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New Root Plugs!!!!! Love Them!!!!!Worth a look!!!!
- Thread starter DJXX
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exactly what i ended up using it for, for like a year too.
Well, I used to use the rapid rooters. After seeing this thread, I figured I would try something different. When at the grow store I saw a new product, and thought it was what had been mentioned here. I cut clones on the third, 48 hours ago. Checked them this am and I have roots starting to show. I checked the product bag to make sure I had the spelling on the name correctly. I saw they were riot rooters. Not sure what to say except that this is the quickest I have ever had anything root. Neat thread.
johnnyblazed
Member
I might have to get some I usually use rapid rooters
DJ, would you mind sharing the steps you use when cloning with these? i saw these the other day and was entertaining the idea of giving them a whirl. Do you dome them, mist em, etc? just seeing what works for you!
thanks!
thanks!
bump!
I'm interested to see what humidity you guys are running when you're having these dry out so badly. I use these plugs for half of my cloning. I keep my humidity around 70% in veg though. I also have them in plug holder trays and leave a small amount of water in the bottom tray. The plug holders keep them from standing in water. Yes they are lighter than riots but roots come out much better. I find they take a little bit more water but I'd have to have super low humidity and not check on them for a couple days to dry out that much. I check my clones, and all my plants daily too though. If you can't invest that sort of time there are better options out there though.
i raise the clone plug holder up out of the water with an inverted plug holder...i try to keep a 1/2 in of water in the cloner tray at all times, and with the dome on all the time..i call it the "lil amazon"...and they stay under the dome till roots are established well....except twice a day i take the dome off for 15 min for fresh air...with that pool of water in the tray, on top of the heat mat it stays at 90 percent humidity and its like the amazon jungle in there...they love it..some times the plugs get too wet and need squeezed out a lil sometimes....a cut never lays over and you barely lose a leaf...it rocks..DJXX
This is the experience I've had as well. Now that I can keep humidity up in veg(thank you ultrasonic fogger) I don't need domes most of the time. I still keep my domes and heat mats nearby just in case though
these plugs put the fattest roots i have ever seen...DJXX
Those are IBA hormone roots. They say they charge the cubes with a nutrient solution- it must contain IBA.
Weeded1s
Member
I guess if no other media was working for ya then ok why not try something new.... but my cloneing powder has enough (the most on the market) iba so I dont feel I need anyone elses non exact measured nutrients for my rooting help. Whats the cost diff. on these vs. rapid rooters....and whats the dunk they did nutrient wise...?
Botanicare Cocogro Cloning Plugs are the first coco coir based plugs in our industry and offer an alternative to traditional peat and tree bark based rooting plugs. These coco coir based plugs were developed specifically for cloning and provide a higher air holding capacity than traditional plugs.
Botanicare CocoGro Cloning Plugs:
Will not easily become overly saturated or water loggedAllow for quicker and more vigorous rooting performanceContain the ideal nutrient charge to promote explosive root developmentBotanicare also sells Power Clone liquid and gel and state they contain IBA. I could put 2 and 2 together and say it may have IBA in the nutrient charge they use on their Cocogro plugs but all I have to do is look at them fatass roots to see IBA has been added. Why wouldn't they add their Power Clone liquid with IBA to charge the plugs? It's some awesome stuff. I've been doing some side by sides with and without products that contain IBA. Some list IBA and some don't list it. Roots Excelurator has it but doesn't list it. Dip&Grow has it and lists it at 1%, which is a large dose. K-L-N lists it at 0.07%, V&H Boost has it at 1%. Most cloning powders and gels contain it, whether they list it or not. A almost blind man can see the difference between a IBA and non IBA roots. That said now peeps will post up saying "I get them fatass white roots without IBA"
Midwest sticky
Resident Smartass & midget connoisseur
Yep the 5-6 dollar powder is great. Whats the price on the root plugs?
here is a link fr Ebay...$33.99 delivered,,DJXX
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321247755208?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Midwest sticky
Resident Smartass & midget connoisseur
Thanks for the link. That first pic almost looks like a clone in a piece of fluffy chocolate cake.
TheHoppyPepper
New member
Screw cloning powders and gels, you really can root a popsickle stick with vitagrow, and in 3 days at that. Plus my buddy that owns a grow shop nearby says, hes been using the same bottle for years (i think he just grows his headdies), has shit floating in it, no issues with contamination at all despite, the stuff is awesome. 3 seconds dip in blue liquid, Snypes cloning formula sans his measured bleach, i just spray a few seconds in the box w my one gallon HD sprayer (lowes one sucksass), and its good. Two caps per gallon bleach fyi. I have experimented on boxes i was losing to mush, they can take a shit ton of bleach and not die for a week, talking half a cup in ten gallons. Note they don't live either, but bleach has a wide margin for error at the quantity he lists
