RO WATER

[stringer420]

I was wondering if i ran reverse osmosis water to a tote and covered.. should i use a water heat and bubbler or will it be fine as is?

 

[DirtyMcCurdy]

It should be fine for storage, I assume? You would probably want to bubble it for a bit before using but should be fine.

 

[DirtyMcCurdy]

I fill up Rubbermaid trash cans

 

[stringer420]

Yea im gonna fill a rubbermaid tote an add a float valve to it.. im new to ro water so im curious on it.. what ppms should i be at when i add cal/mg to the water?

 

[DirtyMcCurdy]

YeaI im gonna fill a rubbermaid tote an add a float valve to it.. im new to ro water so im curious on it.. what ppms should i be at when i add cal/mg to the water?

Depends how much you add. If you meant how much to add, I would go with anywhere between 100-200 ppms.

 

[stringer420]

Yes ive been just adding 3ml to a gallon.. never checked my ppms after adding.. is that on a .5 or .7 scale?

 

[DirtyMcCurdy]

Good question. Whatever HM digital ppm meters scale at? I've been meaning to look that up. I only use ppm's as a yard stick. Basically when checking my reservoir after topping off and maing sure any fresh batch isn't too hot. Depending on what brand you're adding 3ml/gal is a good starting point. I usually just add a teaspoon(5ml) per gallon. It will also depend on whether or not your nutes have any calcium or magnesium in them already. If not, you might want to add a little more.

 

[stringer420]

Im using sensi grow which does have cal/mag in but ive always added it before im just new to using ro water.. also i feed, feed, water. Now should i add just cal/mag when i just water since ro water has nothing in it?

 

[DirtyMcCurdy]

Just looked it up. Its .5

 

[stringer420]

Just looked it up. Its .5

Ok so thats 140 to 210 for me since im on a .7 scale meter.

 

[DirtyMcCurdy]

For sure! I don't want to give you too much "advice" here. What I do works for me but others do something like you descride. I feed every time and I'm in coco. Again, others do it differently. What medium are you using?

 

[stringer420]

Advance sunshine #4 with coco coir

 

[stringer420]

U use to feed everytime but it builds up alot of salt an later in flower it fries my plants

 

[DirtyMcCurdy]

Yeah, that can happen, especially in soil. I haven't used soil since I first started and haven't looked back really. Hydroponics are easy as shit and coco is far superior to soil. imo. In a soil/coco mix I would probably do the feed, feed, water method. But I would add a little calmag to the RO when watering, maybe half dose?