No ro water

PetFlora

PetFlora

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Blalack55 said:
My problem is I don't have access to ro water so I'm trying to find out what the next best option is
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Blalack55 said:
My problem is I don't have access to ro water so I'm trying to find out what the next best option is
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Here's what I have, though I should have gotten the 100 gpd. Simply bypass the mineral filter

https://www.amazon.com/iSpring-RCC7P-AK-Permeate-compatible-Alkaline/dp/B005LKKMYS/ref=sr_1_34?ie=UTF8&qid=1466169520&sr=8-34&keywords=reverse+osmosis
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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Jimdamick said:
Or you can fill a 5 gal bucket with your city tap water, and allow the chlorine to evaporate overnight, which it will.
RO is only needed if you have really fucked up well water, otherwise it is a waste of money in my opinion.
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Really? Do you know what quality of minerals your municipality is buying? Cheapest bidder. For all we know it comes from Fukushima

Controlling the purity of your water goes a long way to healthy plants
 
Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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PetFlora said:
Really? Do you know what quality of minerals your municipality is buying? Cheapest bidder. For all we know it comes from Fukushima

Controlling the purity of your water goes a long way to healthy plants
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I really don't know if the water company I get my water from applies anything to my water besides chlorine, because it is from a lake..
All I know is that it comes out of my tap at a PPM of 325, and a PH of 7.0, which is pretty good I think.
I fuck with my water anyway, to add nutes and to usually bring my PH down, so what's a few more chems in the water have to do with marijuana growing?
I really think it is over emphasized.
I can understand the chlorine, you don't want to kill your microbes, but RO water, it it really need in a city water system supply?
I think not
 
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donkeyshow

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Lucky my tap water reads as 15 to 17 ppm. I let it sit a day and then no problems! Ive used distilled before though, cheaper than ro but maybe in the long run getting a proper ro filter would come up cheaper. Set up a side by side and see what the difference, if any, is for you.
 
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churchhaze

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PetFlora said:
Really? Do you know what quality of minerals your municipality is buying? Cheapest bidder. For all we know it comes from Fukushima

Controlling the purity of your water goes a long way to healthy plants
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This is just fear-mongering. Why not get a geiger counter to test all your soil, water, and food for plutonium... You can keep it next to your mind control blocking tinfoil hat.
 
Carolina Dream'n

Carolina Dream'n

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Blalack55 said:
How many of you guys grow without ro water? I read that I can buy distilled water at around $.20-$.30 a gallon, I want to do coco or a hydro like dwc or autopot. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you
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Have used filtered well and city water for years. RO only needed if your water is bad.
 
SouthCross

SouthCross

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donkeyshow said:
Lucky my tap water reads as 15 to 17 ppm. I let it sit a day and then no problems! Ive used distilled before though, cheaper than ro but maybe in the long run getting a proper ro filter would come up cheaper. Set up a side by side and see what the difference, if any, is for you.
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Mine reads 200-205PPM. After the chlorine gasses off it'll drop around five points. 195ppm. I have hard water....


You lucked out. My dehumidifier water test between 5-10PPM. Rain water PPM depends on when I collect it. There's lots of dust on the roof.
 
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KryptoBud

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Blalack55 said:
I literally cannot hook up an ro system where I live that's my problem
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My tap water is 200-220ppm I've using it about 10 years without issue. No bubbling it or letting it sit for 24hrs to get rid of the chlorine. It's a load of bullshit, there are plenty of nutrients that list chlorine in the guaranteed analysis. Even using organics the amount of bene's that are killed are barely measurable. You might be able to find a water report for your city/town on the internet if you wanna have an idea whats in it.
 
SouthCross

SouthCross

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KryptoBud said:
My tap water is 200-220ppm I've using it about 10 years without issue. No bubbling it or letting it sit for 24hrs to get rid of the chlorine. It's a load of bullshit, there are plenty of nutrients that list chlorine in the guaranteed analysis. Even using organics the amount of bene's that are killed are barely measurable. You might be able to find a water report for your city/town on the internet if you wanna have an idea whats in it.
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You don't want to look up what's in tap water. Trust me.

But if you just gotta do it, I warned you now about the $hit in tap water.....

https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/
 
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Photon Flinger

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If you are using SIP, the wick acts as a good filter. Organic too. Easy solution for tap water. Chlorine or chloramine react with the organics in the res and do the thing they do best - bring good stuff to the roots.
 
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