you don't have any idea how much i appreciate your help! I would be going crazy... (okay i still am)

I water them 3 times a day. The pump runs for 8 minutes. it reaches the top of the flood line at about 6 to 7 minutes. Its a friggin HUGE flood tray, fitting five gallon buckets completely, and takes about 20-30 gallons to fill the entire tray.

lights come on at 8AM, turn off at 2AM

1st Flood: 8:30AM
2nd Flood: 5:30PM
3rd Flood: 12:30AM

Only the very bottoms of the rockwool is touching the flood line (if at all?) the tops of the rockwool cubes are compeltely dry. The reason why i moved Mr Droopy, was because the top of the cube wasn't dry in addition to the overwatered symptoms.


Im using the General hydroponic PH test, where you drop 3 drops of liquid into a vial, and compare to the color chart. the PH will raise from 5.5 to about 6.0 in a couple days, and then i reset it back to around 5.5


Also, When i have been checking the ppm of the reservoir, when i had it set at 100pm, the next day I would check on it and it would be like 115, then the next day, 130 ppm.

This would make me think that the plants were using more water than nutrients, and so I wouldn't have to bump up the ppm anymore... very confusing stuff.


sorry if i'm bringing too many variables into the equation. Just very confused. I gotta be patient...