Oldgrowerdude
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I killed 12 clones twice and ruined the sprouting of 14 seeds I had never heard of this chemical...but it kills hydro grows by killing all roots......shame the local grow shop didn't warn of this!
i think we have it in our water already..have for years....No what I said the problem wasn't chlorine but a new chemical they are using in the place of chlorine because it's much cheaper so watch your water bill if they switch over you will need a filter system to remove the chloramine
this stuff kills roots fast like in 1 to 2 days the plants are dead.... So weather you believe or don't just wanted to leave a heads up this whole issue has cost me about $400 dollars when said and done..
or go buy some stuff they use to remove both chemicals for fish keeping..............I agree with most here, it wasn't the chloramine that killed your clones, I live in the denver area and have been using water straight out of the tap from day one. I've just recently hooked up the smallboy again(gonna do some oraganics or I'd just continue with straight tap). I tested a sample straight from the tap and it tested for a pretty good amount of chlorine ( I don't know if there's a test for chloramine but intend to find out), if they are using chloramine here it's showing as chlorine in a test, the sample run thru the smallboy tested no chlorine. True chloramine doesn't outgas as quickly as chlorine . I've read (other than filtering) the way to remove chloramine is to add chlorine to the water and then subject it to UV light(the sun for instance).
eh? I've never looked into that but think the filter I use is fine, I may replace the cartridges but the sample I tested came out nice and clean.or go buy some stuff they use to remove both chemicals for fish keeping..............
ive never filtered or removed the chemicals...........my plants dont seem to care...eh? I've never looked into that but think the filter I use is fine, I may replace the cartridges but the sample I tested came out nice and clean.
like someone said if its good enough to drink.......I dunno how new this chloramine thing is but its nothing more than chlorine with ammonia , I can see how the addition of ammonia may cause problems but I don't know. levels would have to be pretty high I'd think.