BeardedGuyGrows
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if growing with organics, ditch the r.o water.......your not using synthetics that would benefit from it. no need for using it. just bubble away for 24h.
I have a rock air pump thing I assume using that gets rid of the chlorine? I've seen mrcanuk do that. I originally bought that for compost tea but haven't used it yet.honestly my friend with living soil i go water straight out of the tap into 30 gal res. bubbled for 24 hours before use......then use kelp juice to lower my ph to the right level....i dont even ph anymore i just know im in the right spot and no problem....i also grow using living soil and have great looking plants......dont use molasses.....its not needed...just...just water...that is all.
Yessir. That'll do. Mister Canuck knows his stuff. Im based off his grow and it's provin to work. Switch to what Aquaman and I said to do and give it a few days things should do smooth back out. It'll always take extra time with organics.....it's not a fast fix.I have a rock air pump thing I assume using that gets rid of the chlorine? I've seen mrcanuk do that. I originally bought that for compost tea but haven't used it yet.
I use RO water to eliminate chloramine. Choramine is much more common in municipal water supplies now and it doesn't dissipate like chlorine gas. (Bubbling will not eliminate chloramine as it takes months to break down) I also don't want my microbe colonies affected by a disinfectant even if they do eventually replenish themselves.if growing with organics, ditch the r.o water.......your not using synthetics that would benefit from it. no need for using it. just bubble away for 24h.
though if you have good progress using r.o water.....thats awesome. my water is really very good so i dont need r.o.....i could actually give it right to the plants but i take precautions lol.....i know more then a few people who do using r.o water with organics and have had 0 issues.....i think it all comes down to plants genes maybe...My municipality uses chloramine and no amount of bubbling will remove it effectively.
You can filter it out using a carbon filter or you can neutralize it using ascorbic acid (vitamin c)... But you won't remove chloramine through dissapation. Bubbling only works using chlorine gas which is no longer the industry standard.
Epsom salts replaces magnesium stripped out by the RO process. Cheap and easy...
I absolutely feel like RO water has it's place, and the original poster has legitimate concerns about dumping non-filtered water that has been chemically altered by his municipality to a pH of between 9-10. If he doesn't remove that, then his water will affect the soil and it's buffering ability over time.Where trying to fix his problem though..not you'res lol. Let's see what this does to fix his lol. If he's unsure or not.....it's the the place to start. R.O water has its place....just not in organics....I'm my opinion. Others may chime in here.
i really dont think his plants look all that bad lol.I absolutely feel like RO water has it's place, and the original poster has legitimate concerns about dumping non-filtered water that has been chemically altered by his municipality to a pH of between 9-10. If he doesn't remove that, then his water will affect the soil and it's buffering ability over time.
Because he cut off all the effected leavesi really dont think his plants look all that bad lol.
I don't either tbh ... but he still has legitimate concerns over that chemically altered high pH. Municipalities do this intentionally to prevent lead leaching into drinking water supplies.i really dont think his plants look all that bad lol.
His RO water is running a high pH ... but the reason it's high isn't because its RO water. It's because the pH remains unchanged after the RO process. This is normal despite sounding against the logic of filtering it. This stripped water, even though its still has a high pH, has zero buffering ability and will be easily handled by his soil. At least with my municipal source, it takes a lot to move the needle downward on it's pH if it's left unfiltered. After filtering, pH is easily altered by the soil because the water has been stripped of its buffers.I think he ment his r.o water was that high didn't he lol. I'm confused not lol.
btw i love your outdoor green house.....looks amazingHis RO water is running a high pH ... but the reason it's high isn't because its RO water. It's because the pH remains unchanged after the RO process. This is normal despite sounding against the logic of filtering it. This stripped water, even though its still has a high pH, has zero buffering ability and will be easily handled by his soil. At least with my municipal source, it takes a lot to move the needle downward on it's pH if it's left unfiltered. After filtering, pH is easily altered by the soil because the water has been stripped of its buffers.
In his case, that's not correct. That tap water, unfiltered with a chemically altered high pH will affect the buffering ability over time. Why? Because that high pH is not naturally there ... They are adding chemicals to raise the pH to a level that makes it difficult to leach lead from old pipes. This was not the problem it is today in my area prior to the Flint, MI municipal water issue where lead leached into the municipal water supply. Before that, I didn't have the issues I have with my water source that I have today.Right. So instead of using r.o...use tap water...less problems to work out......even better actually ive started using rain water...properly pHed. I myself couldn't figure r.o water out lol....I killed a bunch cus I sucked at using bottle nutes lmao.
Replying to my own post ... lolIn his case, that's not correct. That tap water, unfiltered with a chemically altered high pH will affect the buffering ability over time. Why? Because that high pH is not naturally there ... They are adding chemicals to raise the pH to a level that makes it difficult to leach lead from old pipes. This was not the problem it is today in my area prior to the Flint, MI municipal water issue where lead leached into the municipal water supply. Before that, I didn't have the issues I have with my water source that I have today.
P.S. Thanks on the greenhouse ... It's still a work in progress. New pictures will be coming soon.
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