Can my city water be this good??
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greenmagic469
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LOL watch out, here comes the tough guy.
I'm still baffled at how you sad sacks are defending the use of tap water, when my original point wasn't that tap water was going to do extreme harm to your plant, but rather, it is an unnecessary issue that could be avoided by simply spending the extra dollar to buy the proper water...
"we're all much smarter and more capable than you"
You must have a really small penis.
a senile fungus
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My penis is ginormous, ask @Yessica... I've been giving it straight tap water for years and now I've got a monster on my hands!
Putting my giant schlong out of your mind, can we get back to the matter at hand?
Like I said, you're not entirely wrong. Of course starting with a clean slate is best. But like quizo said, ain't nobody got time for that.
You literally said using tap water will kill roots and cause nute burn.
PSA applying water
Apply all that knowledge you've accumulated to a grow then we can discuss how you want everything to be lab grade quality.
You are too aggressive, and too sensitive, to be discussing water with anyone. Good luck with that, young man.
PS I've said it a couple of times, and others have too, you're not entirely wrong. You just need an attitude adjustment. Also, notice how my tone is not aggressive, as yours is.
Good day sir!
WeedFreak78
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First off if you are arguing about maintaining 100% optimal " lab grade" conditions..just ignore this..you'll never do it, just forget about it. Otherwise..
I agree you shouldn't be using water that you don't know the quality of, Cannabis will uptake and store heavy metals and other contaminates, Rudaralis is used to clean contaminates soil because of that.. But making a blanket statement like " all tap water is bad" is very ignorant. I think your missing the fact that "tap water" ( i consider "tap water" municipal provided water, no personal wells,etc.) can vary greatly from region to region. Some areas have water that is under 100ppm, a stable PH and very little to no chemical treatment. Some are 600ppm, swing PH and taste like pool shock...yum! With a water quality report and some tds/ph meters it's easy enough to know what's in it and whether or not it's going to be ok to grow plants and then tailor nutes around it......I mean if your any good and have some idea of what your doing. Or it will tell you if it has exceedingly high nickle,arsenic,lead,etc,etc. and then you should look at filtering.
What are the disadvantages, other than if you have highly contaminated water, which a simple RO filter/distiller will take care of?
Benefits:
3 most common tap water minerals are calcium/magnesium and nitrates, Ca/MG being the vast majority..all things plants need. Nutes can be tailored to use those instead of having to supplement with additives..benefit=save $
tap water with chlorine sterilizes at a micro level while being harmless at the macro level, plants need chlorine in small doses...benefit= less chance of biological infections, micro nutrient supplementation
in my area, costs $.0004/gal. Even the self serve fill station is $.75/gal that's 1875 times more than tap water...benefit= save $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
plumbed right to the house. benefit= convienience
usually plumbed under ground benefit= = consistent cool temperature which holds a higher DO ratio.
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Gary Goodson
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Not off to a good start @greenmagic469...
BOB4TUNA
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What about the people secluded in the woods some where like myself where , citified, and delivered water isnt an option. im in northern michigan. where the closest store that carries water is 45 miles away. I have natural spring water which I just recently found. My well has too much iron and hardness. Which gives me the option of treated city or natural spring. My first thought was to buy a reverse osmosis machine. The only issue is that my plants havent responded to me saying I needed to fix the issue. Another thing to remember , not all tap water is treated the same amounts every where. its the generalization . Your putting a blank statement on a continualy changing situation. I did not spend 500 on a R/o machine . yet I still get 700 gram harvests of 24% thc that are as beautiful as you ever seen. My dispensery that i sell to never asked me if I was using any type of water. They test the qaulity of the product thats it.
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Hotboxbudz
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I only use tap water guys, I'm scared I just f*cked up! 
Alexander Supertramp
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Utter bullshit. You need to learn how plants work.
skunkd0c
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much of my success is down to having good tapwater,
no need for ph adjustment or changing nutes
just top ups of nutes and water added when needed
i feel for those poor guys that deal with RO and have to constantly measure and adjust PH
wow I need to read through this thread, I stopped here and edited sorry, but that right there is enough, plus I found wal-mart RO for 47 cents per gallon
Without question I will use my tap, for sure with a single outdoor plant, and prolly my 2nd indoor grow. It's consistent under 47ppm.
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chuck estevez
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if anything, mix half r/o and half tap for a smooth blend. I have really hard tap water, so i mix it half with r/o I make.
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