Jimster
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Good Information here sir. I also use tap water as well. Comes out of the tap between 150 to 180 ppm, although I do use a filter for Chlorines. They only cost about 40 bucks and will treat 5000 gallons.I have seen a lot of posts about the necessity of using RO or distilled water when the tap water is anything over 100PPM. I have used tap water at around 275 for decades and never had problems, or needed to add things like Cal-Mag or other supplements, which can skew the Ph and open up a Pandora's box of issues. What are your parameters for determining when a water source isn't suitable for growing? I can see not using water that is off the charts in PPMs, Ph, or other compunds, like chlorines, Iron, and Sulfur. All are essential for growing in small amounts. How many really have a need for treating their water in some fashion, other than adding Ph up/down?
The slogan “keep it simple stupid” came to my head after reading this. So true though.When I switched to RO it just caused nothing but problems. Then I started doing half and half, and eventually it was too much of a bother. I fill water jugs and then run a bubbler. I think people try to fuck with their grows too much and then run into issues. Keep things simple
My tap water is 650ppmdepends on your source, 125-250 ppm without ridiculous stuff in it, just a standard hard h2o with plenty of cal and mag in it, seems to do pretty good, ph 7.0 comin out, add some nutes 6.3-6.8 viola. cal mag, what is that?
That might be a tad high!! Do you have to agitate it to keep it from setting up like cement??My tap water is 650ppm
mines about the same having no problems about 650My tap water is 650ppm
Yeah the cheap ones can be over 5 to 1… very wastefulRo water has some advantages and some disadvantages. Advantage is you are starting at Zero PPM and you will be adding all of the nutrients to the solution to get the PPMs to the desired amount. There is no guess work about how much Calcium or Magnesium are in the water.
Down side is cost and waste. The best units are 2 to 1 units. You get 1 gallon for every 2 gallons.
Ran tapwater hydro for 15 years no issue ppm @140I have seen a lot of posts about the necessity of using RO or distilled water when the tap water is anything over 100PPM. I have used tap water at around 275 for decades and never had problems, or needed to add things like Cal-Mag or other supplements, which can skew the Ph and open up a Pandora's box of issues. What are your parameters for determining when a water source isn't suitable for growing? I can see not using water that is off the charts in PPMs, Ph, or other compunds, like chlorines, Iron, and Sulfur. All are essential for growing in small amounts. How many really have a need for treating their water in some fashion, other than adding Ph up/down?
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