tap water

i dont know why some growers and mostly some new growers are obsessed with chlorine levels in tap water. chlorine in tap water is at most like 2ppm. which would not even penetrate into a cm of soil. i water all my outdoor plants with tap water and they all live happy. the reproduction rate of...

I was about to mix up my first ever nutrient solution for some seedlings, lucky I measured the tap water before I did. pH 7.9 and EC 0.9! Seeing as though I was about to transplant the jiffy pellets into solo cups, pre-fertigate the coco and give them their first feed at EC 0.8 or less, I have...

Apparently vitamin C can be used to break down and get rid of chlorine / chloramine in tap water. This sounds like a better choice for me than using R/O water. At my local drug store they had pure vitamin C powders in different forms- ascorbic acid, calcium ascorbate, and sodium ascorbate. Does...

So I’ve got an approx 25-30gal RDWC that houses up to 4 plants and I’ve never once seen my EC levels go down over time no matter how little I feed and what I set them at. 4 weeks into flowering and I can barely feed at 1.0 EC (500 ppm) and it will end up holding steady as water levels go down...

Since I started using tap water, I have noticed the start of what I thought to be calcium/magnesium+nitrogen deficiency with the brown spots and yellowing/dying lower leaves. Luckily I was able to harvest that before too much damage was done. But as I am now seeing it happen on another plant...

So, Exactly how bad is it? I never drink it. It tastes like shit. Thank you for any help.

This is the report for my local tap water I test it at 1EC/ 7.5pH. Just wanting to know if it is okay to use for rockwool or fox farm soil. im not sure what to look for exactly.

So, I ran out of RO (system broke). Did a res change and had to use tap (190ppm). Without thinking, I added hydro guard to the mix as I usually do. Then I read that the contaminants in tap water kill bennies, so I thought about adding H2O2 to the res. But if tap water kills microbes, wouldn’t...

Does tap water in humidifier cause any problems?

So I’m running a 30 gallon rdwc system and I was wondering if my tap water would be okay to use? It has a ppm of 197 and EC of 395 which I’ve heard isn’t so terrible. The only problem is I know for a fact my hard city water contains small amounts of fluoride and of course chlorine/chloramine...

Hey there, I am a beginner looking to gain abit of clarity. I am looking into RDWC system consisting of 4 - 13 gallon buckets and an outside res tank. What are the options for water sources ? Is tap water sufficient? Any special precautions to think about when using tap water? If I didn't use...

So my 3 plants are 3 weeks old and I was watering with plain reverse osmosis water until now I realized I might be cutting out some nutes. My tap is 42 ppm and 7ph I watered till soaked and water came out the bottom of smart pots with tap today to give it a flush will my tap water be okay for my...

I made a post and fear I may have been banned? Is that a thing? I came back to delete and start a new thread instead of leave my comment on GLs thread, but I can't even access it anymore? Ill try to remember what I asked but just think its peculiar I can't access it anymore. ********* Does...

Hey guys, I recently came across these filters that can directly attach to most taps. It is said to contain Activated Charcoal, Bamboo and some other material. They're used for removing chlorine, heavy metals and lots of other elements from the water that we dont want and as it has to pass...

I'll start with a little info... I've been using tap water for over 15 years. I used to use GH (General Hydroponics) back in the day, but now use CES (Cutting Edge Solutions). I had tried using store-bought water and also water out of the vending machine dispensers. When I tried that, the PH...

Planted seeds August 9/2017

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Hello all, I have been using distilled water throughout my whole grow so far just to be safe at least while my plants were still young. I found on a previous grow (my first, one plant, turned out male) that the plant didn't seem to like my tap water that much. And I know that it is actually...

I've got a few questions arisen about water quality, filtering, chlorine etc. I've been filtering my tap water in an 80L/21Gal bin using an aquarium filter (ceramic, carbon & sponge) designed to 100L/26Gal. I let this run for a couple of days in an attempt to take out the chlorine and...