My tap water ph is too high
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CikaBika
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What can I say.After one week my bucket is all covered with lime stone inside..
In 2 months my air stone get all clogged up.
I need to buy new one every 2 months
Jjgrow420
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get an ro system
i use a hydrologic stealth 150
super easy to just sharkbite a 3way into your main cold feed and use a shutoff
to control the pressure.
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getogrow
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i wouldnt say "horribly untrue" but defiantly untrue. Tap and soil go great together and lowers the cost. 8.5 is fine for good soil. no need to ph it. Thats normal hard water....
As to the ops question. yes it will raise back up while sitting in a bucket. You can add more acid to it and lower it or you can just use it....i would just use it. only ph it once.
meangreengrowinmachine
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Mine comes out of my tap at about 9 I have well water and it tastes amazing but yeah very high ph. I use citric acid mixed with water as ph down.
getogrow
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same here....complete shit water ....around 300-400 all the time. boiling water ruins your pans.
Jjgrow420
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the soil should contain lime which acts like a ph buffer. youre right. proper ph going in and let the soil keep it buffered. if its climbing in the soil its because of an excess of nutes causing a lockout
hotrodharley
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Do a yeast test with water. Use bread yeast and follow the instructions on the packet. If it won’t activate yeast then I would not use it at all.
Jjgrow420
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ph of 8.5 and 400ppm water WILL cause lockouts by the end of flower. the forms of the minerals and deposits in tap water are highly insoluble for plants. that will continue to build in the soil and the microbes etc wont be able to convert it fast enough and it will cause issues.
youre right thats normal hard water but hard water is not for growing plants
imo.
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rundlescunder
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use a brita filter. drops the ph to 6.5. or get an actual RO filter
getogrow
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Ahh.... have to disagree sir. Im not going to sit here and lie and say im optimal and my yields are optimal but i am good at what i do and i use water VERY close to those numbers with every feeding in soil. The food i use is dropping the ph of the liquid going into the pot but thats not changing the alkalinity much and its sure not changing the medium any.
rundlescunder
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some dude once told me to avoid weed marketed things cause they tax. peep bulk reef supply they got better prices or so i hear. i just bought it cause dude sounded right
lusidghost
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A prefilter will save you a lot of money.
getogrow
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lusidghost
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His isn't an Evolution, but I'm talking one of these.I see two "pre filters" on that setup
Hydro-Logic PreEvolution High-Capacity Pre-Filter
Request a Quote - Bulk Discounts for Large Grow Operations.
growgeneration.com
Wizzlebiz
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Me and my entire grow circle use tap water. In fact it preferred. Not only does it generally cut the need for cal mag but it has a ton of the micro nutrients the plants need.
TLDR: tap water is fine.
CikaBika
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yeah they go so much great together that with bio bizz I have last 2y shitty grows.. First braniacs conviced me that there is no need to adjust ph..
Coz soil is buffer..MY d*** it is. But what ever I do i get def.. Funniest thing is its always cal mag.. with amount limestone in my water? like how?
@Jjgrow420 Thank you my man.l I read that xy times, but no ,there is always someOne that is trying to convince me like its all good.
Yeah I'm blind and Cant see how are my girls are looking last 2y, and results I get..
@Wizzlebiz And your tap water ph is? ppm ? hard metals inside? I didnt read anywhere that you write it..
Jjgrow420
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on the unit i use it has a sediment filter and a coco carbon filter then the ro membrane.His isn't an Evolution, but I'm talking one of these.
Hydro-Logic PreEvolution High-Capacity Pre-Filter
Request a Quote - Bulk Discounts for Large Grow Operations.
the link you shared is literally my setup but smaller and no ro membrane
lusidghost
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This is my setup. The RO unit has three filters like yours, and also attaches the prefilters. The prefilters are washable and extends the life your carbon filter. They may not make them for your unit though.
