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I recently moved into the country because a neighbor of mine complained to me about the smell of my grow (Understandable he has kids and even though I am legal and have a small grow I respect him raising his seeds). Since I have moved I have been plagued with deficiencies and after using multiple ph pens to check I am still having issues (From what I can tell they are cal or mg def but I am not sure.) My water is only about 330 ppms from the well at about 7.2 ph but it has a slight smell of Sulfur. Also when I store my ph meter with a bit of water, after a day of it being closed off in the water and I open it and it really smells like rotten eggs strong. The defencies have been relatively mild thus far but I want to eliminate the problem prior to flipping the girls. I was considering an RO but I am not sure if it will help or solve my issues. ALso I have done some research and it is not iron reducing bacteria because if I let the water sit no iron bits appear. Also I have been using the water straight from the well and not letting it aerate at all and I was feeding at 56 degrees which I have stopped recently because MG is locked out at 55 or so. My main question is has anyone had a rotten egg sulfur smell in well water and had it affect their grow and did an RO help?
Your rotten egg smell could be Hydrogen Sulfide Gas. There are multiple reasons why there might be H2S in a water supply. (look it up. Common if you're near an oil field or lpg plant) In large quantities H2S is deadly! Try leaving it out for a day, it may end up evaporating from the water similar to how chlorine evaps from water. Had a similar problem once. Hope it helps.
It dont take nothing but some of that very small hard plastic line, about the size of drip irrigation line. Homey D's has it. As for a drain, set up waste line to water trees or other plants.Yeah I am thinking too high of CA because when I swapped MG in for Cal Mag they are greening up. I just sucks because the garage I am in doesn't have water inside or a drain so I will need to figure some way to run a RO.
With regard to reverse osmosis, there's always going to be waste. The best ratio I could find (claimed) was 1:1. I don't know if *I* get a ratio that 'good', but I added a permeate pump to the rig to help ensure I get best efficiency.
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