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    how crucial is air stone?

    Huh. The air stones or air rings are there to provide air to the root Ball that's sitting in the res tub that's full of nutes. no air equals suffocation Dead plants.
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    No matter what I do the ph in my 1 DWC rez is 6.3

    Sounds to me like ya plants are happy at that ph. If there not showing any issues. Leave em be but monitor em. I having a similar issue at minute. My ph just won't stop dropping. 6.0 every morning . Next morning 5.7. Rest rinse repeat ph issue again. But ec is also going down too, and my...
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    how crucial is air stone?

    Don't get me wrong, never done aero, but isn't the hint in the name. Aero-ponics. Means air in water in a system or there abouts. Like hydro-ponics is water in a system.... trying to keep It basic too. But take a note of what your doing and think..... maybe air pump is needed. Plus from what I...
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    What would you like to see in a new hydroponics system?

    Hi. If your meaning for the res instead of air stones, I switched from air pump to a water pump with some 16mm pipe on with 4 holes drilled at intervals and a bung on end with a single hole. Think I used 5mm drill for that. This was two years ago and not looked back. Keeps water circulating and...
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    I said "I'm new to this..", not "I knew this.."

    Nah matey. Theory's a little like felling a tree in the fact that you gently but firmly (ya not gonna snap her)squeeze the stem in roughly the direction you want the bend and of course the height to take into account as well. And just gently ease the branch over. She should go easily after a...
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    I said "I'm new to this..", not "I knew this.."

    Looking good. But rather than topping maybe try some bending first to see if you can reduce the height somewhat.
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