Aero-cloning doesn't require leaf trimming or a hardening period so if you can go that route your clones will grow much quicker.
I currently have plants 30"-35" tall that were bare root clones in the aero cloner 18 days ago.
These are in cloth pots but it works just as well in a sip or swick, with no stall period.
Here are the 2 smallest ones. 18 days ago they were 6" and 3 3/4" respectively, and still in the cloner.
The biggest cutting at 8 3/4" is now 35" tall but it's in the back of the tent and hard to get a picture of. The 2 smaller ones here will go to the worm farm but the bigger one will get topped into a quad now that it has a rootball, and become a Mother.
If you chase brix, these are already 13-15 brix.
5 weeks ago exactly I cut these from the mother plant. In a SIP these would be even bigger. No doming or misting or hardening, all at 35% RH which is what life in the desert gives you. Pretty easy stuff.
This is in LOS. No synthetics. Dusting the bare roots with myco allows the clone to link to the soil biome instantly. They start growing 24 hours after potting.
I'm sure synthetics would be no different.
If you really want hydro results you should consider starting this way instead of soil cloning, uppotting, and a stall period, all complicated by misting, doming, and a hardening off process.
As I mentioned awhile back, the process is in a link in my signature. It makes cloning as easy as sipping makes growing. These were all rooted with a Kloneking 36.
If you go Azi's route and clone bare root clones in perlite and water, you can still use the planting technique in the link.
