The Water Thread

TCH

TCH

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hotrodharley said:
Your RO system is filling it up. For 5 gallons of RO you’re probably dumping 35 into the septic system.
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Yeah, luckily it's only me there and my oldest son is in and out occasionally. And I don't use all that much water. It wouldn't take much to put a little drain out the back wall though.
 
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grampanew2this

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TCH said:
I am on a well. I have a water softener. I have an undersink RO system.

I am currently using the RO water with MaxiGrow and MaxiBloom separately with calmag added. I also recently got a sample of the Megacrop but haven't used it yet.

ETA: I failed to mention, I grow indoors, in coco, with a reservoir.

I want to ask the question for me, but also generalize it for the masses.

If I remember correctly, unfiltered water out of the hose hydrant runs between 350-450ppm and fluctuates day to day to a degree.

RO water comes out between 0-10ppm depending on filters.

Softened water from the faucets is a little less than the hydrant but can't remember exact numbers. I can check this evening.

Would I be better off running something like the Boogie-Blue filter on my unsoftened hose water for feed, softened water, or the RO water?

My understanding is that a filter such as the BB doesn't really lower the ppm, maybe 10% or so, but it removes sediments and chlorine and chloramine. Being a well, I don't need to worry about anything other than the sediments I'd imagine. If that's the case, just use an inexpensive charcoal filter for removing sediment?

The more I thinknabout cleaning up and organizing my grow, I'd really like to cut down on time and effort put into the daily and weekly tasks and I feel like being able to procure as much water as I wanted when I wanted would be a great way to start. The RO system just takes forever to get any quantity of water and the extra step/cost of calmag could theoretically be eliminated.

On the flipside, I do have an old faucet and drain in the grow area that I could retrofit to be able to do my filling and stuff right in the room. However, it is softened water. Is there a good filter system that un-fucks softened water for plants?

Thank you in advance.
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whats the water like coming straight from the well? has it been tested? Might it be possible to run straight from the well through its own filtration system?
 
TCH

TCH

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grampanew2this said:
whats the water like coming straight from the well? has it been tested? Might it be possible to run straight from the well through its own filtration system?
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It's 350-400ppm. Could it be run through a filter? Yeah. But I've decided to stick with the ro water, calmag, and maxibloom/grow. It's working pretty good so far.
 
Relaxed

Relaxed

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soil indoor

Back about 8 yrs ago i put water in buckets a day or two ahead then phed before and after. worried about city water constant monitoring all for softness levels. Then I decided I needed other hobbies and just stopped all that nonsense used straight tap water when I needed it. Now I Don't check nuthin. Same bad ass plants as before.....lol. Try simple. you have become a good grower. You see when something is off and fix it.....
 
shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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Relaxed said:
soil indoor

Back about 8 yrs ago i put water in buckets a day or two ahead then phed before and after. worried about city water constant monitoring all for softness levels. Then I decided I needed other hobbies and just stopped all that nonsense used straight tap water when I needed it. Now I Don't check nuthin. Same bad ass plants as before.....lol. Try simple. you have become a good grower. You see when something is off and fix it.....
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