Cloning Question

[Patricf1]

Last week I cut a clone from a branch that was starting to bud. I have the clone in a humidity dome under a T5 light. One other clone from a different plant that is NOT budding has already rooted and been removed from the dome.
I realize that it takes longer for a budding clone to take root (having read many pages here).

Because it takes longer for a budding clone to root, should I keep the humidity up in the humidity dome for longer than the customary 5-7 days? Do I risk moss/mold by keeping the humidity up? I stopped the humidity at 1 week. Should I resume? She is now approaching 2 weeks in the dome and no exposed roots yet.

 

[GBAUTO]

I think the goal using a humidity dome is to provide a means for the cutting to get moisture until it forms a root system. I'd continue.

 

[Patricf1]

Update:
I cut the clone on 8/22.
By 9/7, she was looking she was not going to pull through. She was almost all yellow.
Her Rapid Rooter plug was still not showing any roots.
On 9/14, I threw a hail mary and put her into soil.
By 9/21, she started to get a little green back. At the time, I was potting some other clones and decided to put her into a bigger pot.
She had roots!

Perhaps she had wanted to root but didnt have the nutes to do so until I put her in soil.
Perhaps its just coincidence.

 

[hotrodharley]

Update:
I cut the clone on 8/22.
By 9/7, she was looking she was not going to pull through. She was almost all yellow.
Her Rapid Rooter plug was still not showing any roots.
On 9/14, I threw a hail mary and put her into soil.
By 9/21, she started to get a little green back. At the time, I was potting some other clones and decided to put her into a bigger pot.
She had roots!

Perhaps she had wanted to root but didnt have the nutes to do so until I put her in soil.
Perhaps its just coincidence.

I clone only from flower. They take longer to root. Often they begin to look like hell. Nutes didn't do it but time did. Easy on the nutes. Hang in and get some killer yield.

 

[PrometheanLeaf]

I agree with @hotrodharley. It was just the patience game, flowering cuts can take a wide variety of time to root, depending on genetics and your environment.