Lol, I am sorry, but there is absolutely ZERO science behind that statement and just something you choose to believe. It's strange to me that some peoples beliefs about water can take on an almost religious bent, with belief being the operative word. Of course these days there's so much information, jumbled up outdated science, misinformation and even lies (promoted by those trying to sell you something) that it's understandable that people can get confused about this.
But at the heart of a lot of these beliefs rests a variety of causes - distrust of government (hard to blame after so many terrible examples, like Flint, Michigan for instance), conspiracy theories (like flouride is a big pharma plot to make us sick), old science (people used to believe that distilled water was good for you, which we now know is wrong), and some old wives tales thrown in (like stored water going stale or bad). There's also a distrust of science, especially these days, the science deniers seem to be thicker than fleas on a dogs back, lol.
But there are many sources of information - good ones include government agencies, some not all, and universities. Those who peddle bad information, or outright lies include some government agencies, least trustworthy of which seem to be more local agencies that are more apt to lie in order to perserve/protect some special interest, like big donors or coal companies for instance). Others are usually trying to sell you something (like RO systems, lol), or an idea which then leads to a something they're selling, like books, snake oil or EXORBITANTLY PRICED WATER.
One recent example of this are the absolute wackos and snake-oil peddlers to selling other unhinged and brainless zombies
RAW WATER AT UP TO $60 A GALLON - talk about stupidity combined with a complete and utter lack of science, lol, that just boggles my mind thinking about it (and proves the old saw, a fool and his money are soon parted
). But that's an example of how beliefs can cloud the mind to the facts.
But back to the topic at hand, NO, RO water doesn't go stale!!! If it's in a clean, proper container, it will last indefinitely, and deoxygenation doesn't harm it, and putting oxygen back it with bubblers is NOT going to ruin it, with the caveat that the stone and line are cleaned before use. Although a little algae or whatever isn't going to hurt your plants (although I understand it can contam your rez).
I would suggest bubbling only cleaned stones and lines (soaked in a light chlorine solution and then rinsed) and then only just before you're about to use it - otherwise you might end up with algae or something growing in the water (storing is dark colored opaque containers is best). But seriously, if you're not storing water for months, and who does that, then you're worrying too much, hell rain water isn't pure at all, but it's what all plants thrive off of (and I remember my Grandpa watering his garden with "stale" rainwater during dry month and those were the best carrots and tomatoes I've ever eaten ;?).
Bottom line, you need to get some perspective here - we are growing plants that can adapt to a WIDE RANGE of conditions, they are plants btw, and not human babies lol, so you may need to dial back some of the extreme ideas and get back to the simple fact that all you need is clean tap water, as long as there are no "contaminants" a good filtration system will handle most of the stuff we'd generally be worried about, and RO is seriously overkill with very few exceptions. BTW, this rant is not aimed directly at Taco, there are some people, make that MANY people, who have some seriously weird beliefs about the stuff we feed these "weeds", lol.
P.S. Yes, the term "weed" goes back a ways, and you hear it used for wild/feral marijuana as well as hemp (as in ditch weed), plus hippies, or maybe it was beatniks, who may have used the word as code back in the day. But it also is used as a reminder that marijuana pretty much grows like a weed in nature and sometimes under harsh conditions that only weeds can survive ;?).
