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With an aeroponic setup, any grower can clone plants.  Due to the automation of most parts of the process, plants can be cloned and grown by the hundreds or even thousands.  In short, cloning has become easier because aeroponics provides faster and cleaner root development through a sterile, nutrient rich, highly oxygenated, and moist environment.  The process is very similar to taking a normal clone, you take the cutting in the same way, dip the cutting into a rooting hormone such a Clonex or Replicator.

You would then place the cutting into a prepared Rockwool cube or Root Riot cube and place it into the aeroponic propagator.  You would have a reservoir in the aeroponic propagator which would be set to the right pH (5.8 – 6.4 for most fruiting plants) and contain a small amount of food and some rooting accelerator (Such as Rhizotonic, Root Juice or Root Accelerator).

In a true aeroponic apparatus the plant is totally suspended in air, giving the plant access to 100% of the available oxygen in the air.  This maximises the level of oxygen surrounding the stem and root system, accelerating and promoting root growth within the plant.  While there is a constant available source of oxygen, the intermittent hydro-atomizing of a spray/mist of the water-nutrient solution provides the necessary moisture and essential minerals to keep plants healthy and alive.