well the stem seemed to be almost soggy... i used distilled water to soak the rock wool cubes in...havent been watering them at all because the rockwoll seemed to hold water pretty good....on day three i took a paper towel out set all rock wool cubes on it for a few seconds to dry em out (they seemed a little to wet) didnt want to drown them...been opening dome daily and have been spraying the dome hood with distilled water....the stem its self seemed to have some grayish spots towards the end where it was split...i can always reopen it and take a picture...the same one if that helps ranger.....i also germ'd 4 of the same seeds i started in this grow to "start over" in a sense....hopefully they all take and ill have 8 plants but if the clones dont take ill have the 4 new seeds to go with....