Zkittlez Soil VS Hydro

Day 1 on the shift to Flowering mode, plants are thriving, really have had no problems with them. The hydro plants are starting to drink more water which drive the levels and ph down for me. Water is staying pretty cool, on average maybe 71 and root balls on both Hydro plants are growing and solid white (thank you hydro guard). The Hydro plants are young, at 29 days so i expect it may take them a week longer before showing gender, expect to see some puffballs on there by 6/26. H1 was topped. The Soil plants are 49 days and i expect we will see gender on these 2 by 6/16... both of these gals are thriving as well. Can definitely tell the nitrogen rich soil with the darker leaves but Ive seen no sign of lockout. Watering every 3rd day and just tap water at this point, will start feeding it later this month, when i take a TDM on the soil. Hydro = 33 days Soil = 53 days Day 5 for Flowering Averted a disaster on H1, went into a see saw situation balancing PH, which resulted in a full bucket change. During which, i submerged my PH wand which led to questionable results when balancing, So it appears she sat in 4.x PH for around an hour and then in 8.x PH for a 12 hour stint.... wow, she was droopy to the point I thought death was eminent. Fortunately, she seems to have recovered, but one side of the plant seems to be wilting so there is likely light root damage. All of the other subjects are doing fabulous.... S1 has some nice topped crowns emerging and H2 has crowns emerging. I see some pre-female indicators on the older soil plants, but im still thinking we will be another week or so before we see hairs and by months end nice puffballs forming at all of our prime locations. Learnings for the weekL Be careful balancing PH, dilute the dilution and add sparingly when going up or down. One heavy move one way or another could start a spiraling volley. Regardless of your experience, accidents happen, Have a spare PH wand at minimum and might as well grab the TDM wand. You simply cannot do Hydroponics effectively without measuring PH, lose this ability from your plants for a couple days and it could be game over,