. . . a mild RO watering . . .
RO water is often unnecessary unless your water has a salinity issue, this is ESPECIALLY true for soil growing. The soil is a buffer that allows that plant and the wet/dry cycle to raise and lower the PH of the soil. The deviation in PH is exactly what we super soil growers want because that gentle banding effect allows the plant to uptake a larger variety of macro and micro nutrients. Typical municipal tap water is wonderful for cannabis and most crops for that matter. Another issue that can become apparent quickly is that calcium and magnesium are often in your tap water.
Think of it this way:
pay money for RO system
pay loads in wasted H2O
water plants with H2O that has zero CA/MG in it
plants may begin to become CA/MG deficient
you buy an input to correct deficiency
you administer corrective input
Why so many EXTRA STEPS? Also lots of extra money. I like tap water! I drink it, I think my plants can too!
Chlorine and chloramine are actually used by the plant, and at the minimal levels in municipal tap water they do no harm to microorganisms enough to mention. Free yourself from the shackle of unnecessary steps!
Alec can you explain?. Dont get me wrong this is a worrying issue for me for sure , Meds to hard to come by were im from,so im tryn to make it count , ya know? As is evrrybody else
When you are growing in super soil everything takes care of itself for the most part. Unless you have severely bolo'ed you soil mixture or only filled the pot with under about 1/5 super soil, you can sit and observe while your plants do everything but harvest themselves.
