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HELP- first hydro build and grow

Still waiting to see roots, maybe the rock wool was too wet?? Not sure what to do, she's about 4" tall now
 
Put her in the clay balls and pot setup, turn on air stone and only use spray bottle to water the green bit of seedling and see if the roots come out looking for water hopefully darkness around the roots help aswell... ????
 
I noticed that a tiny bit of tap root was showing this morning so I put the rock wool cube in the basket and filled it with clay pebbles
 
Nice!! I think she actually grew a little bit, unless the clay pebbles settled lol
 

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The little seedling survived the first 24 hrs,, I'm thinking I should have roots coming out of the bottom of the net pot by the weekend
 
The little seedling survived another night, just adjusted the pH and put the light on the timer,I hope 5.7 isn't too low
 
Added a few more clay pebbles, she's a strange color of green, but she is healthy
 

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Ppm was 733 and the water was 71° when I just checked it, I'm still trying to figure out how to read the EC
 
The EC is going to give you a more accurate measurement of salt content (the nutes). I think as long as you follow a good nutrient schedule and mix them in the correct order and measure correctly you won’t even really need to watch EC or even PPM after you establish a good baseline. It’s fun to watch how much they feed in later stages though. The seedling looks good. Just make sure to keep the water only up to the bottom of the net pot. The bubbles will spray up the nutes and the hydroton and starter medium will wick up to the roots. They start poking down fairly quick, but can take days. Once those roots settle in the nutes, they explode. You’re always gonna chase PH in a single bucket. Adding multiple sites and creating a larger pooled volume of water will create more stability of temp and ph.
 
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