Thanks for taking the time Polish.

Yeah I can see what you mean about adding your mix first, and then adjusting pH. It's kind of a guessing game if you don't, I see that now.

To explain that last part better.. Yeah earlier in this thread I had decided to use Totes for my reservoirs, but along the way I changed to the 5gal buckets(single bucket DWC style) to makes things more simple. Yeah how you said about placing the plant in a bucket you don't grow in, thats what I do with the totes. What had concerned me was the large root mass being picked up, being lowered into another bucket, and making sure not to pinch the roots on the way down. But yeah I gotcha, it's the duties of hydro.
I'll give a search on amazon.