When they're young they work on establishing a root base before growing... So root growth is definately good...
Also, it's really hard to notice any differences day by day, so take some pictures and look at them a week later...
Another thing, I've had excellent results with
and without RO water.
If you're using RO water you'll want to add some Micro and some MgCal supplements since teh RO filters out all of the beneficial minerals.
So, you don't need RO, I don't use it because I go through 50 gallons per watering, so the runoff would be in the neighborhood of 1000 gallons of waste water, plus it would take more than a day to make 50 gallons... Oh well, I'm getting great results w/out.
Explaining the waste water;
A reverse osmosis filter screen is only large enough for pure water molecules to squeeze through, the water has to be flowing over the membrane (screen) and only a little actually makes it through... Pure RO water... The majority is routed into the waste line, which is the water that flowed over the membrane and didn't make it through. The rates vary, but a good guess it you'll create two gallons of waste water for every cup of clean RO water.
