Dude what a day !! I never thought we'd get everything done. Well we really didn't get it all done but we got a lot done. But the fields got turned and one of my horses hurt his leg so it took a little longer. But anyways. Rambling as usual.
I don't have a lot of experience starting seeds to DWC. But I have a 100% crack rate and start using rapid rooter plugs.
I have a blacked out dome I put my plugs in and cover for as many days as it takes for them to get close to 3 inches tall.
I mix up a solution of declorinated water with a PH of 5.5 with Canna Rhizotonic and great white. I soak my plugs and squeeze them just enough to where they're not dripping.
Pop them in the dome, put a seed in each hole. I keep one plug to rip a little chunk to stuff the hole and cover the seeds then pop the blacked out dome on top and check on day 3 to see how big they've gotten. It never fails. 100% everytime.
From what I've noticed the seedlings don't need any light to grow for a day or two once they crack and they grow like CRAZY in the dark. But if they stay to long or they'll start turning yellow. Which honestly, nothing needs strong light when first starting to develop roots. I put my aero cloners near ambient lighting and they flourish and root ultra fast. No direct light what so ever. It's almost dark near my cloners. Try it and watch how fast they root.
I've always started my DWC with cuttings from from my Aero cloner but I wonder if you could pop the plug in the little net that holds the neoprene and clone and wait until the roots got long enough to put in the DWC. I personally can't stand Rockwool. Some people love it but I've never had much luck with it. The plugs work so much better for me.
I hope that somewhat helps. I've seen this one guy at my store use the rapid rooter plugs in these homemade water channels and water will flow under them and the roots will start growing and flowing with the water streaming down. I've never seen anybody do it that way. It's pretty cool setup. Looks homemade.
Hope all is well
@Bbcchance
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