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Collect rain.Here is my issue(s). The ppm is 800+ out of our well. I know the ppm needs to be much lower, but what can I do if that is not possible? I know some will say RO, buy water else where or get a filter. That just isn't possible because of the size of our grow. What other options are there?
Do I use less nutes to keep the ppm from going threw the roof?
I can not be the only one with naturally high ppm.
I am sure your full of smoke as well. We had 3 stages in the greenhouse. Stage 1and 2 all in flower and stage 3 is still holding onto their veg state. But, I don't think it will last much longer. The smoke is so thick here that it looks like it is evening time the entire day. Nothing I can do about it till the indoor room is completed.I don’t think they know where you’re at neighbor. Bummer with the preemies. I hope the smoke doesn’t trip mine. Good luck. Glad to hear you got a little bit of control over this.
Are there no outlets to buy drinking water where you are? I haul every drop 45 miles. Here people have tanks in pickups. Water prices just jumped to $.27 cents per gallon.
I would be hauling. Especially if it’s that large a grow.
It snows here, so we have metal roofs.If it was me I would think about a large cistern and a way to catch runoff. With asphalt shingles its not the best but you may have another option of some kind depending on your situation. You would be surprised how fast they fill. Might not work all the time, but maybe complement your other water sources.
800ppm is too high no matter what. Our water does not taste good and leans towards the salty side. Either way, the ppm needs to come down.Doesn’t it help to know 800 ppm of what? Maybe you should get your water tested for 50 bucks before you start throwing money into filters and such. 800 ppm of? Seems pretty vague.
800ppm is too high no matter what. Our water does not taste good and leans towards the salty side. Either way, the ppm needs to come down.
Thats a good question..... I have no idea because we don't measure our water. We have a farm and a cabin that we supply water to. They also have a small farm.I might try running an RO test batch on your 800 ppm and measure the ppm of the waste. My system is sort of ridiculous, but most regular RO units have two filters up front before the membrane. You have sediment and something else before the membrane. So even the waste has to pass through those two cartridges. Lets just say thats enough to knock the waste down to below 200, plus your "good" water would come out perfect. Use the good water for drinking and use the now somewhat clean waste water for irrigation. You don't waste anything.
The real question is how many gallons of water per day and per week do you need for the irrigation?
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