Green Poison F1 Fast Version -- Redux!

Please comment on my elaborate cloning system. I put a lot of time and effort into it. I poked a hole in some buffered substrate with a pencil and popped the cutting into that hole. Then, I Irrigated to set substrate around buried stem. Some 10w LED bulbs above it providing 18 hours of very low-intensity light per day. (this is a joke... I do use root hormone. Fairly sure it helps with cloning young plants, but not needed for any mature donor. Get the generic stuff as it is akin to pharmaceutical generics if active ingredient is the same) Day 0 - Cut 4 clones off of each plant. Intended to use top of apical meristem, but was concerned about the hollow / woody stem. Used lower growth. Some flopped slightly. 1 Day - Didn’t do a great job propping them up. Some have a little curve, but not so bad. Rather not fidget with them at this early point in time. 7-14 days under ambient light unless I see a reason to move them sooner -- ie roots easily visible before that point. Without roots, it cannot use intense light. Intense light will only cause a recent clone to cannibalize itself. The goal is to simply maintain current vegetative state with >15hours of light. 16h is safer; I am using 18h. 2 Days - All seem to be getting enough water uptake and stiffened up a bit. No more notes unless something goes wrong, or I see roots. Expect them all to live at this point. 3 Days - Removed lowest extra leaf on 2 of them. All look fairly perky in evening. Not as worried as I once was, but still not 100% confident these will root. Have not lifted to look… waiting at least 5-7 days before I agitate them. 4 Days - They all look fairly perky, now. A leaf I typically cut off is struggling to stand up on one, but maintaining color. All are perkier in PM. Feel fairly confident at this point. If like normal, I’ll see some roots up against edge of insert cup or popping out the drain holes in next 2-3 days. 5 Days - All standing up like good little soldiers by late afternoon. Working the minor kinks out of the stems by themselves. Confidence grows. Haven’t worried about the viability of a clone in a long time. Don’t like it. 6 Days - Seventh day, ongoing as of update. No notes Okay, started a little iffy due to donor age, but seems strong by end of first week. I have not inspected for roots, but suspect they exist at this point due to behaviour of plants last 2-3 days. Standing taller, perkier, etc... Only 1 will be added to the donor stable, and that depends on the results of ongoing crop. So, I figured I'd grow them all a second time if i have to keep 4 plants alive. All are labeled #1-4 and corresponds to the current in-bloom crop numbering.