to clone w/o spending a lot of money and this looks damn near perfect. as soon as im settled and pick a mother plant i will deff be trying something like this.

do you have any suggestions if i wanted to make a smaller one? about 4-5 clones? im very limited on space so looking for something small as i will only be growing 2 plants at the most.

also do you have any info on why you cut the leaves? i have never cloned and just like to know why im doing what im doing.

Any water tight container that is more then 12" tall will work. You may have to redesign the mister base (not hard at all). A simple "T" mister base is what most clone machines have.

I wish you had not asked about cutting the leaves. I got that at overgrow .com (gone for years) from a guru of cloning. He had great reasons for doing so, I just can't remember a single one.
Sorry about that.

[amoril]

Im still cloning in the stoned age, but ive been tempted to give a machine a shot. Figure its got to be a little faster than what I do now, if by even only a couple days.

either way, this is downright perfect. thanks for posting it up. if I get off my ass and build one, this is my reference.

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on a side, the cutting of the leaves reduces transpiration (ie water loss), and photosynthesis (which is more or less useless to a plant with no roots), and thusly slowing its metabolism. After its all said and done, it's encouraging the plant to develop roots to continue normal functions.

[Kocf_owned]

Originally Posted by whatuthinkin

greath thread man. i have been looking for a good way to clone w/o spending a lot of money and this looks damn near perfect. as soon as im settled and pick a mother plant i will deff be trying something like this.

do you have any suggestions if i wanted to make a smaller one? about 4-5 clones? im very limited on space so looking for something small as i will only be growing 2 plants at the most.

also do you have any info on why you cut the leaves? i have never cloned and just like to know why im doing what im doing.

You cut/trim leaf tips so the plant can focus more on rooting than supplying water to its limbs

[Gurid]

Originally Posted by Rumpleforeskin

Ok, that my Botanicare Clone Machine with a custom top I made out of a plastic cutting board. Sometime the main room is not ready for the new clones, so I put them in the 6" baskets and place them back in the clone machine with that fancy top I made.

The pump is the same as the one I put on the list for this build. I use that pump for all sorts of stuff.

Gotcha, how well does that Botanicare Machine work? I myself are only planning on doing 4 of the DWS Buckets, so I like the idea of already having the clones in a 6" Net pot setup for easy transfer. Would you suggest getting one of these or building a design from scratch?

[Rumpleforeskin]

I had to redesign the Botanicare mister base to accept the 6" pots. All it had was a small "T" on top of the pump. The Botanicare's cover does not fit well and tends to leak. The cover i made for the full sized pots does not leak but I had to make it. I like my bucket design much better. You can have lots of lids for the bucket (one for clones and one for full sized net pots). You can even use 3 gallon buckets if you need to go shorter. I would not buy a Botanicare Clone Machine again. If I bought one it would be that $70 CloneBucket 18.

You can drill the right amount of holes in the lid that suits your growing needs. I only needed seven so that is all I drilled.

[Goofybongs]

Best clone habitat I have ever seen, it is a mini sprinkler system.

[0zzy]

Going to make one today!

[Rumpleforeskin]

I will post up some pictures of the clones I made during this build. I just have to wait another week (give or take). They have been in six days and will start to root between day 10 and 14. So next Saturday I will post up the clones pictures before I "off-them". I don't need any clones right now so they wont be going any place (my fireplace). Sad but once the roots start, it goes nutz. The tap root will cover that whole bucket in another week or two (can't have that).

[thirdjob]

would it be possible to flower using this set up?

i'm thinking aerogarden style, perhaps not use a round bucket, but a rectangular tub?

in my mind i'm picturing a continual harvest using DWC for mommy's and the concepts of the clone machine to make clone-through-harvest tubs that will be put directly into 12/12 after rooting.

thoughts?

[Rumpleforeskin]

Yes, but that style of growing is best done with misters that can be removed and replaced during the grow. It would suck to get all plugged up the last week of flowering.

[thirdjob]

that would be catastrophic.

the ez-clone misters can't be replaced easily? or would roots complicate the removal and replacement?

[Rumpleforeskin]

Originally Posted by thirdjob

that would be catastrophic.

the ez-clone misters can't be replaced easily? or would roots complicate the removal and replacement?

Ok, imagine your mister base caught in the middle of the root ball below:



I dont think it would matter what brand of mister you had. You could not get to it regardless.

[thirdjob]

right. that makes sense. thanks for the help!

perhaps a system using a uniform tub/lid.

... or perhaps i'm just trying to fix a thing that isn't broken.