Sharon,
  I recommend installing a web cam inside the cloning chamber so you can check on them hourly, including while you're away from home. ;-)
Cheers,
Jim

That would be super!  What a great idea.  It will have to be water proof...Time laspe

Oddly, the tubs at Costco sold here have a different lid, only room for 27 cuttings instead of 35.  Cost was $8.69.  My fogger arrives today! :) I'll probably add an opaque tub over the top like Gloria uses to increase humidity so cuttings don't dry out.

 

Yes hoping to add the same.  I think opening one of the holes may improve the humidity.  The misting is a little uneven so I'm curious to see if the drier cutting do as well or better than the wetter ones.  If wetter ones do better than some design changes may be needed.  I can.t wait until something happen.  May also add a heater in bottom as room is colder than I want and the thermometer to see what actual temperature is.

Sharon,
  Does that particular humidifier you bought float?  It is hard to tell if it is a weighted base or if it is a floating base.
Thanks,
Jim

It is weighted but they have a float which I am not using this time.

Here's the same fogger but almost $15 cheaper.

http://www.thehouseofhydro.com/one-head-mist-maker.html

Bob, you're about three days late!!! ;)

Decided to skip building one and went with 36 clone model CloneKing on Ebay. I've got VDB and BM cuttings in it using just plain water, so lets see what happens.

Is anyone using rooting gel on their cuttings, or just going with plain water?

I have been curious about these cloners for a while.  People always show the very impressive root development that they produce. 

Does anyone have any experience with the survival rate once the rooted fig cuttings are transitioned to potting mix?

Harvey, surely you'll build more.   :)  I might become a dealer for them and I'd sell it even cheaper.

Damn Bob,

I bought one. You just had make it to easy researching the lowest price.

What have we begun. 

...I picked up 2 of the "commander" totes from Lowes this afternoon...
Now I just need 70 cuttings and I'm home free ;-)
Cheers,
Jim

I put a couple of cuttings in a tote with a bubbler in the bottom. And I would definitely recommend putting something on top to catch humidity because I had several that dried out on top even though the bottoms were fine. They had rooted but eventually died because of drying out. Just my two sense :)

a lot of this depends on the health of the cutting too.  My first run using my propagator was using 6 moldy Nero 600m cuttings that I got from VS.  I just washed them with Dawn, let them dry and stuck them in.  Seventeen days later, I had roots.  Today, I have 6 healthy Nero 600m trees in 3 gal pots!  Go figure!!!!!

Wash with Dawn?  OK why not I clean everything else with it. 

Dawn...yes!  And get the one with anti-bacteria.....the orange color.  It's just something that works for me.  And the cuttings I placed in my cloner at first were moldy.  Dawn didn't kill the mold it just cleaned the cuttings.  By the cuttings being exposed to the outside air helped a lot.

OK Must now get new type of Dawn.  Have added the heater and cover.  Cuttings are now warm, humid and better do something!

I've added a cover that will do until I find something that fits.  It is not as humid as it looks and the fish tank heater has made it toasty (about 75 -78 F in there).  The room is cool so I get a lot of condensation on the walls.





   

Sharon,
  Is that humidity in the dome just humidity that leaks up through various little cracks, or did you add a vent hole from the bottom specifically to let more humidity get to the top?
  I'm thinking that, either way, you may have to add a drain hole...if too much of that moisture condenses, it will want to drain to somewhere.
  Are you finding that the 1-head humidifier is sufficient for filling the whole tub with mist?  I'm thinking it would eventually rise to the top (where the cuttings are)...but adding a small fan or something to get the air moving a little bit would help even more.
  ...your thoughts are appreciated...
Jim

I don't know if the guy RIMIKE I think bought his cloner from on ebay  knows what he is talking about (see post 34 above ), but see what he says about humidity domes
"http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-CLONE-KING-36-SITE-AEROPONIC-PLANT-CLONING-MACHINE-EZ-2-CLONE-CLONER-CLONING-/181385810770?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item2a3b6fd352"

I think I need one though as I just received my mister from the link Bob posted. Now i need to go out purchase one of those HUGE cakes from someplace eat it all by myself and re purpose the cake cover, so I gain a free humidity dome and 25 LBS. It's  free because after thinking about I need that cake anyway

I like the cake but you need a sheet cake so it is the right shape.
I left one of the pot holder holds open to let up some mist.
The condensation from 2 days is about a 1/4 teaspoon so not too worried yet.
My room is on the cold side so I'll need to check internal temperature top and bottom.
I'm ready for roots.  I want all my cuttings to root!

Strudeldog, Yes I bought mine from Ebay, and from that seller, two of them actually. One for me and one for my old man to play around with as well.

It's quite possible I have no idea what I'm doing or talking about, as this really is man vs. nature in it's simplest form. Plants are programmed to grow no matter what. One thing I do know, is all of this stuff has been done before so don't try to reinvent the wheel. The Medical Dope guys have more money to spend and experiment on the actual science of growing, cloning and harvesting so let them do it. I'm more than happy to jump on the "growing bandwagon" for my own needs after they have spent all the time, effort and money coming up with the next greatest thing.

The instructions that came with the clone machine say no humidity dome needed. Easy enough, as I'm sure the guy making these kits has enough experience behind using cloning machines to recommend that none are used. I'm sure he doesn't want his customers to fail, as that's a bad business model. I don't have a humidity dome on mine as I really don't think it's needed. A humidity dome will certainly prevent the cuttings from drying out, but will also provide a great home for mold. In addition, making the transfer from the cloning machine to a pot that much more of a challenge as the plants will have to be slowly acclimated to no humidity dome.

I'll take some photos of the cuttings in the clone machine and post them and people can decide for themselves on what direction to go.

I just found that my cutting were much happier in a dome... when I pot them up they go into a tube with a dome also, right now they trees are doing well with it sitting open and no dome but at first they would go very limp without it... when I have tried rooting cutting without a cover they have not done well.
I use domes when I start seeds and micro greens, just seems to get them stronger faster.