Soil runoff 5.5 due to daily watering with ph down?

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ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ

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Grow311 said:
I just ordered mine. Did you buy a separate container for the clean water? Have a link?
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I put a pushconnect T and ran two lines from my system. One line ran to my kitchen, where I have this tank under my sink for drinking water storage

For the grow room, I have a 30g rubbermaid trash can with a valve at the bottom to open and close the water flow when I want to dump into my RDWC system. At the top of the trashcan is a PVC float valve my RO is hooked up to. When the trash can is full, the PVC floats up, turning off the water from my filter.

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Grow311

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ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ said:
I put a pushconnect T and ran two lines from my system. One line ran to my kitchen, where I have this tank under my sink for drinking water storage

For the grow room, I have a 30g rubbermaid trash can with a valve at the bottom to open and close the water flow when I want to dump into my RDWC system. At the top of the trashcan is a PVC float valve my RO is hooked up to. When the trash can is full, the PVC floats up, turning off the water from my filter.

Amazon.com: PVC Mini Float Valve with Adjustable Arm • 1/4" RO Reverse Osmosis Supply Line for Ponds • Aquariums • Aquaponics • Aquaculture • Hydroponics Tank Reservoir by Cz Garden (1 pack Cz mini Float Valve): Garden & Outdoor

Buy PVC Mini Float Valve with Adjustable Arm • 1/4" RO Reverse Osmosis Supply Line for Ponds • Aquariums • Aquaponics • Aquaculture • Hydroponics Tank Reservoir by Cz Garden (1 pack Cz mini Float Valve): Aquarium Water Treatments - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases
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Haha, nice. Do you remineralize your water before drinking it? If so, link again, pls. Thanks so much for the info!
 
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PizzaMan5000

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What kind of PH down are you using????

5 DROPS of mine will drop a gallon my 7.3ph water to 6.0....... Granted, my tap water was ~150ppm last I checked.... Plus my "PH down" will foam and sizzle when it hits concrete lol. Don't wanna spill that shit!
 
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Grow311

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V256.420 said:
Do you eat food? If you eat food why the fuck would you put minerals in your water? Just going to be extra minerals your body will piss out.

Stop listening to people telling you NOT to drink plain old R/O water. I've been drinking R/O water for 15 years and I'm not dead yet.
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I'm not trying to prove you wrong or nothing but a simple google search will yield many articles that claim that RO water not only has 0 minerals, but that it will also leach minerals from the body that you consumed with your food. Might be worth the 15 bucks for the drops just to be safe...
 
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Grow311

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ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ said:
Let me know if you got a question, im no pro but I've done like 3 of those now haha
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Installed! I have a small leak I'll have to take care of in the morning, just put a cup there for now. It's not too bad for now.
Ppm went from around 350 to 2!!! Amazing.
Ph is still around 7.40. Is this normal? I read it should be around 6?
Will the living soil correct itself? Or should I still try to get it into the 6 range? I just really dont want to use PH down anymore!
 
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ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ

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Grow311 said:
Installed! I have a small leak I'll have to take care of in the morning, just put a cup there for now. It's not too bad for now.
Ppm went from around 350 to 2!!! Amazing.
Ph is still around 7.40. Is this normal? I read it should be around 6?
Will the living soil correct itself? Or should I still try to get it into the 6 range? I just really dont want to use PH down anymore!
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Nope! RO water actually has almost no PH, once you add nutrients it will easily change PH since there is no solids in the water to "hold" a PH and resist change
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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Grow311 said:
Installed! I have a small leak I'll have to take care of in the morning, just put a cup there for now. It's not too bad for now.
Ppm went from around 350 to 2!!! Amazing.
Ph is still around 7.40. Is this normal? I read it should be around 6?
Will the living soil correct itself? Or should I still try to get it into the 6 range? I just really dont want to use PH down anymore!
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Then don't use it. Your in soil right? 7.4 is fine for soil. Shit, I've not ph'd my high ph water for a lil while now, just to see what happens, and, well.... nothing happened. My girls still look good. I don't advise not bringing down 8.6 to at least 7.5 though.
 
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ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ

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Hollatchaboy said:
Then don't use it. Your in soil right? 7.4 is fine for soil. Shit, I've not ph'd my high ph water for a lil while now, just to see what happens, and, well.... nothing happened. My girls still look good. I don't advise not bringing down 8.6 to at least 7.5 though.
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Well it makes a big difference if the water has 3 TDS or 300 TDS when you read the PH
In RO its almost irrelevant because there is virtually no salt ions for the PH probe to read anyway lol
You add a drop of anything, the PH will swing a mile to match that easy
 
Bukvičák

Bukvičák

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Almost all of potting mixes (or potting soil if you want) come out of bag @5,5. And it is actually not an accident. That can not come out @6,5 since they are not typical soil. These all are soilless mediums, so the pH range you are looking for is 5,5-6,2. You water when they are 50% of their actual weight just after watering (if they are peat based). You pH to 5,8-6,2 when feed and have 20% runoff.
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ said:
Well it makes a big difference if the water has 3 TDS or 300 TDS when you read the PH
In RO its almost irrelevant because there is virtually no salt ions for the PH probe to read anyway lol
You add a drop of anything, the PH will swing a mile to match that easy
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I have a stealth ro 150 that I use for dwc in my flower tent. when I started using it for keeping moms in soil, I always showed deficiency, so I started to just use tap. Had problems with that also. Now I do a 50/50 mix and everything has been good. My tap is like 1.2 ec, after mixing ro and tap its like 0.6 ec. My girls are much happier.
 
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