hey 420ers

thought it was about time i done a little diy thread on how to make an 8 site aero cloner like this one........

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hopefully it will help someone out just like this great site has helped me out
its also pretty cheap and real easy to make and i have had 100% success rate with this to date
all parts are easily available from grow shops

so here goes....

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

1 x 12.5 Litre, black food grade bucket with lid £4.00
1 x X-Stream Aero Cloche £7.00
1 x 5mm rubber grommet £0.30
1 x 12mm T-piece £1.00
4 x Micro Sprinklers (360 Degree ) £3.00
8 x 50mm X-Stream Net Pots £6.00
8 x Neoprene Clone Collar £4.00
1 x Maxijet 1000 ( or equivalent ) the pump is the most important part so get a good pump

also a bit of flexible garden hose about 12 inches long
and a bit of about roughly 4 inches

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TOOLS YOU WILL NEED

drill
stanley knife
hand file
5mm drill bit
3mm drill bit
tape measure
pencil

right lets start..

STEP 1

take the tape measure and measure across the lid to find the centre and mark with the pencil.
then from the centre, mark 7 lines equally apart just like this ( i done this on a white lid just so its easier to see in the pics )

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now take one of the net pots and draw round the top of it on the lines you have just done
then do one right in the centre of the lid

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now take the stanley knife and carefully cut about 5mm inside the pencil lines of the net pots,
now try and see if the net pots fit in the holes, if not take the hand file and file the hole till you have a nice snug neat finish, you should now have a lid that resembles something like this

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part 2 to come in 10 mins once i have a spliff and a cuppa

Excellent thread mate,thanks for taking the time with the pics etc,I remember buying Rainforests when they first came out,I didnt realise back then that a home-made model like yours was equally as effective and probably an eigth of the price,thanks once again

STEP 2

now take the black bucket and drill a 5mm hole about 1 inch under where the handle is fixed to the bucket
and pop the 5mm grommet in like so

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now take the plug off the pump and place it in the bucket and thread the cable through the grommet
and re-attach the plug , you should now have something like so

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STEP 3

now take the biggest bit of garden hose and the T-piece and connect them like this

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now mark and drill 4 , 3mm holes equally spaced in the top of the hose then push in the mini sprinklers like so

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now stick the pump to the bottom of the bucket and attach the small bit of hose to the pump and to the free end of the T-piece

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ideally you want the sprinklers roughly a few inches below the net pots once the lid is on
so you may have to adjust the size of the small piece of hose to suit

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thats all the hard work done , now take a seat and have that well deserved joint

in true blue peter style this is one i made earlier

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i may also have to pop a heater in there soon , by drilling another hole just next to the one at the handle and popping another grommet in there
but for now its been working great just sitting at the back of my boiler cupboard

hey thanks bad penny,
yeah tried to get pics of every stage, because i know how hard it is sometimes to work out without the pic to go off

Awesome mate. Just what i was looking for. Where do you position it etc with re lighting/temps etc

Also do you add anything to the water ??

Cheers

looks fookin great

and i bet it works a whole lot better than my Dribble-o-garden
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you got any pics of roots from one yet ?

hey eazy mate i use a 250 cfl 3-4 inches above the cloche, works a treat,
im sure you could use a few energysavers around it though instead if you wanted

as for water temps, try keep it between 75f and 80f

what i do mate is take a cut from the mom, dip it in clonex, then into 1 inch rockwool cubes
then just pop the cube into a netpot

no nothing added to the water

one other thing , when ya taking cuts try and use the fresh shoots as these root much faster

cheers T-S

nah i should have took some pics of the roots a few weeks ago
as soon as the next batch have rooted ill pop some piccies up

i wasnt going to make one of theese but garrageflower made such a profesional smart looking on Big up mate great thread love the aerocloner buddy10 out of 10

That is wikid, great build Do you think you could do a sog with going straight into 12/12 with rooted clones?

Sticky

Cheers mate, going to make one. So you saying i do not need the neoprene rings ?

Do you have a heater for the water temps ? I have an old aquatic one which would sit in the bucket and do the job i think.

How many inches should the ring be exactly from the pots ?

Cheers

Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to post this mate , Looks great dude.

Nice one Garage Flower...

