blakesurdaddy
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Reverse osmosis water, i heard its the best to use to grow, currently using tap water, how the hell do i get the RO water?
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rasta juma
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You need to hook up a RO system to your tap.
http://www.aquaeuro.com/eu/
http://www.aquaeuro.com/eu/
Xcon
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Culligan rents them for $11 a month. http://www.getculligan.com/?gclid=CJqe2_DFzqkCFULe4AodvhBiwg
Home Depot carries them for $180, but those are the cheap ones.
Home Depot carries them for $180, but those are the cheap ones.
Metropolis
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Just use your tap water, Create a reservoir if you haven't already. Add a airpump with a airstone at the end of the line, drop it in the reservoir, let it sit about 48 hours and your ready to water. Refill the reservoir after each watering and allow the fresh tap water to sit again before the next watering.
VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO
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WWW.purewaterclub.com
R/o's for under $100
R/o's for under $100
kevin
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you could do what metropolis suggests or you could just keep watering straight out of the tap like a lot of gardeners do. i think a r.o. system is one of the last things to buy, money can be more wisely spent on lights and venting.
blakesurdaddy
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on http://www.purewaterclub.com they have one ro system for "hydro plants" is this system good enough and come with all the parts to hook up and use in my home?
blakesurdaddy
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well im growing hydro ponicly so water is one of my most important things to worry about
Farfenugen
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for my first grow I used distilled water, for my second grow I used a RO/UV filter, for my third grow I used everything from Perrier, to distilled, rain, oxygentated, and now I just distill tap-filtered water and it works just fine.
angelsbandit
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I have always used straight tap water in soil, and hydro. and never had any problem.
I don't let it sit for a day, or worry about chlorine, I only adjust PH in hydro, not in soil.
It seems to me if you look around this site that the folks with problems are the ones who get carried away with trying to change / control everything.
I don't let it sit for a day, or worry about chlorine, I only adjust PH in hydro, not in soil.
It seems to me if you look around this site that the folks with problems are the ones who get carried away with trying to change / control everything.
VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO
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Yes,comes with everything to hook it up, I suggest you get a plastic shut-off valve, the one they give you that attaches to the water inlet isn't good to keep opening and closing.
blakesurdaddy
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well the main reason i want to use RO is because my water is hard at about 175ppm, and if i can get it down in the 20ppm range thats so much more nutes available to insert into my res
kevin
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plenty of hydro growers use water straight from the tap with no problems. if it's safe enough to drink it's safe enough to grow with.
watchhowIdoit
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I bow to your wisdom........well said.......
watchhowIdoit
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And tap water generally will give you a much more stable pH over R/O water....
blakesurdaddy
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alright due to overwhelming opinions ill stick with tap water. thing is is there any in perticular list....or scale on how much ppm limits on certian ages of plants. mine are now going on a month old with about six nodes, but plants are only five inches tall. so very tight leaf structure. what would be a high limit without burning them?
blakesurdaddy
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bump any type of ppm scale out there?
kevin
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when i grew hydro i used general hydroponics and went by their feeding schedule. here's a link.....http://www.generalhydroponics.com/calculator/index.html
blakesurdaddy
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those numbers seem a lil high, over 1000ppm for mild growth, is that correct....5 gallon dwc, in milliliters?
angelsbandit
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blakesurdaddy,
I run GH nutes, and run 1000 to 1200 ppm in veg without many issues.
Some strains may show very light nute burn at these levels, while others can take more.
I run GH nutes, and run 1000 to 1200 ppm in veg without many issues.
Some strains may show very light nute burn at these levels, while others can take more.
