i am used to growing in coco with a drip system on a timer.

i got a few sets of w/f and thought i would check it out. I did all the mods that needed to be done. i drilled new holes to get them daisy chained together. also got it recirculating on a pump. i am running 4; 8 pot systems. each is its own system. i am in hydroton as well.

i took 32 cuts from mothers and put in easy cloner. after a few weeks of root growth i transplanted to w/f. put them in the room under 4 600 watt lights.

here come the problems

1) ph is all over the place. spiking a point a day. think this is due to the hydroton not being properly washed. so i changed the water in the rez. still getting the problem.

2) plants look good at first, then started to droop. so i cut down on the watering reg. it went from always on to 15 on 30 off. the palnts are still drooping and showing signs of burn. either lights to close ( i just move them up) or fert burn( so i cut the rez mix in half with water to cut ppm down)

i may look that i may loose this crop already. any suggesting would be awesome. i can also submit pictures later on after work. i am really frustrated. i have been growing for years and never had problems like this.

do you think from the cloner to directly into the w/f under 600 was a bad idea. they went straight from cloner to hydroton then into room to veg. temp in the room is 77 and the water temp is 67. the 600 watts are bout 2 feet from the tops of the w/f. not sure what other info you need. i am using all AD nutes. i am also using some super thrive, stimulater, nitrozyme as addons. the ppm of the water is around 600 - 700.

any help would be great.

thanks