SirSmksAlot
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I'm just wondering if I should be using the pure reverse osmosis water or the stuff with added minerals?
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D.A.A.S.69
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Hey Sir, aint one thing wrong with tap water, if you let it sit out a day or two.
Plus it ain't a waste of water, like ro,water.
Plus it ain't a waste of water, like ro,water.
DoctorJohnson
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It's worth reading up on water and learning about what's coming out of your tap.
Some people get excited about chlorine, but there's so little of it that that's not important (which is why it's safe to drink).
What really matters more is how hard it is--basically how many parts per million of calcium it has and then in turn the pH.
You can learn a lot at your municipal utility's website, but some of the chemistry can be hard to understand if you're not a water scientist.
A PPM meter and a pH meter (and calibration fluid) are both very good investments for cannabis growers.
Basically, if your water is really hard and has lot of minerals in it, it will have a higher pH and will interact with your fertilizer in ways that are not good. (General Hydroponics even sells a special version of their FloraMicro formulated just for hard water).
A simple workaround for people with hard water is to use reverse osmosis water. You don't have to use it 100%.
Anyway, the first step is to find out what the pH of your water is, how many PPM, and to check with your utility's website. Once you know something about your water you can plan next steps.
I hope that helps.
Some people get excited about chlorine, but there's so little of it that that's not important (which is why it's safe to drink).
What really matters more is how hard it is--basically how many parts per million of calcium it has and then in turn the pH.
You can learn a lot at your municipal utility's website, but some of the chemistry can be hard to understand if you're not a water scientist.
A PPM meter and a pH meter (and calibration fluid) are both very good investments for cannabis growers.
Basically, if your water is really hard and has lot of minerals in it, it will have a higher pH and will interact with your fertilizer in ways that are not good. (General Hydroponics even sells a special version of their FloraMicro formulated just for hard water).
A simple workaround for people with hard water is to use reverse osmosis water. You don't have to use it 100%.
Anyway, the first step is to find out what the pH of your water is, how many PPM, and to check with your utility's website. Once you know something about your water you can plan next steps.
I hope that helps.
D.A.A.S.69
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My tap water is 8.2ph, when I get thru adding nutrients it's 6.2-6.3.ph. we don't have to
use up-down.
Never had any problems with tap water. Good Luck Sir
use up-down.
Never had any problems with tap water. Good Luck Sir
DrPhoton
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D.A.A.S.69 PH is the activity of hydrogen ions represented in a numeric scale to define the acidity or basicity of a aquas solition. Water hardness can be described simply as the concentration of calcium and magnesium when water percolates through deposits of limestone and chalk. Naturally the harder the water the higher the PH will be and the softer the water the lower the PH will be. However water hardness is exclusive to specific minerals (calcium, magnesium) and is not a synonym for all minerals. As you know minerals can have an effect on the overall PH as they interfere with the activity of hydrogen ions in a solution.
Alkalinity is another aspect of PH which perhaps Dr J was referring to, however i do not know the relavence of hardness to alkilinity. I think calcium raises alkilinity which would mean that solutions would more strongly resist changes in PH. Which is a bad thing if you are in need of controlling your PH accurately.
Alkalinity is another aspect of PH which perhaps Dr J was referring to, however i do not know the relavence of hardness to alkilinity. I think calcium raises alkilinity which would mean that solutions would more strongly resist changes in PH. Which is a bad thing if you are in need of controlling your PH accurately.
D.A.A.S.69
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Morning DangerousDan, I ain't got a clue of what you are talking about with all that book learning scientific stuff. And really don't care about learning about it at my age either.
All I was saying is we have used tap water for over 50years of growing weed, an we never had any problems with tap water, an we will continue to use it, along with Mississippi River water, rain water, or whatever we have to use at the time. I even pissed around real close to a few, an the next time we checked on them the ones that got watered using piss ,looked better than the rest.lol
Thanks though ,for your expertise DangerDan. Even thou I doubt many new growers will know
what you are talking about.
PS, we got plenty of tds-ec meters , but we don't use them, don't need them. But i do know what ph is, i even use a bluelab, and have been for years.
All I was saying is we have used tap water for over 50years of growing weed, an we never had any problems with tap water, an we will continue to use it, along with Mississippi River water, rain water, or whatever we have to use at the time. I even pissed around real close to a few, an the next time we checked on them the ones that got watered using piss ,looked better than the rest.lol
Thanks though ,for your expertise DangerDan. Even thou I doubt many new growers will know
what you are talking about.
PS, we got plenty of tds-ec meters , but we don't use them, don't need them. But i do know what ph is, i even use a bluelab, and have been for years.
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dontknownuttin
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Mississippi River water?!!!!! (get a rope)
D.A.A.S.69
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Lots better than NewYorkCity, water, haha,lol
Plus we don't like to waste our resources by using ro, water.
Plus we don't like to waste our resources by using ro, water.
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D.A.A.S.69
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DANGERDAN, no disrespect here either, I read everything you write.
It's just growing pot ain't hard, at all. As a matter of fact it's pretty easy ,and you don't even need all that crap like ec-tds,meters. Keep it simple, kinda like grow weed easy, and not make it hard, when it ain't hard, but all them numbers an book's can make it seem extremely hard to do when it's not. Especially for new growers, but some might like to do things the hard way. We like the easy way at my house.lol
But I sure like reading your articles, I promise, especially when I'm high as hell.
It's just growing pot ain't hard, at all. As a matter of fact it's pretty easy ,and you don't even need all that crap like ec-tds,meters. Keep it simple, kinda like grow weed easy, and not make it hard, when it ain't hard, but all them numbers an book's can make it seem extremely hard to do when it's not. Especially for new growers, but some might like to do things the hard way. We like the easy way at my house.lol
But I sure like reading your articles, I promise, especially when I'm high as hell.
WeirdWiredWolf
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I just use water from a filter pitcher (easier to PH, sometimes after adding nutes I don't even need to).
DoctorJohnson
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> I ain't got a clue of what you are talking about with all that book learning scientific stuff. And really don't care about learning about it at my age either.
If you're doing best can with what you've got, that's good enough!
If you're doing best can with what you've got, that's good enough!
Dutchman1
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D.A.A.S.69
" I even pissed around real close to a few, an the next time we checked on them the ones that got watered using piss ,looked better than the rest.lol"
LOL , Love it !!!
" I even pissed around real close to a few, an the next time we checked on them the ones that got watered using piss ,looked better than the rest.lol"
LOL , Love it !!!
Chefbjy
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I'm on an Artesian well and still add calmag when I feed. With regular water that ph is at 7.0 I don't use ph down. I do ph my water with nutes at 6.0. My water is unchlorinated and has lots of trace minerals around 250ppm. If anyone wants to know what an Artesian well..Artesian or spring waters come from a natural source but are bottled off-site and are processed and purified. Mineral water could be natural spring water or artesian water, comes from an underground source, and contains at least 250 parts per million (ppm) of dissolved solids, including minerals and trace elements. An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer containing groundwater under positive pressure. This causes the water level in a well to rise to a point where hydrostatic equilibrium has been reached. A well drilled into such an aquifer is called an artesian well.
DoctorJohnson
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Our water is super soft--so much so that the local water utility actually adds a little calcium to help protect pipes, but it's still only about 20 PPM, so I have go through lots of CALiMAGic of face immediate Ca or Mg deficiency symptoms.
DoctorJohnson
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Thanks, Wikepedia. 
DoctorJohnson
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