I have been running a dehumidifier for about a week now.........collected water is usually thrown out to other plants............I've heard different opinions on watering with recycled dehuey water..........i gave it to a plant for the first time today this morning and now looking at it in the late afternoon.....well it doesn't look happy.......could someone clarify if the water is ok to give plants.......the water Ph'd at 8.0 and I adjusted it to 6.8 with bloom nutes.........your opinions are greatly appreciated..........
Is the Water O.K. ?
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Connoisseurus Rex
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Check your runoff. See what it's ph is. 6.8 is a little high.
420monster
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I think it Could be iffy since you used bloom nutes why not just use ph Down other that that I think it would be fine but I never tried it
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bryan oconner
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its just water from the air . yes the water is safe. if you machine was clean you could drink the water . not suggested . but in an emergency situation drink away. just ph the water first 6.5 ish soil
Connoisseurus Rex
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Pics would help.
Richard Drysift
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If your dehumidifier is clean the water should be too. I have been giving it to my plants for years without issues. It comes out 3 ppms so you should be giving cal mag as well but a single watering should not make your plant unhappy. You could have overwatered or have bad drainage or some other issue but I doubt adding distilled water hurt your plant unless you've got a dirty sump which btw can easily be cleaned with bleach & vinegar.
the runoff out of the dehuey is 8.0...................since the tent is being used to flower i used GH bloom nutes ...about a tsp per gallon.......it brought water to 6.8............
Connoisseurus Rex
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No. The runoff from the bottom of the pot. Soil runoff. That's the only ph that matters right now.
the runoff water is 8.0...........i usually add a little bloom nutes to water which changes PH.........then adjust with PH down............after putting a tsp per gallon of bloom nutes......PH went to 6.8.......then i used it to water..........
oh ok i'll try that right now
420monster
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Are you vegging or budding is more of what I was wondering you were not specific
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runoff is 5.6............
it is my flowering tent...........that i was having a whole mess of problems with earlier with heat from dehumidifier....even with hot air vented out......
Connoisseurus Rex
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Whoa shit. There's your problem. Ph is acidic. What kind of mix you running?
420monster
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Ok well let's start from the top one by one of anything that has not yet been corrected and pics would be great as well
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Connoisseurus Rex
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How high of heat with what humidity percentage?
runoff from bottom of pot out soil is 5.6...............i don't understand the connection
Connoisseurus Rex
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Your soil ph is what determines your nutrient uptake. Since your soil ph is acidic, it's cutting off nutrients from getting to your plant.
Connoisseurus Rex
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All those nutrients you just gave are only going to lock your plant up more.
Connoisseurus Rex
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What kind of mix are you running?
If in flower (still not sure), how far?
If in flower (still not sure), how far?