First hydro autoflower grow -Sweet Skunk

Hmmmm this week has been very interesting and also a learning experience. So I started out doing two plants of the same strain in soil and hydroponic (DWC). Had a little issue with germination (mainly the hydro one in the rockwool) but seemed alright after a minor adjustment. The hydro seedling really bounced back in a day and a half. Took off the little paper clip support off as well. And after that it just blew up by just maintaining pH, ppm and water temps throughout the week. Had to use a little bit of pH down earlier and later in the week...just a little bit. She just sprouted roots from the net pot today. So that was a bit exciting 😁 Just gave it another shot of very easy nutes today. Will check and see how it likes that. As for the other one it experienced something called "dampening off". It was really strange. Looked great but was a bit behind the hydro one. Which was to be expected but on Jan 21st in the am I noticed it was completely feel over and the stem was basically like all the water was sucked out of it. Very sad to see it go. So now it's just the one. I suspect the culprit is probably my soil. Might be contaminated or something. I had another auto seed (Whiskey Zulu) in a soil pot and it sprouted a few days ago on Jan 20th. But noticed it's first leaves were curled down. I took it out of the soil and cleaned the roots and put it in my other hydro bucket. Only time will tell if that one will survive.