chuey316
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Hey everyone. I'm running a rdwc setup here. I used tap water in the past. Never a problem in soil, but always had bad looking leaves in hydro. Looked like toxicity and lockout.
I switched to RO and things were better. I've been using rain water now exclusively because multiple trips to the store, and up and down the basement stairs to fill the 30gal system was getting old quick.
My plants have been doing well with the rainwater, but with winter coming I'm going to have to switch from rain water, and I happen to have a new gallon of hard water micro, so I'd like to use tap.
My tap water comes out at 350ppm. I was able to get a copy of my local water analysis, and I see that my water has a calcium level of 241ppm which seems very high, and is probably what was causing my issues before.
Would mixing my tap water and RO at a 50/50 ratio be ok while using hard water micro? It would give me a starting ppm of 175, and 120 of it being calcium. I'm using Flora micro/bloom btw.
Thanks for any help.
I switched to RO and things were better. I've been using rain water now exclusively because multiple trips to the store, and up and down the basement stairs to fill the 30gal system was getting old quick.
My plants have been doing well with the rainwater, but with winter coming I'm going to have to switch from rain water, and I happen to have a new gallon of hard water micro, so I'd like to use tap.
My tap water comes out at 350ppm. I was able to get a copy of my local water analysis, and I see that my water has a calcium level of 241ppm which seems very high, and is probably what was causing my issues before.
Would mixing my tap water and RO at a 50/50 ratio be ok while using hard water micro? It would give me a starting ppm of 175, and 120 of it being calcium. I'm using Flora micro/bloom btw.
Thanks for any help.