Arizona Growers Thread

MasterS

MasterS

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I use an R/O dispenser that costs 15cents per gallon next to my Sprouts. It comes out cheaper than owning my own R/O filter at home. My tap comes out at 585 so R/O water is a must. Just 80% R/O and 20% tap water saves me some money on water and the tap provides the Calcium/Magnesium/(+a lot of other micro nutrients)
 
jayco420

jayco420

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Thx guys so my fridge has a water filter its not RO but setting that out for a few days will be alright? Just looking for your opinion.
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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jayco420 said:
Thx guys so my fridge has a water filter its not RO but setting that out for a few days will be alright? Just looking for your opinion.
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Using tap water that sits out for a few days is fine. If thats your style then go for it. I was just always taught to use R/O water hell i grew up here in AZ and grew up drinking R/O water because Phx water sucks so bad.
 
YThor

YThor

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jayco420 said:
Thx guys so my fridge has a water filter its not RO but setting that out for a few days will be alright? Just looking for your opinion.
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The filters are usually just activated charcoal, so they'll take out chlorine, but won't do anything for the salt content. Some filters like Britta will contain a filter puck that takes out dissolved solids, but it's an awful expensive way to make clean water. RO is the least expensive way to turn around shitty tap water.
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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YThor said:
The filters are usually just activated charcoal, so they'll take out chlorine, but won't do anything for the salt content. Some filters like Britta will contain a filter puck that takes out dissolved solids, but it's an awful expensive way to make clean water. RO is the least expensive way to turn around shitty tap water.
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And R/O is only .25 cents a gallon.
 
jcdws602

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BeaverHuntr said:
I wont ever use AZ tap water sitting out to evaporate chlorine or not. The water in Phoenix is wackness I wont drink it so I wont feed it to my home girls either.
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YOu and me both....my tap sits at around 600-700 ppm......thats outrageous.....I barely take a shower in it...only way I would drink it was if I was dieing of thirst.....Jayco here is a link for some affordable ro systems if you are interested http://www.purewaterclub.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=88_58 most are 100 bucks or less with free shipping....
 
Windsblow

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I use my non-softened tap water.... I have used R/O in the past but you have to deal with mineral defs. You end up taking everything out then trying to put everything you like back in. Unless you have some crazy ass alkali water or something I would alway opt for tap. I don't bother with leaving it out to off gas the chlorine. Either way TAp or R/O nothings wrong with either. I use JAck Classic which is developed for tap water so tap works for me pretty well.
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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jcdws602 said:
YOu and me both....my tap sits at around 600-700 ppm......thats outrageous.....I barely take a shower in it...only way I would drink it was if I was dieing of thirst.....Jayco here is a link for some affordable ro systems if you are interested http://www.purewaterclub.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=88_58 most are 100 bucks or less with free shipping....
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Yeah I'm going to buy a good 200 gallon per day unit come x-mas time. Look for a deionized system they make your PPM 0
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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Windsblow said:
I use my non-softened tap water.... I have used R/O in the past but you have to deal with mineral defs. You end up taking everything out then trying to put everything you like back in. Unless you have some crazy ass alkali water or something I would alway opt for tap. I don't bother with leaving it out to off gas the chlorine. Either way TAp or R/O nothings wrong with either. I use JAck Classic which is developed for tap water so tap works for me pretty well.
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I always tell growers use what works for you, hell if it aint broke dont fix it.
 
MasterS

MasterS

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Before buying an R/O system look at the water waste amount and your water bill. The cost of the machine and cost of filter replacement constantly with so much use.

I did. My 64 feet of ebb/flow trays cost me $18/month at the water dispenser that also has a double UV filtration.
The R/O machine ends up costing $200/year for a cheap model plus the huge water bill monthly.
 
MasterS

MasterS

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My way isn't convenient but using huge trash barrels for water storage and some 5 gallon paint buckets for cheap at home depot to carry water I only have to go once a week.
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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MasterS said:
My way isn't convenient but using huge trash barrels for water storage and some 5 gallon paint buckets for cheap at home depot to carry water I only have to go once a week.
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I have like 10 of those 5 gallon water jugs from sparkletts.
My kitchen R/O is a zero waste but it only does 20 gallons a day if I really wanted to I could fill my jugs up but th ereservoir is only 3 gallons and then you have to wait for it to fill up etc etc ... I'm just gonna buy a R/O system for growing that gives me zero PPM .
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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MasterS said:
My way isn't convenient but using huge trash barrels for water storage and some 5 gallon paint buckets for cheap at home depot to carry water I only have to go once a week.
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lots of growers use trash barrels the PPM in the water is low nothing can live in it so it stays good for a lil while.
 
jcdws602

jcdws602

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Windsblow said:
I use my non-softened tap water.... I have used R/O in the past but you have to deal with mineral defs. You end up taking everything out then trying to put everything you like back in. Unless you have some crazy ass alkali water or something I would alway opt for tap. I don't bother with leaving it out to off gas the chlorine. Either way TAp or R/O nothings wrong with either. I use JAck Classic which is developed for tap water so tap works for me pretty well.
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All you have to add is calcium and magnesium.....thats what the ro process strips out.......and Master s my water bill is not much 150 max but that is not from my plants water usage not even half........I replace the regular filters every 6 months which is 15 bucks and the membrane once a year or year and a half for 35$......the only thing I notice is you don't have a the pressure tank or turn your water supply off your waste keeps throwing water out even when not filtering water....that did make my bill go through the roof.....until I fixed it,cut my bill in half...
 
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