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thanks I see its on Amazon.ca for $80 CA , so I will probably be trying that soon, the one I posted isnt an RO system so it doesnt waste water as far as I know, but I am just renting a bachelor apt , where I dont pay extra for water anyhow , but for those who do, they may prefer this one
Right on. Yeah waste water can be an issue for some people so I totally understand that. I wonder how fast that one is compared to RO. T
Well its kind of hard to imagine that there are trace minerals in tap so valuable that they would not only make up for all the fluoride ,chloramine,lead ,mercury and whatevr other poisons may be in there ,but be much more important than those things are damaging. How about if you added a bunch of things to the soil before like kelp ,alfalfa ,worm castings etc, to make sure all those minerals will be there for much of the grow, and you could even top dress as well ,or use organic teas . You could also use nutes that have as many minerals as possible . It sounds like you both know a fair bit about nutes though, so I feel like I am probably stating the obvious anyhow !
The thing is everyone's tap water and well water are going to be different. My well water is 650ppms out the tap, for instance. Over the course of 10 years I have learned to adapt my nutrients around what is already in my water. My well water is extremely high in calcium, magnesium, and iron. I figured this out with countless hours of testing and researching what is in the aquifer that my well water comes from. You can usually find aquifer and local water supply information online with a little bit of patience and a lot of searching.
However, I recently obtained a rare strain that just would not agree with my well water. The excess calcium was killing them. So I switched to RO water and will never look back. With RO you will have to put some of the minerals back in. Some people use some of the waste water or unfiltered water mixed with their RO water to replenish some of the minerals. So, you can decide which works best for you, your water and strain.