nicedreamz
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whats up people's!!! I have been using store bought ro water for while now and it's getting old. My water out of tap reads 530ppm!!! I've never tried it because of reading hard water is usually a bad thing. Anyways i just started reading one of AL B FUCTS threads and came across this quote from him!!
How about you just use tapwater? It's served me well for about 20 years.
There's just no need for RO or other heroically filtered water. Chlorine is the indoor grower's friend, suppressing pathogens in rez tanks for a couple of days until the chlorine evaporates. After then, you must use an anti-microbial agent like H2O2 to keep your nutrient soup from being a friendly home to pathogens. Minerals like calcium and magnesium found in tapwater are essential micronutrients, which if they were not in the water would need to be added anyway.
Some folks will maintain that chlorination will kill beneficial microbes in soil. Do you like this 12ft tall cherry tomato plant I grew in my organic veg patch out back last season?
Can anybody confirm this? I just assumed 530 was way to high... idk
How about you just use tapwater? It's served me well for about 20 years.
There's just no need for RO or other heroically filtered water. Chlorine is the indoor grower's friend, suppressing pathogens in rez tanks for a couple of days until the chlorine evaporates. After then, you must use an anti-microbial agent like H2O2 to keep your nutrient soup from being a friendly home to pathogens. Minerals like calcium and magnesium found in tapwater are essential micronutrients, which if they were not in the water would need to be added anyway.
Some folks will maintain that chlorination will kill beneficial microbes in soil. Do you like this 12ft tall cherry tomato plant I grew in my organic veg patch out back last season?
Can anybody confirm this? I just assumed 530 was way to high... idk
