Aside from the pH how does this water profile look?

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IndooorGardnerOhio

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This is the water report from my town, I can see that I will need to adjust the pH but other than that how does it look?


Drinking Water Constituents
Iron 0.03 mg/L
Calcium 59 mg/L
Natural Fluoride 1.15 mg/L
Hardness 327 mg/L (19 gpg)
Ave. pH 7.8
Free Chlorine 0.6 mg/L
 
wakeNbaker46

wakeNbaker46

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i've been filling up a 3 gallon bucket with tap water, letting it sit out with no lid, and watering from that. i've never adjusted pH, never added anything to it. i'm in week two of flower and everything looks fine. i wouldn't overthink the water.
 
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IndooorGardnerOhio

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wakeNbaker46 said:
i've been filling up a 3 gallon bucket with tap water, letting it sit out with no lid, and watering from that. i've never adjusted pH, never added anything to it. i'm in week two of flower and everything looks fine. i wouldn't overthink the water.
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Cant help myself, Im a Science nerd lol
 
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Lou66

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wakeNbaker46 said:
i've been filling up a 3 gallon bucket with tap water, letting it sit out with no lid, and watering from that. i've never adjusted pH, never added anything to it. i'm in week two of flower and everything looks fine. i wouldn't overthink the water.
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It's nice that you have good water quality but some people like op have liquid lime coming Out of their taps.
 
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IndooorGardnerOhio

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Lou66 said:
It's nice that you have good water quality but some people like op have liquid lime coming Out of their taps.
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Please explain, because Our town is know for its outstanding water supply? I asked because I was curious, but I thought we had good quality water?
 
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IndooorGardnerOhio

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Billy the Mountain said:
You have lots of Calcium Carbonate.
I get Lake Michigan water, considered "hard water", and it's 135 ppm (8gpg) CaCO3 for comparison.
An RO filter would be a good idea if you're gonna grow hydro.

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Not doing Hydro, Im doing Dr.Bugbees Peat mix. Thanks for the Info, Was just going by the fact that my water makes Great Beer lol
 
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Lou66

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Your water is very hard and contains a lot of lime. Plants don't appreciate it too much. You can try but probably will run into problems.
It is difficult to judge the quality of your water as some parameters are missing. Sodium, Chloride, Nitrate, Magensium, EC (and Phosphate would be interesting too but it's not relevant to humans so rarely tested).
When you have a longer report you can throw the numbers into hydrobuddy and calculate a fertilizer mixture using that source water.

Bugnees Peat recipe is hydro. It's soilless media and fertigation. Similiar to dtw coco.
 
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IndooorGardnerOhio

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Lou66 said:
Your water is very hard and contains a lot of lime. Plants don't appreciate it too much. You can try but probably will run into problems.
It is difficult to judge the quality of your water as some parameters are missing. Sodium, Chloride, Nitrate, Magensium, EC (and Phosphate would be interesting too but it's not relevant to humans so rarely tested).
When you have a longer report you can throw the numbers into hydrobuddy and calculate a fertilizer mixture using that source water.

Bugnees Peat recipe is hydro. It's soilless media and fertigation. Similiar to dtw coco.
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Do you think, that Considering my Medium is Peat, with an average pH of 3.0–4.0 that I will still run into a lot of issues with my water? Wouldnt 7.8pH water bring the pH of my soil up to a more normal range? I still plan to lower the pH of my water, but since peat is so acidic i was curious if maybe it would be less of a problem that it would be for someone whose water is say 6.5pH?
 
Syntax747

Syntax747

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Billy the Mountain said:
You have lots of Calcium Carbonate.
I get Lake Michigan water, considered "hard water", and it's 135 ppm (8gpg) CaCO3 for comparison.
An RO filter would be a good idea if you're gonna grow hydro.

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Is that the overall ppm right out of the tap? I mean, would I need a water test to see the results of hardness, or could I just use my ppm pen to calculate the gpg?
 
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IndooorGardnerOhio

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Syntax747 said:
Is that the overall ppm right out of the tap? I mean, would I need a water test to see the results of hardness, or could I just use my ppm pen to calculate the gpg?
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Mine is this


Iron 0.03 mg/L
Calcium 59 mg/L
Natural Fluoride 1.15 mg/L
Hardness 327 mg/L (19 gpg)
Ave. pH 7.8
Free Chlorine 0.6 mg/L

and my soilless mix will be peat
 
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