Watering a full time job

I have hard water in my area. I use 5 and 1 micron carbon/drinking water filters for my plant's water. The water by itself after filters without any food is around 290 ppm. I tested store bought distilled water and it read like 80 ppm. So far my plants are not doing good with my water only the distilled. I can't afford to keep buying water . . . . Any suggestions? Would a water softener fix the ppm problem?

you can get a reverse osmosis filter for $100...

they work GREAT!!!


are you growing in soil?

Anyone using 1000watt hps have the problem of soil drying fast as in every day! I feel the soil down 2-3 inches, dry as heck so I water.Pots are10 x 10 square ,plants are 15' high and 5 weeks old Afgan indica .I'm just afraid to overwater and need some feedback,please Thanks

fog horn...

you should be able to water each plant container (3-5 gallons) with 1/2 - 1 gallon of water (per plant) every 3-10 days...

what are your temperatures?
how many gallons are your containers?
how much are you watering?


over watering happens with FREQUENCY.. not quanity...

cheers

Id check the room humidity also sound arrid in there maybe use a humidfier to stop some evaporation. And you say these are indoor indicas 15 feet tall?? as in like you put 15' verse 15" inches?????? 15 foot plants will use a ton of water in those small pots

15 foot.... lol....... ??

Garden Knowm said:

over watering happens with FREQUENCY.. not quanity...

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That is probably one of these most helpful things I have heard in a while.

Garden Knowm said:

15 foot.... lol....... ??

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damnnnnnnn those things would be like monsters hovering over you. like the plant from little shop of horrors. or the tree guys from lord of the rings.