I totally don't get what you're asking, nor the poll. Ok, girl, let's start from the beginning.
rw=... rockwool? Gotta be, gotta be! That helps.. so, all I know is that it's difficult to keep pH where you want it with some rockwool (many other factors seem to go into this, but hey). I don't think it should be much different from soil, and in my experience it takes anywhere from a couple of days since planting a germinated seed, to two full weeks before it pops its little head out into the light.
Does that help answer your question?