hello friends today I am so excited to share this video on the easy DIY plant
cloner device with guaranteed success in growing plants from stem cuttings that
is called CLONING. It's an extremely easy do-it-yourself project and costs no more
than five dollars and most importantly it speeds up the rooting process and can
produce roots within seven days, ofcourse depending on the plant you choose.
we will show you the shocking results at the end of this episode
all that's coming up.
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Well, in my previous video title the ten tips to cloning plants in water that is
duplicating your plants from stem cuttings in water we learn many scientific concepts like
Nitrogen draining concept and the oxygenation concept. We use these simple concepts in building our
simple plant cloner device. If you haven't watched that video yet,
please find the link to that video you're at top right corner of this video
and also in the video description. So let's start building this device step-by-step:
Firstly the things you need or the parts of this cloner device:
First and foremost is the chamber: that is the container holding water and
the cuttings. The dimensions of this chamber depends on how many insertions
or how many cuttings you want to insert into this setup. You can choose any
opaque container like a rectangular box or even a bucket with a lid or even a
small jar just anything. What I am using here is a 12 x 6 inch glass aquarium.
Actually roots develop faster in the dark!
and it also prevents algae growth in the container. But I'm using this transparent
container in this experiment for recording purpose. Actually I will be
covering this with on all sides with a black cardboard paper like what you are
seeing in the video. Well the next component is the top platform which
suspends cuttings into the chamber. You can use a plastic sheet or any tray or
simply a styrofoam or thermocol sheet.
This platform can also be built in such a way to accommodate net pots to plant
seeds or even insert cuttings into it. That will be a two in one plant cloning
device Plus hydroponic chamber from growing plants and seeds. If you want to
build a sturdy or a more permanent device you can use a container like this
and make holes and accommodate net pots into it. Net pots of about the 1 inch
diameter and then you can place your cuttings into the net pot and add some
pebbles or clay balls or anything just to hold the cuttings in place properly.
We will put dedicated hydroponic chamber and discuss on hydroponics aquaponics
and aeroponics in another video some other time. These are actually interesting
topics and not so difficult as they sound.
For now I'll show you the simplest form of this DIY plant cloner or the bubbler
device and how to construct it easily with various options. Well the next
component we need is air pump, airline tubes and air stone. Yes all these are
aquarium stuff and this is based on the oxygenation concept. The cuttings require
oxygen for routing, so instead of daily stirring the water by lifting the
cuttings as we saw in our previous video, we can make this hands-free process
using this bubbler apparatus you can use either air stones or even an air stone strip
like this what you're seeing here as an air bubbler. If you use this strip, a
single nozzle pump would be sufficient. You can also use an aquarium sponge
filter for a bubbling device. Then to insert cuttings, you can use any hack and
make a hole into the top platform. The main idea is to hold the cuttings in
place. If you're just using thermocol you need take a sheet and insert
cuttings through the hole otherwise it may not fit snugly and depending on the
top platform you can choose anything like net pots or plastic foam plugs
neoprene collars and even holders like this I know what these are called I
think they are table grommets. This is just to hold the cuttings in place.
If you have any more ideas on this please share with us in the comment box below
the video. Most of these things can be purchased online and have provided links
to purchase some of these in the video description or www.gkvks.com
The simplest one is just a piece of styrofoam with holes into it to insert
the cuttings that's it. Insert your cuttings then just drop
the sheet into the chamber and switch on the air bubbler. Now the time for results
and the conclusions, but before that please do not forget to watch my
previous video on the ten golden tips of cloning like, when and how to take proper
cuttings and other hacks in my previous video on this related topic. Also if you
have any suggestions or improvisations on this DIY project please let us know
in the comment section below the video Now it's time for the results of this
experiment and the inferences drawn from it. Well the most surprising part to
me was the result on day 5, as you can see one of the cuttings that is
actually a cutting from the rose plant sucker growth it has so much potential
for rooting and it started rooting in five days whereas the other two neem
cuttings did not start rooting till the eighth day but this last
eranthemum plant cutting has just started rooting and one most important
point is I have never changed the water till the day 8. This is just the same
water with the air bubbler continuously switched on and no additional stuff like
rooting hormone added, but i just dropped one aspirin tablet into the container on day 1
That's it. So now the inferences drawn from this experiment are: the rooting
process is a complex one and depends on many factors like the plant age plant
type genetics thickness and hardness of the branch pathogens growing medium like
the water or the soil and the oxygen availability around the vicinity of the
rooting zone and many other factors. So there we have it folks, please give a
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