DWC nutrients whats works with tap water?

**Snow602** · 06-20-2012, 02:01 PM

I have seen alot of posts of nutrients but everyone has their own opinion I was hoping someone out there might be using their tap water with a nutrient that works well for them in DWC I was thinking the AN ph perfect line but alot of people say that its great and others say its crap go with this or that I am looking for people that have ran a dwc on their tap and their nutrients they used and how successful was the grow. So far I see AN, Dynagro, technaflora and GH are the most popular. Any help is always appreciated.

**cannabineer** · 06-20-2012, 02:03 PM

It so depends on what is in your tap water. if your starting ppm is 800, with 200 of those being sodium ion, you're out of luck. Your two best tools are 1) a ppm/EC meter, and 2) the municipal water analysis, if you aren't on a well. cn

**Snow602** · 06-20-2012, 02:13 PM

I dont think my water is too high on sodium I have a couple plants growing in soil which seem to be doing well but I am not on well water but city water. But it would be better to have it tested I would assume

**Irish Med Farmer** · 06-20-2012, 02:45 PM

I'm running a few DWC bubblers at the moment & I use Tap water with AN pH perfect I'm 3 weeks into veg if you want I'll give you the whole run down?

**cannabineer** · 06-20-2012, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by Snow602

I dont think my water is too high on sodium I have a couple plants growing in soil which seem to be doing well but I am not on well water but city water. But it would be better to have it tested I would assume

It depends on where you are. I remember quite brackish water in a couple of coastal locations in the Atlantic, and in a Great Basin city. The municipal water analysis will help. i can get my local one online. cn

**Snow602** · 06-20-2012, 02:53 PM

I was looking up mine as well it looks like my sodium is anywhere from 81-139 which looks bad.

**BeaverHuntr** · 06-20-2012, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by cannabineer

It depends on where you are. I remember quite brackish water in a couple of coastal locations in the Atlantic, and in a Great Basin city. The municipal water analysis will help. i can get my local one online. cn

This dude is right. It all depends on where you live and how your city gets it water. You can easily google search your cities water report and it will list all the chemicals in your tap water.. I live in AZ and the tap water sucks ass here so R/O water it is. Like this dude said if you dont have a PH meter/ PPM meter for hydro grows, stop what you are doing , go out and buy a PH meter / PPM meter because they are the most essential tools in hydroponics growing.

**cannabineer** · 06-20-2012, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Snow602

I was looking up mine as well it looks like my sodium is anywhere from 81-139 which looks bad.

I love reverse osmosis systems. cn

**varscience21** · 06-20-2012, 03:06 PM

I did a DWC with advanced nutrients iguana juice the grow for veg and the bloom for flowering in Cleveland, Ohio. Worked great but still like organic soil more. Hydro has expenses that organic soil does not and I just like feeling like I am growing something and not working in a lab as hydroponics can feel sometimes. With that said AN iguana juice line worked for me well, but my best advice I can give to anyone is USE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. You can read all the opinions and grow books in the world but if you have never actually done it your just listening to someones advice. Do what you think from reading will work first and then if that does not work keep trying until you find something that WORKS FOR YOU.