How should my seedling roots look like after 10 days in root riot?

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Afarah.86

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It's been 10 days since I germinated my seed in root riot and would need some advice on the root structure.
The aim is to transfer her into a DWC set up but would like to increase the root density before.
Can you give me your thoughts on the pictures below?
Some roots are popping up on the sides which is great. On the other hand, the bottom ones have become thin.
I am spraying the top of the root riot once a day and not excessively. 1 to 2 sprays max if the top part is really dry with RO 5.5 to 5.8 pH. No notes added.

I took pictures from all sides + top + bottom part.
1-Do you think it's healthy?
2-How long should I leave it for the roots to fully develop so I can transfer it to DWC?

Thanks for the help
 

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Day 11 since germination
Roots developed well compared to yesterday, they are visible and more abundant.
-Should I leave it more time in the humidity dome to let the roots develop further or is it time to move it to DWC?
-Should I start adding a bit of nutes or can I keep going with pH 5.5 RO water?
-I purchased today go root plus. Do you recommend adding some in my spraying bottle to help roots grow rapidly?
@Airwalker16 @fragileassassin
 

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Lower your light a bit (or dont, looks a bit stretched for my liking) and keep doing what youre doing for probably another 2 weeks or so.
How are you holding your rooter plugs?
The best thing I could figure with the rooters was modifying my 2 layer trays with most of the bottom of each slot was cut out so it suspended the rooter and the roots could dangle freely below them for an inch or 2. As they start reaching into the water, you let the rooter dry out a little bit more and the roots will start shooting out of the bottom.
 
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Yeah thats also a pretty smart idea. But he doesn't have trays so that's why I suggest the next beat thing is just to let those roots completely fill the cube so that once it goes into DWC and is 3-5 nodes high, they just explode down and into the water
 
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Plus, the more root mass you have in the rooter, the more willing they'll be to move outwards and more importantly probably, stay alive.
 
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Airwalker16 said:
No. Like I said, roots need to be blowing out like crazy everywhere before you go Into dwc
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Yes sir ! This baby won't go anywhere before the roots look like Medusa's hair

fragileassassin said:
Lower your light a bit (or dont, looks a bit stretched for my liking) and keep doing what youre doing for probably another 2 weeks or so.
How are you holding your rooter plugs?
The best thing I could figure with the rooters was modifying my 2 layer trays with most of the bottom of each slot was cut out so it suspended the rooter and the roots could dangle freely below them for an inch or 2. As they start reaching into the water, you let the rooter dry out a little bit more and the roots will start shooting out of the bottom.
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I have it wrapped around a duct taped piece of cardboard. That is bringing some elevation for the moment but not enough if I need to keep it for another 2 weeks.
I don't have the rooter tray, would need to figure out a way to suspend it.
Can it survive on 2 weeks of RO only? I felt I could add some GO Root plus to enhance the growth. Have you used it before?

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Another lovely fragile drawing lmao..
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Great execution :D
 
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Just make another holder for it, tape the inside too!, and have it be longer so when it's sitting in your tray, there's an inch or two of space below the cube.
 
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Airwalker16 said:
Just make another holder for it, tape the inside too!, and have it be longer so when it's sitting in your tray, there's an inch or two of space below the cube.
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Thanks for the tip :)
Will work on it first thing in the morning.
Is RO water sufficient for the next 2 weeks?
 
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Cant really picture what you guys are talking about at all.. maybe ive been puffing on that cart a bit too much today LOL. Havent kept up with shit lately so idk what you got going passed what I see here.

You dont need much room really, my trays had like half an inch of water in them. The roots will grow out into the water. Every few days you can kinda gather them up back into their own place to keep them from tangling up. You just need some room for a bit of water and to make sure the rooter doesnt touch the water itself. If you can find a way to do this, it will make this transition go faster.
You could do something really simple like a small plastic box or tupperware thing with some square holes cut in the lid to wedge the plugs into. Hell maybe just a cardboard lid for one of those trays or something.

I use something just like these.


