[olmec]

alright there ppl

 

i thought id review this X-STREAM heated prop for all your cloning pleasure! cos it was a little alien to me when i first seen them, but there so simple to use and takes a lot off the worry and effort out of cloning you plants for your next run of your favourite strains

 

first up what the hell is cloning???

 

well i supose the easy answer is it allows us to make a living photocopy of any plant we wish, this photocopy or clone will be a genetic copy of the mother plant its taken from in every single detail!

 

now there are many differnt ways to clone your plants a quick google will lead you to many differnt ways some simple some extravagent lol

 

i paid £65 for my 12 site heated X-STREAM prop make sure u get the heated version ( its a fish tank heater basicly so if ya have one already get the nornmal

) and i picked mine up off amazon

 

so what do u get in the box?? here's what thee £65 rips gets ya

 

here is the bottom rez

 

and here is the propgator

 

 

 

next up is the heater

 

 

and the pump and sprayer, a timer is a must as your clones are going to need air as well as water, 15 mins on 15 mins off is the sweet spot for your timmer

 

 

 

so were do the plants go i here you ask? they go in little net pots with a neropane collar to hold the uprite and work amazingly well ( some ppl cut the bottoms out of these pots to lesen the damage to roots on removal )

 

 

and they sit snugly into this board

 

 

and here it is going together

 

 

 

and toped up with plain old tapwater and running, with these props there is no need for any additives or rooting hormones if you choose not 2, i dont use anything at all

 

 

up next is some cuttings T.B.C..................

[claymorrow]

Can i ask what the need for the heater is ?

I have 2 x steams and when in veg tent the water sits at 18-20c

[olmec]

so next we need to get some cuttings and first thing to remember here is cleanliness its so importan that everything is nice and clean

so get ya self a nice clean scapel/rasor blade and giv it a good clean in iso if you have it

 

 

next most important thing is ya labels, its such a mare when you get things mixed up so take ya time and make sure everything is labeled up correctly

 

 

next we need some mums

 

 

find yaself a nice cut site, nice new growth thats got a good few nodes and isnt to woody

 

 

here we have a nice cutting ready for the bottom inch or so to be lightly scrapped ( just the skin ) and som of the leaves cut off and trimmed.  its important to cut your clone on a nice 45 degree angle to give i nice lare area at the foot of the stem

 

 

and here we are all trimed up ready

 

 

and simply into the net pot like this

 

 

then repaet for all your clones and pop them into the prop, switch on the heater and the pump, mist the inside of the prop thourly to keep the humidity up as high as possible, the only way for them to get moisture now untill they have the root system in place is via the few leaves they have. give each clone a good misting all over

 

and thats that just keep misting the inside of the prop everyday and the clones if they look a little droopy

 

 

 

 

 

up next roots T.B.C...............

 

 

[olmec]

Can i ask what the need for the heater is ?

I have 2 x steams and when in veg tent the water sits at 18-20c

 

only to keep it from going much lower than 18c they will still root at lower temps but i find that 18-19c is the fastest rooter for me

[olmec]

in just 5 days the agent orange (male) chucked out some roots

 

 

3 days later ( 8 days in the prop )

 

 

and after 10 days i have 3 cuttings on the go with the 4th showing signs of roots

 

 

so i think this items is a god send its simple and it works, 10/10 from me

hope this helps some ppl out and plz leave feed back and surgestions

 

 

[Fieldy]

Olmec you little beauty you, in thinking of buying one and now I AM buying one

Thanks man

[Fieldy]

Olmec... What light would u recommend for over the top?.... CFL or T5 man

[olmec]

Olmec... What light would u recommend for over the top?.... CFL or T5 man

I got one of them 2ft 4 bulb t5 units m8

[2scoops]

@olmec Great bit of kit m8 i made summink similar but not exactly Aeroponics more DWC cloner but worked along the same lines and after about 10 to 14 days you got nice cuttings from it, very  easy to make DWC style. Same but different lol.

[claymorrow]

I agree mate, 18 is the sweet spot, i love mine