Water: The Most Essential Compound

so distilled is the way to go?

Hi, I'm thinking of using sparkling water. Is this good or bad??

Thank you so much good information!

ScouseChonga said:

Hi, I'm thinking of using sparkling water. Is this good or bad??

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i would highly advise against that

I found this to be one of the most helpful post yet, because H20 is the most important compound, I have always agreed!!! thanks so much!!

i ain't trying to be one of "those" guys but as long as you water you're plant's, they will thrive

Is there a way to lower the ph of my water WITHOUT taking all the minerals out of it? Its good well water jus alot of limestone around here i guess. I want to stay organic so if anyone says pour bleach in it i might blow a gasket! lol Thx for any replys

chiefrokaho said:

Is there a way to lower the ph of my water WITHOUT taking all the minerals out of it? Its good well water jus alot of limestone around here i guess. I want to stay organic so if anyone says pour bleach in it i might blow a gasket! lol Thx for any replys

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PH Down or Phosphoric acid and citric acid.

So distilled water is okay to use then yea? Because that's what I have been using.

Thank You Doc 111. One of the best threads i have read in a long time.

I have been growing organically in soil so far with mediocre results but no real deficiencies using straight tap water. In my particular situation i am sitting with very hard water EC 0.7 and PH of 9.0. I have been running a COCO grow as well and have been blown away by the growth. So far no signs of Def's but i am worried...All this reading about Water quality makes you crazy.

I would like to keep it as simple as possible and would appreciate answers to the follwoing:
Should i Install RO to control exactly what is in my nutrient mix. I will have to add CALMAG because RO takes this out as well.

Should i Mix RO and Tap water to get EC's down to about 0.2.

If there was a perfect water profile you could pick for Soil and for Hydro what would you pick?

Thanks

What about well water.. ours is some of the cleanest in the US. It taste clean and has no smell... super clear, our well is 800 feet down/ 7000 foot elevation

Hey doc looked through many many pages in this sticky and can't find anything about the old 'aircon run off water' myth, that being that it is purified and my household ac pumps out a constant ph of 6.4

What the hell?!

Mike32539 said:

I use well water at home which is apparently hard water because deposits are left on the shower head, tea kettle etc.
We use Nestle' Pure Life water for drinking/cooking. This is what is on the label-> "We use reverse osmosis or distillation & enhanced with a balance of minerals for taste. ingredients, purified water, calcium chloridge, sodium bicarbinate, magnesiam sulfate".
Is this okay to use on my plants? Thanks in advance -Mike

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Sodium bicarbonate AKA as baking soda will raise your ph. Better check it before you put too much in.

Been studying water for many years, decided to incorporate the various elements needed to make water most bio-available- flooming+ river rock + magnetics

Check out my thread to follow along

I have been using the condensation water screened from my indoor air conditioner which drops out 5 gallons almost every 24 hours of pure water with a ph of 6.5 / 6.7 .. of course i readjust as needed after adding nutrients..
I also bubble that water with a air stone for 24 hrs and have had fantastic results, my veg plants leaves reach up for the lights like never before

Lol like you guys said he didn't even mention ac run off which is better than r/o for me I use gh nutes and after mixing them with ac run off my ph is six oh every time. A beginner reading this shit would say omg then his head would explode. Good effort but simplify the shit and tell the people what they should be using and how to use it man get an r/o if you can't collect ac runoff. Also aerators do not oxygenate water for shit don't believe me get a d/o meter and test it. You want oxygenated water chill it down to about 68 degrees then stick your d/o meter in there

So good thank you doc111.
regards

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