Opinions and Prefrences: RO, Distilled, or Tap water?

Cali.Grown>408

Cali.Grown>408

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sparkafire said:
Most of the time you can tell you knows what the fuck and who is blowing smoke by how long they have been here
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hahahah wow your a joke..you know alot of people on here created new names cuz they got banned before right..?? lol grow up little boy..come to nor cal and see whats up
 
sparkafire

sparkafire

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OH NO YOU TOLD THE TEACHER!!!???? LMAO you just made my point! Horse to water can't make him drink. And by the way who doesn't like a good mommas joke? ROFL!!!!

Whats wrong Cali Brown no balls to leave the "I told the Mod" comment up on your last post? OH MY GOD ROFLMAO!!!!!!View attachment 1588739
 
MrDank007

MrDank007

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Tap water works for a lot of people, but I would advise testing it. I screwed up 1.5 grows before figuring out my water was way too hard. I now use distilled, which is kind of a bitch but i don't have a choice until I move. You can get those 5 in 1 aquarium test strips for cheap. I would just test your water before you have a potential PH or calcium lockout issue. If your tap is in range, then you will probably be ok. The only bitch I have about distilled is that you will have to add Cal-mag and watch your plants..also because it is not buffered every time I add nutes I have to add PH up as well.
 
sparkafire

sparkafire

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MrDank007 said:
Tap water works for a lot of people, but I would advise testing it. I screwed up 1.5 grows before figuring out my water was way too hard. I now use distilled, which is kind of a bitch but i don't have a choice until I move. You can get those 5 in 1 aquarium test strips for cheap. I would just test your water before you have a potential PH or calcium lockout issue. If your tap is in range, then you will probably be ok. The only bitch I have about distilled is that you will have to add Cal-mag and watch your plants..also because it is not buffered every time I add nutes I have to add PH up as well.
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mr.smileyface said:
RO is for the people who want to correct the little things. Its not always a straight pitch. Its mostly a curve. So do everything you can to make the guess work gone.
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That is the best explanation I have ever seen on this topic which is by the way one of the more controversial. This and Molasses
 
Cali.Grown>408

Cali.Grown>408

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sparkafire said:
OH NO YOU TOLD THE TEACHER!!!???? LMAO you just made my point! Horse to water can't make him drink. And by the way who doesn't like a good mommas joke? ROFL!!!!

What Cali Brown no balls to leave the "I told the teacher" comment up on your last post? OH MY GOD ROFLMAO!!!!!!View attachment 1588739
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we'll obviously your a TROLL and never grown before seeing that you thought my pics were CFL grows kinda gave it away..u cant be a grower and think that was grown with a cfl so YUP i reported you..i have no problem with reporting trolls who come on this site and claim to grow but there actually just about to start there first grow like yourself and just arguing with people lol enjoy that infraction
 
Cali.Grown>408

Cali.Grown>408

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MrDank007 said:
Tap water works for a lot of people, but I would advise testing it. I screwed up 1.5 grows before figuring out my water was way too hard. I now use distilled, which is kind of a bitch but i don't have a choice until I move. You can get those 5 in 1 aquarium test strips for cheap. I would just test your water before you have a potential PH or calcium lockout issue. If your tap is in range, then you will probably be ok. The only bitch I have about distilled is that you will have to add Cal-mag and watch your plants..also because it is not buffered every time I add nutes I have to add PH up as well.
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add half Tap and half Distilled..i use to do that so i wouldn't have to add cal mag..now i use half RO and half Tap cuz it's cheaper to buy RO water rather then distilled
 
sparkafire

sparkafire

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Cali.Grown>408 said:
add half Tap and half Distilled..i use to do that so i wouldn't have to add cal mag..now i use half RO and half Tap cuz it's cheaper to buy RO water rather then distilled
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Would you please explain the theory behind such an advanced move like using half tap and half distilled water besides you doing it? I am thinking of using the technique and would like to know more on WHY it would be better. Thanks man
 
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IVIars

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Cali.Grown>408 said:
Your words speak for themselves..u said i use CFL's lol hahahaha i've never grown with JUST a CFL not even in veg lol ur a joke..and those are UVB's to by the way genius..you just showed how un-experienced you are
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UVB bulbs come in CFL and Mercury Vapor. Do you know how long you are supposed to run the UVB bulb? Or even what nm it puts out?
 
MrDank007

MrDank007

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Cali.Grown>408 said:
add half Tap and half Distilled..i use to do that so i wouldn't have to add cal mag..now i use half RO and half Tap cuz it's cheaper to buy RO water rather then distilled
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I have a tendency to do this towards the end of flower during the flush...but it's too hard for me to be consistent for the whole grow doing this. Plus...my water is realllly bad.
 
Cali.Grown>408

Cali.Grown>408

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MrDank007 said:
I have a tendency to do this towards the end of flower during the flush...but it's too hard for me to be consistent for the whole grow doing this. Plus...my water is realllly bad.
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my water is bad to..about 550ppm-600ppm..mixing half allows you to add more nutrient solution so your ppms dont go to high
 
MrDank007

MrDank007

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Cali.Grown>408 said:
my water is bad to..about 550ppm-600ppm..mixing half allows you to add more nutrient solution so your ppms dont go to high
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The reason I do it during flush is because when I add nutes to distilled I can gradually bring it up with PH up; however, during flush if you add just a few drops of PH UP to distilled with no buffers and no other nutes...it swings all over and is hard to get a read on. Distilled is sometimes a little on the low side of PH. So I mix the distilled with my bad water at the end. I do this a little in the beggining as well. After about 2-3 weeks when nutes come into play, I've found the less variables the better, but to each their own
 
Cali.Grown>408

Cali.Grown>408

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IVIars said:
UVB bulbs come in CFL and Mercury Vapor. Do you know how long you are supposed to run the UVB bulb? Or even what nm it puts out?
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there is no SUPPOSE TO when using uvb unless you just go by what u read..its like 280nm though and i dont even have that much output..even though i think you a troll and a noob who likes to steal threads and argue, i'll still bring u up on game..check out this video if you wanna learn about UVB >> http://youtu.be/lfiI78uN3Ks
 
Cali.Grown>408

Cali.Grown>408

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MrDank007 said:
The reason I do it during flush is because when I add nutes to distilled I can gradually bring it up with PH up; however, during flush if you add just a few drops of PH UP to distilled with no buffers and no other nutes...it swings all over and is hard to get a read on. Distilled is sometimes a little on the low side of PH. So I mix the distilled with my bad water at the end. I do this a little in the beggining as well. After about 2-3 weeks when nutes come into play, I've found the less variables the better, but to each their own
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Yup that's just another reason to add tap to distilled water..it's easier to get a steady PH reading
 
sparkafire

sparkafire

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budtoker0987 said:
So I dont know what this may tell any of you... but my tap water is at 7.9 ph.... i need to get a ppm meter...
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Yeah it tells me your Ph is 7.9 Your PPM could be zero and the only way to tell is the ol PPM meter. If your water ends up being under 500 you should be able to use it for growing making RO and Distilled pointless.
 
budtoker0987

budtoker0987

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sparkafire said:
Yeah it tells me your Ph is 7.9 Your PPM could be zero and the only way to tell is the ol PPM meter. If your water ends up being under 500 you should be able to use it for growing making RO and Distilled pointless.
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Ya, thats what I figured... I'll be getting one very soon then... How much did you pay for yours??
 
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