type of water to use
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ThatGuy1985
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Yeah reverse osmosis water is the way to go. It has low low ppm and has the ph you are looking for.
Its easy to get at your local grocery store and much much cheaper than distilled
Its easy to get at your local grocery store and much much cheaper than distilled
Mr. Limpet
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ive never seen ro water at the grocery store. where the hell do you live?
ThatGuy1985
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Ya know that big machine that people go to get water in the jugs.............
(shhhh nobody tell him its ro water)
(shhhh nobody tell him its ro water)
Pyro Peaches
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Well I'm still confused cuz we don't have big water machines at our grocery stores in Northern Maine...
ThatGuy1985
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I have always seen them in every convenience store and most big grocery stores for as long as i can remember
GlassFreak
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ro water is the best thing you can get, its the kind of water that you can buy in bulk, like for those little water despensers some people have. do you have a culligan man? that is ro water.
what i do is take a few gallon milk jugs, fill them with water, leave the lids off, let them sit for at least 24 hours befor using. this will alow all the chlorine and cleaners to disolve from the water, bringing the ph down to an almost nuetral ph.
what i do is take a few gallon milk jugs, fill them with water, leave the lids off, let them sit for at least 24 hours befor using. this will alow all the chlorine and cleaners to disolve from the water, bringing the ph down to an almost nuetral ph.
Mr. Limpet
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Ya know that big machine that people go to get water in the jugs.............
(shhhh nobody tell him its ro water)
whoa whoa whoa... so your sayin those water things i see in parking lots sometimes are dispensing RO water? and that would be better than distilled water right? and better than doing the sit out for 24 hour thing?
Didnt someone say the ph was 5? i need about a 6.5 ph so wouldnt i be adding ph up to it anyway. (this is in soil BTW)
kevin
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you guys have grocery stores in northern maine? why aren't you utilizing some good pond water? it's probally still frozen? i miss it up there.
Pyro Peaches
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Pyro Peaches
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lol ewww pond water. i can't wait to leave this place.... swamps everywhere, highly-religious communitites... the only good thing i have to say about this state is that there are a lot of stoners here.you guys have grocery stores in northern maine? why aren't you utilizing some good pond water? it's probally still frozen? i miss it up there.
The Metal Veg
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why spend money to get rid of the chlorine when u can just let the water sit out over night man
The Metal Veg
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pa is nice for water btw, lots of natural springs around here
juicyjayz
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ima buy a ppm meter from ebay..is this one good enough?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300292093573&category=1277&_trksid=p2773.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSI%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D40%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D54
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300292093573&category=1277&_trksid=p2773.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSI%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D40%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D54
locoman610
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Dude still need to check spring water. I'm in PA and live close to a spring that provides bottled spring water to millions w/ph 7.8 and 318ppm. Also did not have any luck using that water could not control the ph, kept climbing back up over night. IMO RO is the way to go. Put a 7 stage in and it took my water from 560ppm to 3ppm and the ph doesn't fluctuate more than .3 ppm either way. And I only change my res once through flower and not at all in veg.
