Clones Potted and in the Rail

We potted up six of the clones - some Cherry and Roma tomatoes - and placed them in the AeroFlo36 today. Each of the clone cuttings had about 12 inches of root mass that had to be curled up in the net cup. I thought about putting them directly into the PowerGrower or Ebb n Gro system, but thought it better to get some more veg and stronger stem base on them first. We'll see how they do and report.

Cha Cha Cha Changes......

Many changes to the grow room occurred in the last two weeks.  Thought I would wait and post all at the same time.   With the EZ Clone, we needed more light above the unit.  We installed a new 4 bulb T5 to replace the single bulb unit; installed an expansion kit of 5 pots onto the Ebb n Gro system to handle some of our larger root based plants; installed another LED, this time a 540 Watt "Mother Ship" from SuperNova; lastly a dehumidifier was added to remove excess humidity in the room.  Doing so allowed us to turn the CO2 back on and wow what a difference.



General water changes continue with new nutrient mixes every two and a half weeks with plain water top-offs in between.  We check pH and balance as necessary every few days.  The CANNA nutrients are working so well for us we just can't imagine others would be better.  We are following CANNA recommended doses of base (Aqua Flores or Agua Veg) and additional nutrients (Cannazyme, Rhizotonic, Boost, and PK13/14) according to plant growth stage.

Wish I had doubled the size of the room now !

EZ Clone Up and Running

We received an EZ Clone 60 from Santa this year so I put it into immediate service with some cuttings from our huge Cherry Tomato plant and our healthiest Roma, Pepper, Basil, and Spinach plants.  I used Olivia's Cloning Gel and Solution to get the cuttings off to a great start.



We will start using the AeroFlo36 exclusively as our starter system for our large plants while dedicating it to lettuces and herbs.  The PowerGrower and Ebb n Gro systems have proven themselves with Hydroton as a growing medium.  We have 2 empty modules on each, waiting for the cucumber and white eggplants to be transferred from the AeroFlo36 once matured.

Grow 5 seedlings are doing very well.  Nothing exciting in this grow, just more romaine lettuce to keep the family fed.

Santa Brought Me a Cloning Machine

I must have been a good dude at least part of the time as Santa brought me an EZ Clone 60 unit for the grow room.  I set it up the other day and started the first test-batch of cuttings.  We used Olivia's Cloning Gel on the cuttings and Olivia's Cloning Solution in the tank. 

We took some Cherry, Roma, Basil and Spinach cuttings to try out the unit.  I was a bit concerned that I would go back in the grow room the next day and the two leaves on each cutting would be drooping, wilted, dried up or just plain dead.  Nope, still look healthy after three days now.