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Is it ready to harvest

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#321
Going to put them in these grow bags
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is that better than buckets
 
#322
What is best water thought all spring water was the same still learning my tap water is awful that's why don't use it what do you recommend get pH meter for water you no best one that's accurate thanks for helping going to have 400 watt light next week
 
#323
Only reason I'm getting 400 watt cause it's $40.00 more than 260 watt any tips going to use my grow bags instead of buckets just worried my light goes out I'm screwed always keep extra own hand and going to change out soon it gets here going to start buying seeds up cause no more after nov 12 this year
 
#324
josh65 said:
What is best water thought all spring water was the same still learning my tap water is awful that's why don't use it what do you recommend get pH meter for water you no best one that's accurate thanks for helping going to have 400 watt light next week
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They have dual meters that have PH and electroconductivity (EC) or Total dissolved solids (TDS). Basically TDS and E/C are measuring the same thing, you just interpret the readings differently. They're available on Amazon, you don't need to spend a fortune, look at the ratings. The chemistry of spring water is entirely dependent on the rock/substrate that the water flows through. So you can get alkaline or acidic water, you can get high TDS (mineral water) or low TDS. I have an artesian spring across the street from me, it is alkaline and has about 1400 PPM of TDS, very high in Calcium, Sodium, Magnesium, Manganese, and Iron). With a TDS that high I cannot do coco or any hydro type grows. It's also where my drinking water comes from (a well in the same aquifer). Prior to that, the old well had a TDS in the 4000 range, every month you had to clean all the aerator screens and shower heads because they would clog up with Calcium deposits. Any TDS over 500 is considered high.
 
#326
Put them in 3 gallon fabric pots so I'll keep you posted should get soil monday and light bye Friday
 
#327
Looking good. Fabric bags,
That pen ok it reads ppm/ec
U also needs ph up and ph down to get ur ph 6.3 or whatever after mixing nutes, thats if u have none.
U get a a humidifier?
 
#331
josh65 said:
Distilled water is what I'm supposed to use right
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No you don't need to use distilled water, you can if you want. Not all dissolved solids in water are bad. You just need to know what you're dealing with. If you use distilled water you just need to know that you could have issues with not enough Ca and/or Mg. You said your tap water is bad, you don't have any test equipment, how do you know that?
 
#333
Mine taste like chlorine getting test equipment next week so I can test what's best reading on everything I need to check distilled needs cal mag right
 
#334
josh65 said:
Mine taste like chlorine getting test equipment next week so I can test what's best reading on everything I need to check distilled needs cal mag right
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Chlorine dissipates quickly, bacteria recovers within 24 hours, so unless you’re running a full on organic grow it’s usually not an issue. Yes, you’ll want calmag with distilled water.
 
#335
Ok ordered it can you tell me what numbers we need so get some ph up and down to
 
#336
Hate to bother you but do I need pH up and down using distilled water
 
#337
josh65 said:
Hate to bother you but do I need pH up and down using distilled water
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Theoretically distilled water is nuetral PH 7.0, in reality it's usually slightly acidic because of it's interaction with CO2 in the atmpsphere. That will work fine, but when you start adding nutes (if synthetic) you'll need to PH the nute solution. With an organic grow the PH is less important.
 
#338
Going to change 6 in vent going out with 4 in then might get humidity up think to much air coming out of ttent
 
#339
Got ph tester coming so might keep using spring water just check ph every time I water them
 
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