Help wanted

[Rabeats2093]

I have hard well water, like 700 ppm hard. My ph out of the tap is 7.
im new to indoor growing but the research I’ve done is water as hard as mine can add to many minerals and lock out macro nutes.

I grew up on well water so hard it turned blonde hair orange lol but here I drink it softened and filtered. I bypass the softner and dilute it with distilled water For the plants.

yeah I don’t think mines that extreme I feel bad for your pumps and other mecahanicals

 

[Dtownhellbilly]

yeah I don’t think mines that extreme I feel bad for your pumps and other mecahanicals

Hard water is defined as water with a lot of dissolved minerals usually calcium and magnesium. I don’t think you need cal mag but depending how hard it is you can lockout other nutes and minerals. I’m new so don’t take my word for it but I also grow in living soil with well water and I’ve read that molasses in living soil will help with the salt and mineral build ups. If you’re using synthetic nutes with well water this could cause issues. If you have worms and rolly pollies feed them and They will feed your plant.

 

[Dtownhellbilly]

Again I’m new just going off the research I’ve done and what is kinda working on this first indoor grow. But I also found this Horse manure and soil nitrogen. Horse manure is an abundant, locally available source of organic matter for soils. A major concern about horse manure is that it can cause a nitrogen deficiency when added to soils, leading to stunted, yellowed crops. Undiluted horse manure contains modest levels of nitrogen (about 1 to 2% of dry weight), and supplies small amounts of N to plants via slow release. When horse manure is mixed with woody bedding, the resulting product often ties up nitrogen in the soil through microbial immobilization, leading to N deficiency in the crop.

 

[Rabeats2093]

Again I’m new just going off the research I’ve done and what is kinda working on this first indoor grow. But I also found this Horse manure and soil nitrogen. Horse manure is an abundant, locally available source of organic matter for soils. A major concern about horse manure is that it can cause a nitrogen deficiency when added to soils, leading to stunted, yellowed crops. Undiluted horse manure contains modest levels of nitrogen (about 1 to 2% of dry weight), and supplies small amounts of N to plants via slow release. When horse manure is mixed with woody bedding, the resulting product often ties up nitrogen in the soil through microbial immobilization, leading to N deficiency in the crop.

Sounds like you did your research man ..so far no issues on feeding or anything I was giving about a quarter cup of fresh nutrients to one in the pile and that thing loved it

 

[Frankly Dankly]

I grew up on well water so hard it turned blonde hair orange lol but here I drink it softened and filtered. I bypass the softner and dilute it with distilled water For the plants.

My buddy had water like that. We called it nature shake, lol. It would stain the toilet orange too. I lived one canyon over and my well water was awesome.