RO water?? important?
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drolove
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no, it depends on how hard your water is and whats in it. i dont use RO where im at. just straight tap water and the plants love it.
thank u.
my water ppm 50~100,so i need to RO?
butterbudface
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50-100 is fine, if you do decide to go with RO get some calmag before you start your going to need it.
GrowerGoneWild
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If your water tests soft around 100PPM. Then I would say no.
You can use RO water but with some products the PH will be lower than ideal. And the addition of calcium and magnesium will be a part of your routine with RO water.
Id only use RO water if it was necessary..
Flagg420
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Wuts the target ppm w/ RO'd water? I havent done but one hydro plant in years, and the new veg plants are pissed at me....
Base water is ~15ppm after filter... how much is too much calmag? I am adamant about using it, and now worry perhaps the issue is I have too much for the plant size... (seedling/small veg plants)
And correct me if I am wrong, but I want to NOT use the organic calmag with my synth nutes DWC bucket? (got both around, GH org, and botanicare)
Base water is ~15ppm after filter... how much is too much calmag? I am adamant about using it, and now worry perhaps the issue is I have too much for the plant size... (seedling/small veg plants)
And correct me if I am wrong, but I want to NOT use the organic calmag with my synth nutes DWC bucket? (got both around, GH org, and botanicare)
SnapsProvolone
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RO eliminates fucked up pH fluxuations and in DWC I consider this pretty critical to my personal happiness.
Mad Lab
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I live somewhere with 50ppms as well. Let me tell you why you want RO, especially for DWC.
You'll NEED to run an active microbe tea in your DWC to prevent something that lurks in virtually all tap sources: cyanobacteria. or "the slime". This isn't root rot. It thrives even in Chloramine/Chlorine/h202 enviroments once it gets a foot hold.
Check out Heizenberg's EWC Tea - Breeding Microbes Thread here on rollitup for a recipe and breakdown.
Anyway, you need RO filtration to remove the likely Chloramines added to your tap source. These agents will kill your beneficial bacteria and fungi before it has time to do anything. If you only have Chlorine in your tap source you can get by with aerating the water for 36-48 hours. But RO is totally recommended.
pH fluc's are a pain as well.
You'll NEED to run an active microbe tea in your DWC to prevent something that lurks in virtually all tap sources: cyanobacteria. or "the slime". This isn't root rot. It thrives even in Chloramine/Chlorine/h202 enviroments once it gets a foot hold.
Check out Heizenberg's EWC Tea - Breeding Microbes Thread here on rollitup for a recipe and breakdown.
Anyway, you need RO filtration to remove the likely Chloramines added to your tap source. These agents will kill your beneficial bacteria and fungi before it has time to do anything. If you only have Chlorine in your tap source you can get by with aerating the water for 36-48 hours. But RO is totally recommended.
pH fluc's are a pain as well.
Silky Shagsalot
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the lower your ppm when you begin, the more ppm of feed you can use. i've never needed to use cal-mag, though it seems a lot here use it like syrup on pancakes.
Hey im about to fill up two 50 gal res , to much water for my RO maker to keep up with so im gonna use tap. I bought some Dechlor and it removes Chorine and Chloramines the label says but it all so says it neutralizes heavy metals like zinc & Iron & copper and has a chealeting agent in it. will this be bad towards any nutes I had to the system ?
overgrowem
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CATCH RAIN, CATCH RAIN, CATCH RAIN......
gmanguy
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can you point on where to get the ingredients for that EWC tea?