How long do your clones take to root?

is it possible to take clones and root them in small pots or rockwool outside? when it rains will they be damaged?

Id worry more about intense sunlight, insects, mold spores, and temperature swings outdoors. It's not a great environment for cloning. Try a spare closet with a CFL in it and a prop dome.

yeah thats what i figured, how big a CFL would you recommend for probably 5-8 clones and what would be the best rooting medium?

A small CFL is fine, as long as it is blue light. 'Daylight' or 'cool white'.
Try RapidRooters and dip-n-grow under a prop dome. There's instructions linked in my siggy.

I only used a 23w cfl for mine usually put 5-6 under that. Worked fine for me. I'm a soil guy so I couldnt tell you how long it takes mine to root. I'd guess 7-10 maybe less. But after 2 weeks they take off. Only lost 3 out of about 30, but it was my own fault.

thanks for the advice

I've had my CFL on 24/7. Do you think I need to go 18/6? Will this make them root faster? Still no roots coming out of the root plugs but new growth on all the clones. Am I just being to impatient?

I just use a good potting soil,root powder and 8 cfl's for my cloning. They take about 2 weeks to put new growth on top. ABout 90% sucess rate.

i use jiffy pellets soaked in 1/2 strength FF week 1 nutes...I use olivas cloning gel and 2 - 15w daylight cfl on 24/7...im sure they are rooted in 4-5 days..i get roots coming out of the jiffy pellets from 7-9 days total. I use a dome also....i leave it on for 2 days straight....then remove it everyday for a few minutes till day 5 then i start taking it off for a few hours at a time. By day 7-8 the dome is completely off. By day 10 they are ready to be transplanted.

damn, my clones have been going for 11 days and no roots popping out. like i said vertical growth on all. maybe watered them too much at the start? if they make it, next time i will get a few small cfl's for cloning.