Cloning directly into soil: Should I remove the domes once they are acclimated? Or keep them on no matter what, even if not wilting?

[ice minus]

Hi all, novice here, tried to be somewhat descriptive in the topic but full scenario is like this:



Took cuts last Saturday. They wilted extremely quickly without a dome, so I kept dome on them, but removed it a few times per day to spray with super mild solution of water, stella maris (kelp), and aloe which they seemed to love. Fast forward and it's now Thursday, and they no longer appear to need the dome at all. I'm still spraying twice a day with the mixture I made and they are 100% full color, standing at full attention and look perfectly healthy.



My question is - do I leave the dome on them even though they seem to be climatized now?



Should I still be giving them that high humidity from the dome on the warming mat until day 14? (I heard it takes up to 2 weeks to root)



Lastly a related question - on which day would you officially move them into the 18/6 veg tent? They are just sitting on a heating pad near a windowsill so far



Thanks again !

 

[Swamp Thang]

I clone directly into worm castings and I found that it was necessary to mist the clones several times a day to increase the number of survivors.

 

[Redrum92]

Whats your humidity and temperature?

I clone with a dome the first week or so, then leave it cracked, then remove completely once rooted, as long as rH is at least 50-60%

 

[Treetroit City]

The quicker you can get them off the dome the better in my opinion.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

For what it's worth I like using coco now for clones. It's harder to drown them and they seem to root faster for me. I use the liquid Clonex solution in the water.