Avoiding Potential Issues with Aeroponic Cannabis Cloning
Avoiding Potential Issues with Aeroponic Cannabis Cloning
Avoiding Potential Issues with Aeroponic Cannabis Cloning
Professor DeBacco
Common Issues
pH imbalance
Temperature not in acceptable range
Nutrient levels excessive
Problem Solver
BlueLabs Monitor
Provides a live reading of…
ppm
Temperature
pH
Items a Grower Must Have On-Hand
pH up and pH down
Standard low dose blend nutrient
Advanced Options
While there is no substitute from checking your plants there are some additional options that can help reduce the time from when something goes wrong to you knowing about it.
Alarms/Alters
Automatic Dosing
Monitors with Alters
Can alert you to when a condition is outside of the programed acceptable range
The alter can be sent immediately so you can be aware “live” as it happens
This can allow you to correct the issue with minimal time and stress to the plants.
Monitors and Automatic Dosing
For high end operations the ranges can be set and the monitor can be connected to automatic dosing injectors.
When an environmental condition becomes out of the acceptable range the computer can automatically correct it with no input needed from the grower.
This hands free approach is ideal for large scale production
Callus Formation
The formation of callus can be an indication that something is not quite right
An initial (small) callus may form followed quickly by root formation, but in the case of large callus the grower needs to check the environmental conditions the plants are in.
At the end you will see how much stem you should leave exposed when using the EZ Cloner and what happens when you cut them a little short.
Link to Lecture Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NaNw1aOa2DA0MJGHrDPsi12lGaLJM1In/view?usp=sharing
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Just want to say that I think you are one of the most underappreciated cannabis channels on YouTube.
I love that your videos are short and to the point! I’m always learning from you.
Thank you for all the content!
Can you please do a part 2 to this and go even deepppeerr
The biggest milestone I’ve discovered with aero cloning is keeping the cloner and solution sterile. I have great success with clear Rez but very small amounts of bleach can be substituted, can find more info on that with a quick google lookup. An investment to permaclone collars were also a game changer as I can sterilize them in the oven between runs. Permaclones website also has a really great write up on successful cloner procedures. After learning about these important factors I normally get a 100% success rate as long as my temps and ph are in the right ranges.
Cal-mag supplement on mother plants needed prior to taking clones they are deficient.
What about browning of the leafs and curling issues that have roots formed
I wish I knew why my clones after a week or so look like your thumbnail. They’ll root good them seemingly start to rot. I don’t know. I use bucket cloner just like yours. Seems after two weeks they want to try to die rather than thrive. Don’t get me wrong if I plant within ten days they do fine. But if I leave in cloner longer trying to get more roots, they go south.
I noticed the purple stems. Mocks mine n need a remedy. Success is worsening. Do u have an explanation ?
trichoderma harzianum would be a good addition to a aeroponic cloner.
Spot on video-very informative! Congrats on 31K subs that’s impressive I love cloning aeroponically but I have learned from many mistakes! Those pics at the start bring back memories. Started with this thing called a Daisy Cloner. 12 Clones I think in a little circular bucket. Plain water, a dab of H2O2, and Lil B-12 can work honestly. Like you said PH Temp and PPM all need to be accounted for. Good Genetics from the Mother plant is a big one too! Your video points out the awesome but kinda finicky nature of aeroponics and cloning. All the commercial/medical facilities I have worked at typically used Rockwool and humidity domes staked on shelves with T12 or T8s. One place in AZ over a one-acre greenhouse had us tell the workers to take cuttings from flowering plants. Trying to grow too much cannabis in one grow cycle can actually be disadvantageous IMO if you don’t have auto-correcting AI sensing tech helping you out.. And your owners are cheap, yet demand results. 1000 ten feet plus cannabis plants indoors causes significant humidity which is IMO the root of all problems for growing canna. Humidity can get high even in AZ desert during the monsoon season which is from like July-Sep. High humidity causes a kind of domino effect of bad results. Gotta keep that humidity down to about 65%ish strain depending. Not a good idea esp for medical-grade cannabis operation to run things like that. However, for home growing, this takes so much less space, and once you get the hang of it- it rocks! Ever mess with Auaponics?
Would you mind if I asked you a few general questions that have arisen out of your presentations and then a few that apply to my particular growing situation? I will write them out on paper and then pose them in a group (maybe about 4 or 5) even though they may not be specific to the particular video you are showing at any one time?
Thanks for the educational content as usual. Worthy ! 🆕 🆒 🆓 ✅
Please more discussions on growing in organic soil
I always cut the manufacturer recommendation in half and start from there ..
what light schedule do you usually run on clones?
Hello, professor DeBacco! That do you think about cloning cannabis, using beneficial bacteria? I’ve been tested pseudomonas koreensis(indole-3 promoter), but have no stable results.
Right now I’m test koreensis+non-ionic surfactant directly in leafs and molasses+koreensis directly in coco with clones.
Do you leave the cloner spraying constantly or cycling on and off?
I can not find a video where they explain and show how rootrot looks like and i mean not the clearly visible rootrot with brown roots, i mean the rootrot which you only see if you split the stem in half and see the middle channel brown,the roots outside are white.Of course you have to kill the plant for that.If the middle channel is brown then the plant grow normal but when flowering they get only the half budsize than they would have if they are healthy.