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LoverOfTheFruit

LoverOfTheFruit

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what water and nutes you give it, i always give mine eviaqn or volvic, jus any mineral water, never use tap water find the chlorine and shit in it changes the colour fo the leaves a bit
 
bicycle racer

bicycle racer

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'if we can drink it so can they' yes the water itself but if ph is too low or too high your ferts will be locked out and unavailable to the plants. my tap has a ph of almost 8 and close to 300ppm of total dissolved solids far from useful when cannabis prefers acidic ph in the root zone. i use ro from water machines 25c a gall but worth it ph around 6.1 give or take and about 10 to 20ppm tds imo. one way or another the mineral salts will build up and cause issues if your water is high in mineral content.
 
can.i.buz

can.i.buz

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bicycle racer said:
'if we can drink it so can they' yes the water itself but if ph is too low or too high your ferts will be locked out and unavailable to the plants. my tap has a ph of almost 8 and close to 300ppm of total dissolved solids far from useful when cannabis prefers acidic ph in the root zone. i use ro from water machines 25c a gall but worth it ph around 6.1 give or take and about 10 to 20ppm tds imo. one way or another the mineral salts will build up and cause issues if your water is high in mineral content.
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would you come over and measure my ph?
 
bicycle racer

bicycle racer

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yeah you may be getting your tap from a different water table than mine since your near the ocean. valley water sucks notoriously but i know growers in hollywood whos water is not bad as far as tds is concerned some locales are lucky and have reasonable ph and tds from there tap source i wish mine was better.
 
can.i.buz

can.i.buz

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bicycle racer said:
yeah you may be getting your tap from a different water table than mine since your near the ocean. valley water sucks notoriously but i know growers in hollywood whos water is not bad as far as tds is concerned some locales are lucky and have reasonable ph and tds from there tap source i wish mine was better.
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you are so good at avoiding my questions bike man!
 
tea tree

tea tree

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"super soil" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I have some healthy, healthy, healthy girls that I could not get adding a weelly nute feed to.


Lush in veg, a huge pickup in vigor weeks after transplant. Still going. The plants can eat when they want and after cooking it for a month or so it has a decent soil food web going.

Water only, no need to look back.
 
blazincajuns420

blazincajuns420

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think about it. The leaves produce sugar to grow. Honey is basically all sugar so it provides sugar without the leaves having to make it. It's the same as molasses only i perfer honey.
 
cowboylogic

cowboylogic

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holmes said:
that is what i thought also, but the article says its a myth. But that might refer to a new chemical they add which is chloramine, this does not evaporate.
the water is safe enough to drink, and the concentration is very small, but they say it can make a substantial difference.
personally i dont know, but its enough for me to want to get a RO filter
anyone recommend one?
i just dont want to wait three hours to fill up a large container
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Check out 123filter on ebay. Great prices for solid systems. As far as waiting to fill a big jug I find it best to fill 3 or 4 gallon jugs throughout the day and then pour them into one of those 5 gallon camping jugs. Makes it easy to keep the supply at hand when needed.
 
cowboylogic

cowboylogic

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Oh ya, with R/O water calmag or the like is a must! But I only use about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp per gallon on feedings only. When just watering the straight R/O does a nice job of cleaning the salts from the soil. I feed, water,feed, water, water, feed, water, feed, water, water. Works great for me. Also be easy with your nutes to start. The plants have better access to them in R/O water.
 
bicycle racer

bicycle racer

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cowboylogic said:
Oh ya, with R/O water calmag or the like is a must! But I only use about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp per gallon on feedings only. When just watering the straight R/O does a nice job of cleaning the salts from the soil. I feed, water,feed, water, water, feed, water, feed, water, water. Works great for me. Also be easy with your nutes to start. The plants have better access to them in R/O water.
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good to double up the water feedings as you mentioned to clear salts and let the plants use up excess nutes. :leaf:
 
can.i.buz

can.i.buz

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I don't think anyone has brought it up yet but I think the best thing for my plants is my ability to see all things tiny. I nominate mr scope.
 
mared juwan

mared juwan

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can.i.buz said:
I don't think anyone has brought it up yet but I think the best thing for my plants is my ability to see all things tiny. I nominate mr scope.
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Good one. Also if no one has mentioned low humidity yet then we should get it in here somewhere. Before I had a dehumidifier my RH would climb into the upper 50s in flower. Not disastrous but still not what I wanted. I got the dehumidifier simply because I wanted to avoid mold at all costs. But I also noticed better yields once I got the RH to stay under 40.
 
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swishatwista

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Iv been foliar feeding i cap per gallon of liquid kelp, sea weed. Its really been keeping them nice and dark green, and i also add 1 cap of it to my watering, every other week. Works good for me
 
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swishatwista

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well we could discuss personal energy and its effects on plants which i feel to some degree is a valid consideration


Yea id definitely have to agree with you, your good intentions, or intent projected on the plant can have some good effects, especially if you have strong intent. i cant complain
 
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