Peace & Light

Mrm

where would you purchase the 1 x X-Stream Aero Cloche £7.00 ?? i take it that is the clear dome lid??

gr8 idea m8 i too want 1 of those lids
i have made a bubbler basicly the same as urs

Just google it mate, i found one. PM me if want details.

Shall i use collars or cubes ? I have ordered collars now ??

Cheers

thanks alot mate

i dont see why not sticky, maybe need more than 8 cuttings though



the neoprene rings are up to you mate, i stil put mines on top of the rockwool cubes just to be sure that no light is getting to the roots, also useful for keeping the light out if your only doing a few cuts instead of 8

no ive not got a heater in mines just now but i might need to add one as the year goes on, the one you have sounds like it would be fine mate

my sprayer heads are about 1.5 - 2 inches under the bottom of the net pots, so they are about 4 inches from the top of the bucket, just experiment and adjust the size of the little piece of pipe thats connected to the pump





thanks mr M, it was no problem at all mate, especially after all the stuff ive took in from this great site



yeah mate thats the clear dome, i got mines from my local grow shop mate, , or do a search on google

Awesome thread.

Got one more question though, what times do you run the pump for ? Is it constant or on a timer ?

i have mines on a mechanical timer 15 mins on and then 15 mins off throughout the full day mate

Awesome mate, just had the gear delivered. Think i may add another 2/3 pots though as i need 10 cuttings, no doubt the jets will still reach them.

Thanks for the help and replys.

yeah mate it will be sound to add a few more sites to the lid

Well nearly finished it, just not sure on the lighting now. Got a 250w CFL but thinking is it just a waste of electric ?

Should i step down to a 125w cfl ?

Or should i use x4 20w energy savers to get them rooted in the prop and once rooted out of 1" cubes and transferred to 4" cubes switch the 250w on to get them ready for main tent ?

Decisions, decisions .....

yeah both ways youve mentioned would be fine i would think mate, they dont need alot of light

decisions right enough

Well decided on making my own 2x55w fluro tubes, got ballasts etc coming. These will be used for mother/clones.

Then once transferred to 4" cubes will be under the 250w cfl, then main tent....600w hps.

My bucket if up and running and has a thermostatic heater in it keeping temps at 24-26c.

Just need some cuttings now...

Cheers

nice 1 mate sounds like ya got it sorted

be sure to post some pics up here if you like mate

as promised T-S some pics of the roots mate

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That's a really neat piece of DIY kit.

I've got a couple of pre-made ones that are used with air pumps and stones.

You know the sad thing, I think that works better than my 36 site xstream.

Incredibly nice build looks better built than the xstream as well.

A+

hey scribble thx mate




yo tutu cheers bud an A+ , god never got one of em at school

Awesome garageflower mate, been a great help. Mine is now made and running with bleach/water to clean everything.

I made mine 12 site and added a 100w thermostatic heater.

I am still unsure whether to use cubes or just the collars. Been reading that they root much quicker without a cube and that 15 on/off with a cube would leave it saturated at all times ?

I was thinking just using collars, then split a 1" cubes and put back in system, once roots come out of the cube transplant to a 3" cube.

I have read of people who do use cubes in them that they only need 10secs spray every hour.

Will get a pic of mine up tomorrow peeps.

Cheers

Been in a week now and no sign of anything yet, think i may have left the bottom tip of cutting to long though from he last node, it's at least 1cm

Water temp 22c, room temp 25c, humidity 70-85.

Checkout gs pot systems on the web, most sellers who sell this system offer these lids for direct rooting in gs pot aeroponic systems, in effect you use the main system to clone as well as produce a large plant without trasfer from propagator, if short of space perfect for cloning, use 6 myself and they are excellent.

Did you put the seeds directly in this or was it a clone, if a clone should root anytime soon, if a seed i would imagine you downed it.

Whats the ph at?

Clone mate. ph 5.8.

Happy Days !!!

My roots are about the same size as yours now if not bigger, i have added some grow at ec 0.4. I did not use any cubes at all.

What do you do with yours next mate ? The roots are too long for 1" or 3" blocks or can i just hang them out the bottom ??

Could they just go in main tent under 600w hps in a bubbler or can i grown them on in the cloner ?

Help !!!