The rooters have some nutrient in them, they really dont need much at all for their initial root push. I use tap water and rooting hormone with a silica supplement (dyna-gro KLN + pro-tekt) in my cloner and have grown 2ft long roots in just that. With RO id probably give it a little bit of calmag after the first week. Mix up a gallon with like 1/4-1/2 the recommended depending on what youre using. The inclusion of that go root plus sounds like it would be fairly similar to what im using and would likely be all you really need for a while.
 
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fragileassassin said:
Cant really picture what you guys are talking about at all.. maybe ive been puffing on that cart a bit too much today LOL. Havent kept up with shit lately so idk what you got going passed what I see here.

You dont need much room really, my trays had like half an inch of water in them. The roots will grow out into the water. Every few days you can kinda gather them up back into their own place to keep them from tangling up. You just need some room for a bit of water and to make sure the rooter doesnt touch the water itself. If you can find a way to do this, it will make this transition go faster.
You could do something really simple like a small plastic box or tupperware thing with some square holes cut in the lid to wedge the plugs into. Hell maybe just a cardboard lid for one of those trays or something.

I use something just like these.


The rooters have some nutrient in them, they really dont need much at all for their initial root push. I use tap water and rooting hormone with a silica supplement (dyna-gro KLN + pro-tekt) in my cloner and have grown 2ft long roots in just that. With RO id probably give it a little bit of calmag after the first week. Mix up a gallon with like 1/4-1/2 the recommended depending on what youre using. The inclusion of that go root plus sounds like it would be fairly similar to what im using and would likely be all you really need for a while.
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It wasn't on that thread. Your doubts are legit and you should keep puffin :p
I attached a picture of my work, that's the taped cardboard I talked about but I guess it needs an upgrade.

On your previous question regarding the light, I placed it now at 20cm away from the leaves. I did it yesterday but it pulled a praying leaves on me. That worried me so I pulled back the light.

I have flora series + calmag + go roots plus but didn't use any yet. I think it's time to add some cal-mag and go roots to support its development.
 

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ohhh OK got it!
So maybe do something just like that but with a cut up solo cup or something else plastic?
I'd probably do that then just get a piece of cardboard to use as a lid for the tray and cut holes in it that you can set you cup "stands" in. Then just leave a bit of water in the tray. The lid is to keep the light out of water.
The sooner you have roots that are always in water the sooner you get to transplant.
 
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fragileassassin said:
Cant really picture what you guys are talking about at all.. maybe ive been puffing on that cart a bit too much today LOL. Havent kept up with shit lately so idk what you got going passed what I see here.

You dont need much room really, my trays had like half an inch of water in them. The roots will grow out into the water. Every few days you can kinda gather them up back into their own place to keep them from tangling up. You just need some room for a bit of water and to make sure the rooter doesnt touch the water itself. If you can find a way to do this, it will make this transition go faster.
You could do something really simple like a small plastic box or tupperware thing with some square holes cut in the lid to wedge the plugs into. Hell maybe just a cardboard lid for one of those trays or something.

I use something just like these.


The rooters have some nutrient in them, they really dont need much at all for their initial root push. I use tap water and rooting hormone with a silica supplement (dyna-gro KLN + pro-tekt) in my cloner and have grown 2ft long roots in just that. With RO id probably give it a little bit of calmag after the first week. Mix up a gallon with like 1/4-1/2 the recommended depending on what youre using. The inclusion of that go root plus sounds like it would be fairly similar to what im using and would likely be all you really need for a while.
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Imagine an e pay toilet paper tube, lined inside and out with duct tape and sliding the root riot inside of it. He could use 2 toothpicks stuck through in an X shape right at where the root riot will be, just below the top of the tube. Then just set it upright.
 
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Airwalker16 said:
Imagine an e pay toilet paper tube, lined inside and out with duct tape and sliding the root riot inside of it. He could use 2 toothpicks stuck through in an X shape right at where the root riot will be, just below the top of the tube. Then just set it upright.
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Winner idea :D
Found some material for my homework

Airwalker16 said:
And afrarah, no, you need Tova tart feeding in 4 days or so. 1/8 strength nutes.
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What's Tova tart?
 

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