interested to follow along … i’ve been having terrible luck rooting in a cup of water so next time i’ll try out my DIY 5g bucket aerocloner
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I’ll put my EZ cloner against the winner. 
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…I was having slow results with that method too, but better than some clonex+perllite cuttings I did. 
The big lesson this year on cloning for me is: healthy, vegging mother. My last cuttings + water gave 100% rooted in <15 days. I also kept the temperatures mid-70sF and elevated them with no thermal contact(wire mesh table).
Covered(my "dome is just a clear rubbermaid bin) for the first day or 2 or 3.
6’ from a single 15w SIL(weeeeaaaak light).
So… I attribute this last batch’s speedy success to: mom & temps.
As they rooted & got transplanted I gave them some refracted sunlight in the bathroom. Very likely gave them a needed boost.
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Day 2 the amazing loving wifey sent me a picture at my request of the clones.
Only one looks real sad the rest seem to be managing okay so far 
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Well, here we are 6 days in, and got some definite signs of root growth.
They are looking way too yellow right now and I should have added food 2 days ago (when I seen the first root pop)…but whatevs, they be ok.
I added 400 ppm of food for them today, they should perk back up here and give some new green growth once roots pop. Going forward I will probably start them in 400 ppm treated water…the hungry ones just don’t have enough to cannibalize its lower leaves, it cannibalizes its entire self (not good)
Shouldn’t be long now before the roots are everywhere!
Jelly I know your in hydroton and you wont know until they pop out the bottom…but I would have to guess yours are doing similar things under your medium.
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Day 6:
I know we gonna have one casualty at least so far. It’s one of the “middle node spaces” I stuck in there for shits n giggles.
The others aren’t looking any worse so i’d say they are doing something lol.
So, @Roux has me beat on obvious root signs. But i’m not down for the count yet!
Interesting little experiment and i’m happy to “Take one for the team”
Jelly
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I suggest a second round of competition using… the same clone…
[Gasp!]
Can it be done? 
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This is a cool contest.
So far, here are my impressions.
@Roux certainly appears to have the first/best/most roots - BUT - we cant really call that until @Jellypowered digs into his pots or they start showing outside. With the way his setup is built, I suspect we may not know for sure until the babies are removed from the hydroton.
On the other hand, it looks to me like @Jellypowered has better looking plants up top. Less yellowing and wilting - other than the one that looks dead
So far, Id rate this a toss up at this early stage.
Well done to both of you!
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Day 9:
No visible roots out the bottom of the basket yet. The two “mid node clones” I took are the only ones looking terrible/like they might not make it.
Some data:
Lighting: 18/6
Flood Schedule: Every hour, for 10 minutes during lights on only.
Food: Custom GH mix coming in at 800ppm… 1.6 EC on the ol meter. (This will either kill them or slow them down is my hypothesis but it’s worth a shot, logic tells me since these were from a healthy vegging plant they can take it)
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now if there were fish & amphibians & turtles & stuff in there, you’d win by aesthetics alone. 
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10 days down, and 4 to go…Your clone are looking very green and healthy on top @Jellypowered , Just waiting for yours to explode in roots and for you to take me out of this comp.
…Mine are yellowing on top but starting there new growths…but we got some barely legal root porn 
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Day 13:
No visible roots out of the baskets, last night they got a epsom spray after lights out.
The “dead one” had nubs, but no formed roots.
The K-Cup was notoriously slow to root, the fact that they are still alive is promising.
With only one day left, the obvious winner is @Roux. I will continue to await actual roots, but it’s apparent that my method is NOT the fastest, however they haven’t died off yet… so i’d say it CAN work.
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Dont give up yet! You may have a ton of roots buried down in the hydroton.
I have to say, your plants look better up top than pretty much ANY clone setup I have ever seen. Far far better than my best efforts for sure.
Thats especially interesting given how long its been.
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Well damn Jelly, thought they would have popped out some roots by now…Well it was fun anyway, and who knows, they will probably shoot roots out soon just update when they do.
But I am here to wrap up this competition between us gentlemen. You will see that all clones didn’t have as easy of a time rooting, we are a bit yellow on top, but new growths are becoming more rapid for most of the clones.
15 Clones rooted out of 20 in 14 days, so…%75 (not great, however I will leave them in there and they still may root, they got the root bumps)
And if you are wondering if the clones are hard to separate? They are not, with a little gentle tug they free themselves from the others
I have a clear winner: C99 x Rom #2 Clone 1
Damn impressive this little clone was, she pops roots out in 6 days and within another 8 days she is a full blown plant with secondary growths starting to take off (even on only 400 ppm of feed)
The whole cloner will get a bump in food this week to 800 ppm, see how they fair and keep the best for moms, then cull the rest.
Thanks once again @Jellypowered for running this with me and to all who have followed along.
OverGrow
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Very nice roots!! The ones with all the roots are starting to bounce back very nicely.
Im still impressed with how good Jelly’s plants look up top. His technique might be worth experimenting with further just for that, but if they dont have roots…
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Well here it is gentlemen! It may not be the fastest method but here’s proof that it works. The root pic was a couple days ago, maybe day 15? The plant shot is from today
Jelly
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Looks like a tie to me.
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LOL I agree and I love this place…
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Sorry to disagree, but based on the terms of the contest, I dont see how you can call it a tie. @Roux is the clear winner.
Jelly’s plants had the least amount of die back, yellowing etc, but Roux’s got way more roots, much sooner, and his plants have started growing secondary shoots, and are now much further along in growth.
I am intrigued by Jelly’s roots though. They have fuzzy hairs like a hi-pressure aero root. Im still thinking his flood/drain cloning technique has a lot of potential, and certainly is worth more testing.
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