soil to hydro transfer question

i was wondering how long after the transplant should i leave it, to check if the roots with soil around have rotten? i dont wanna stress the plant too much by taking it back out of the clay pebbles.

And how far up the net bucket should the water be, should i be trying to tease the roots downward with less water or making sure some of the roots are submerged so their 100% getting what they need?

any help would be much appreciated

It's not going to hurt to look any time you want, keep the level at the netpot till you get some good roots growing then drop it if you like. Why didn't you wash the dirt away first before you transplanted?

thanks bud nice one only didnt wash it all away because i didnt realise i could pull most the root mass off, i thought id straight up kill the plant if i started pulling roots with soil, iv now learnt thats not the case lol this is my first dwc grow to, only doing the one to learn the ropes have you transfered many plant from soil to hydro bud?

That's pretty much the only way I do it. Never could find rocwool locally and don't like jiffy pods or rapid rooter. Have a much better luck with seed starter potting soil.

ar right fair play, tried using a peat pellet, never agin lol carnt see whats goin down in there. cheers for your help bud

Peat pellets suck because most brands (even Jiffy) don't come limed, and peat moss is quite acidic.