it's not cause your new, it's easter sunday remember!

i don't know what kind of cloner you use but i would assume you leave the water on all the time and with most bubble cloners and similar systems it's better not to use hormones imo. i used a bubbler and never used any kind of gel or powder. also in my cloner some of the stems would be completely submerged and it never made a difference. they would root in the same amount of time submerged or above the waterline.