After a week or so in the cloner, my tomatoes and basil cutting are rooted and loving life - they have secondary roots going on and I move them into either a bigger hydro system or into dirt, depending if these are going to be given to friends, family or used in my own hydro or (in the spring) outside garden. So far, the peppers are the biggest challenge, most likely due to their woody, rigid stems and I have to research it further. No plant death, but no roots being created either, so its a mystery for me at the moment.
I have to just keep an eye on the transplants and keep the deadly aphids and smidermites away, it seems that it happens in my grow area, and its most likely my own carelessness. Rule of thumb is never to bring hydro plants inside from the outside world - dirt, air, wind, bugs, you name it - thats where they come from. If you're desperate, buy a bag of ladybugs and let them chomp and clean up the local pests.
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