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 KaptKid
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 Aeroponic or Rock Wool for clones 
#172298 - 12/29/08 01:47 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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They will be transplanted to an ebb and flow hydro system.
I'm leaning towards the areoponics. This is something I can build.Have found parts online but before I get started thought would get some opinions.
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Edited by Zeplin 420 (12/31/08 09:15 AM)
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 captain.koons
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 Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: KaptKid]
#172306 - 12/29/08 02:14 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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do you mean rock wool?
aeroponic = no root support vs rockwool having root support
I like rockwool myself. I think Aeroponics root a few days faster and is fine if you're careful not to damage the roots transplanting.
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: captain.koons]
#172310 - 12/29/08 02:33 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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personal preferance:::::ROCKWOOL!
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C3R3AL KiLLRx
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: johnnyblaze2316]
#172336 - 12/29/08 03:54 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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starting seeeds in rockwool is no beuno says jorge cervantes book.....
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KaptKid
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: captain.koons]
#172340 - 12/29/08 04:12 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
captain.koons said:
do you mean rock wool?
aeroponic = no root support vs rockwool having root support
I like rockwool myself. I think Aeroponics root a few days faster and is fine if you're careful not to damage the roots transplanting.
Yes,I meant rock wool. Wonder what the differance between rock and steel wool is.
I will be using Hydroton in the ebb and flow. Never thought about hurting the roots while transplanting. Only if net pots were to be used and roots removed from there.
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KaptKid
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: KaptKid]
#172342 - 12/29/08 04:32 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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So rockwool is made from rocks and sand that have been heated and spun like cotton candy.
Rockwool is bad to breath. This must be when not wet.
Steel wool would rust very fast.
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captain.koons
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: KaptKid]
#172346 - 12/29/08 04:46 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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im not too careful with garden supplies. I don't drink my nutrient solution. If I open a bag of perlite and dust shoots up I won't walk in it. I havent had issues with rockwool yet.
Steel wool would be horrible I don't think metal holds water very well :P
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: captain.koons]
#173445 - 12/31/08 08:54 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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steel wool is fun when used in tandem with a 9v battery. warning: do not play inside.
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KaptKid
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: Yrat]
#173447 - 12/31/08 09:19 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'll have to try the battery thing.
Yrat, which do you prefer?
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: KaptKid]
#173464 - 12/31/08 10:13 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think if you are moving to an ebb and flow table, you should use the rock wool. with aeroponics, the roots hang suspended into a mist without any real structure to support them. it might be hard to transfer these bare root systems into hydroton without doing a lot of damage. if the root structures were simply inside a rockwool cube, transferring the whole things into a basket of hydroton would be much easier and less damaging to the plants.
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KaptKid
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: KaptKid]
#182658 - 01/15/09 09:14 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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So rock wool it is. What size for clones. I will be using 6x6x6in deep pots and the clones will have to be there long enough for all the clones to be made ready.
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Magash
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: KaptKid]
#182751 - 01/16/09 12:23 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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You wanna go with aeroponics over rockwool. Much time saved. Better root systems.
As far as transplanting just pour the geolite or hydroton over the roots and go.
I have literally done this thousands of times both ways.
  
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: Magash]
#182818 - 01/16/09 07:29 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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^ listen to the man with the experience. mine was just a guess 
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"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
Strike The Root
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captain.koons
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: Yrat]
#182821 - 01/16/09 07:47 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Aye magash is king.
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Re: Aeroponic or Steel Wool for clones [Re: Magash]
#183179 - 01/16/09 06:57 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Those are some awesome pics
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