Agreed on the 3 nodes thing, I should have specified that I try & keep it at three, but I try to keep 'em all below the pucks. Regarding the above/below water level thing, personally I've noticed better results when the stems are just barely above waterline. When below the waterline my cuttings seem to have a higher rate of going limp on me (leaves shrivel, stem gets floppy & cutting dies). Now that being said, I run quite a good bit of bubbles so even tho its right above the waterline the stems are constant blasted w/ spray. I just figure its better to have the stems in the air and apply the solution as opposed to having them in the solution and applying the air.
Now that I think about it the fouled up res water thing was/is caused by pure laziness on my parts... ie. letting rooted clones sit in cloner too long & pieces of broken roots build up in res.
So thats something to add... keep your res/cloner clean (I guess thats common sense tho).
It undoubtedly makes a huge difference tho. I originally had 1 bubble cloner and recently added two more (each with about 25-30 sites, pool noodles/neoprene collars). I been slacking on the cleanliness thing and consequently after filling all three cloners to the max i've noticed a huge difference in success rates.
The two newer cloners, which are much cleaner, have like 90% success while the older dirtier one is more like 50% success rate.
All three had fresh reservoirs prior to cloning but I didn't thoroughly scrub the older cloner, nor did I thoroughly wash inside the slits on all the neoprene pucks on the older cloner either, which appears to make a big difference.
Now that I think about it the fouled up res water thing was/is caused by pure laziness on my parts... ie. letting rooted clones sit in cloner too long & pieces of broken roots build up in res.
So thats something to add... keep your res/cloner clean (I guess thats common sense tho).
It undoubtedly makes a huge difference tho. I originally had 1 bubble cloner and recently added two more (each with about 25-30 sites, pool noodles/neoprene collars). I been slacking on the cleanliness thing and consequently after filling all three cloners to the max i've noticed a huge difference in success rates.
The two newer cloners, which are much cleaner, have like 90% success while the older dirtier one is more like 50% success rate.
All three had fresh reservoirs prior to cloning but I didn't thoroughly scrub the older cloner, nor did I thoroughly wash inside the slits on all the neoprene pucks on the older cloner either, which appears to make a big difference.
