6 Days - Standing up well. Check for visible roots in PM.
7 Days - Cannot see roots through nested translucent cup. #3 and #4 feel solid. They all look perky and without droop. Worst-case it takes 21 days for transplant? It wouldnโt be a bad thing for timing. F#1 may go 2-4 weeks longer than the others.
8 Days - #1 felt solid today. Fertigated until extra runoff. Felt light and first since initial watering. All are perky and somewhat robust given the context.
9 Days - #2 is concerningโฆ Rest feel solid and likely rooted despite no roots at edge of cup. See either a burnt tip or dying bit on lower axillary bud - forgot to note which # - the tall one.
10 Days - Minor problem caused when I had to move things around. The timer did not move with it. So, they had 24hours/day for the last 2 days. Still canโt see roots near edge. On top of young donors, I have not hindered chances a bit and possible 3rd partyโs lack of care due to ignorance about clones being another great concern. May carefully water #1 as there may be a fairly large air gap and get it snug again underneath surface..
11 Days - I guess I shouldnโt be too concerned. Thereโs no way itโd retain the color and maintain some sense of hydro-static pressure, if it werenโt laying roots down by now. Petioles are a healthy color. Leaves are a healthy color. Either the strain is a slow cloner or more likely the young age of the donor plant is causing a slower cloning process. Extra time is okay. If they really are a ~6 week variety, this will replace previous plants and I will start some autos for fill the other half of bloom box.
12 Days - slight watering to ensure substrate is snug around buried portion. Fairly certain #3 and #4 are fine, but should see roots by now. Lots of timeโฆ Leaves look fine with no degredation beyondt he tall one with the lowest axillary buds with some minor tip burn that has not worsened since the 2nd or 3rd day. Held off on full pruning of Bloom counterpart-donors. Should have at least 1 opportunity on each without impacting yield in a week or soโฆ re-vege delay can open up space for some autoflowers or something else to fill space in meantime. It might take so long to work this out, that I get a yield and assessment of the one I want to keep. Can do a 2nd run later as Iโll have ton of this type soon.
FFS, brag about how I never lose a clone and these 4 turds happen. Still waiting. Color is fine, so long as they donโt take a nosedive, Iโll hold out hope. After 3 weeks Iโll reassess the leash I give. I might start some Autoflowers in meantime and keep these small until I know which is the winner. This may be the better idea. Iโll sleep on it.. Maybe, give them until 16-18 days before I change up what is run next. Second look in bloom box shows at least 2 cloning opportunities on each plant without impacting anything important in regard to yield.