r/BloomSeedCompany

So literally my ONLY successful cloning experience is at the hands of using an Aeroponic cloner. I have tried all the conventional ways, root riot cubes, rockwool, etc. My only success has been with an Aeroponic cloner.

Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way I either have immense success with the Aeroponic cloner or I have great failure. It’s never in between. Last time I used it it worked like a charm. I have a 16 site cloner. No humidity dome, and it uses a sprayer manifold. The only major difference between last use and this one is I doubled up every site and actually ran 32 clones in it and this time I ran like half of the 16 sites doubled up.

So far it looks like this run is setting up to be a failure. I do everything the same each time I use it. Between runs I clean it exceptionally well and even sterilize it using a very small amount of bleach. I then rinse it out very well with fresh water several times by filling it up with fresh water and running it for about a half hour, empty it and fill it up again.

This run it appears like my cuts are slowly withering away and look like they’re slowing dieing off. I did check the water temps and I’ve been adjusting the PH per the instructions to 5.8 every day since I started. I did notice the water temps were relatively high at the beginning so I turned the AC way up in my lung room and also turned up my inline fan in the tent my cloner is in.

Any ideas on WTF could be causing this? The mother plant was and is extremely healthy. She even got a feeding and watering before I took the cuts. I also made sure I didn’t get any air trapped in the stems by cutting them a second time while submerged underwater. I use EZ Clone Clear Rez and Cloning Compound and then CloneX Cloning Solution for fertilizer. All at the recommended dosages.

Any tips or recommendations would be greatly helpful. This is definitely my Achilles Heal when it comes to growing. Cloning has always been a thorn in my side. Like I said it’s either a 10/10 success or a -10/10 failure. 😂