woodsmaneh
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I feel you bro, it is fustrating figgering out the system as things can be different for everyone. The amount of time you have invested should have you killing it. I switched to ss coils for this run as I have 2 systems running from 1 chiller. I wish my grows all went well. I am running mixed plants, won't do that again because some need more food than others. I don't think the defuser in the epicenter is a cause of any problem's, I have done a ton of reading on bubbles and how they effect the water and plants and just don't see it being an issue. I have seen no precipitaion from nutrients in my buckets. The water is not oxygen saturated as you would need very special equipment to do that. (too much oxygen is toxic to plants)
One thing I did notice is tha 6" air stones move around in the bucket so next grow I am going to fix the stone so it stays where I put it.
I do tend to have at least 1 week in the UC where I wonder WTF is going on, but after 1 year of doing this I have started to understand the system. Still working on getting 1# per plant. I have done 1/2 to 3/4 but only once.
Just as an aside I have read tons on the UC here and marvelled at DS and JM and others grow monsters but always feel their maybe keeping something back, just a feeling, like there is some majic juice or something.
I also have yet to fill a buckek with roots, so I will keep at it. Too much money invested not to and you just can't grow huge plants any other way.
One thing I did notice is tha 6" air stones move around in the bucket so next grow I am going to fix the stone so it stays where I put it.
I do tend to have at least 1 week in the UC where I wonder WTF is going on, but after 1 year of doing this I have started to understand the system. Still working on getting 1# per plant. I have done 1/2 to 3/4 but only once.
Just as an aside I have read tons on the UC here and marvelled at DS and JM and others grow monsters but always feel their maybe keeping something back, just a feeling, like there is some majic juice or something.
I also have yet to fill a buckek with roots, so I will keep at it. Too much money invested not to and you just can't grow huge plants any other way.