Moving 16 Clones from 5 Gallon Bucket Aero Cloner to Soil - Questions

Hey all, so my 8 plants are doing well in their first week of flower, and before i dropped the light, I took 16 clones, which all seem to be developing great roots at the 8 day mark.

This is my first time with the bucket cloner, so transplanting these to soil is a new thing. I would love someone to point me in the right direction. I am wondering the following:

1.) How long should the roots be before I plant.
2.) What size container should i use first?(Solo Cups, 6" pots, ??)
3.) What soil should i use for the clones? I grow in ProMix BX. Is this cool for the clones?
4.) What is the max the roots in teh aero bucket cloner can be before I run a risk of something going wrong? I'm going out of town Fri - Tues, which which will be liekl days 15-20 of cloning. Like I say, they all have about 1/2" roots, but all new in teh last 2 days. I'm trying to figure out if I should transplant before I go, or wait til I get back.
5.) What kind of light should i start them under. Right now the clones bucket is under 2 -2' T-5s. I could add the other two back for a 4 - 2' T-5 setup. My veg room is a 600MH, I could go under that as well.
6.) How about initial feeding and watering? Any suggestions.

Thanks a bunch. Contrary to all the above questions, I have read 1000s of pages here. I just havent found exactally what I'm looking for. If "Moving clones from bucket cloner to soil for Dummies" has already been documented, feel free to point me in the right direction and insult me, or vice-versa...

BTW: WW, Blueberry Cough, Aussie Blue, and G-13. 4 of each...

as long as you have roots, the sooner the better. the plants wil;l go thru a bit of shock as they are used o getting their food thru water and now they have to switch gears and get it form soil.

I plant straight to my finished bucket, but there is an argument that says if you gradually go from a smaller conatiner to a larger opn the roots are better as they are seeking out more foo din new soil and growing longer stronger.

I use OC or happy frog for everything

dont let your roots get tangled together. transplant before you go and let the roots get comfortable.

I veg with T5's and flower with HPS

I water just h2o no nutes as the soil has most of the good stuff in there already.

Eviljay said:

1.) How long should the roots be before I plant?
2.) What size container should i use first?(Solo Cups, 6" pots, ??)
3.) What soil should i use for the clones? I grow in ProMix BX. Is this cool for the clones?
4.) What is the max the roots in teh aero bucket cloner can be before I run a risk of something going wrong? I'm going out of town Fri - Tues, which which will be liekl days 15-20 of cloning. Like I say, they all have about 1/2" roots, but all new in teh last 2 days. I'm trying to figure out if I should transplant before I go, or wait til I get back.
5.) What kind of light should i start them under. Right now the clones bucket is under 2 -2' T-5s. I could add the other two back for a 4 - 2' T-5 setup. My veg room is a 600MH, I could go under that as well.
6.) How about initial feeding and watering? Any suggestions.



BTW: WW, Blueberry Cough, Aussie Blue, and G-13. 4 of each...

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1. At least 2 weeks before transplant.. My Opinion
2. I would use Solo cups... Then later put plant into 5 gallon pots
3. I would use Pure Coco... Great soil for Clones.... Research a little about it
4. Either way I think you will be fine... I would leave them in cloner til I got back.. Clones could go into shock and you would want to be there for that..
5. I would put them right under the 600 watter after transplant
6. After transplant in solo cups... I would water (1-2) a day... Be sure to have nice size hole in solo cups for drainage or you will run into root rot problems....

If you have a VEG room with a 600 watt MH I would use the HELL out of it... The plants love this kind of light when they are in VEG state...

But you must have a HPS for flowering... My opinion

Yeah, I plan to use my veg room for veging, I was really more concerned with the first week or so after transplant, as not to shock them. I have a separate room with 1600W HPS(soon to be 3200W HPS) for flower.

You twos opinions seem to differ dramatically..