haha sorry on the slow response on this one mate. I just checked your thread out and see this on the first page - Glad you joined the water farm club! Man that Skywalker lasted forever too it was a sad day when that ran out lol Anyway gonna have a read through this..
Yep spot on, I drill as much as possible out of the top bucket but not too crazy it can't hold the weight lol I have found airstones to be a bit messy though in my experience. Roots get tangled around them etc causing a few issues. I benefited getting a super silent aquarium air pump which a.) circulates the water like crazy and b.) gives the same sort of oxygenated water as a airstone.
Try cutting a bit of mylar over the pot always having it there, stops water splashing u it stops salt build up on the drip ring and reflects light back up onto the plant underside
What stage are you starting to feed them. I am usually just starting to add nutrients after around 2 or 3 be it a seed or cutting to get the roots solid. Its a bit subjective though... I do praise the ionic liquid silicon on water farms though.
He's cool. I remember seeing his journal and it making me change a couple of things. Mostly the method of watering the plant (topping up with water till it has done a res worth, flushing and changing the res, rather than topping up with nutrients and flushing every 2 or 3 weeks). I don't rate the flora nova though to be honest. Seemed to always battle overfeeding, nute burn way too often with it.. I have had much much better results on the traditional lucas formula or even Plantmagic bloom start to finish when I couldn't get GH where I lived once.
ON the money this now, its cool to see your trial and error with the water farm. Was the same for everyone I think lol
Sorry for all the comments. I just replying to things as I read through the thread. She is looking really good man nice thick stems to hold those buds! Well done and keep it up. Flush as often as possible, less is more with these things