DREAMSPACEY
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My tap water is like 800 ppm, how bad would it be to use it for a flood and drain?
Been there done that. Had to add down on a daily basis and mine is 200 ppm's but high in calcium. The other issue was mag lockoutThe other problem you'll be faced with is dropping your PH w/ a PPM reading that high you will probably have a ridiculously high KH(Carbonate Hardness) ...Which mean that your water will likely rebound no matter how much PH down you put in ....Like @chuck estevez said invest in a R/O it will allow you to control that specific aspect and the PH will follow naturally
I would give cutting edge solutions a try. It is superstable and ph should not be a problem. I also think 800 is way too high.As most have said your water is to hard to be conductive (hahaha) for a great grow and you will struggle. I have no way to get RO filter in my shed so I plod along tweaking things. I have found that different nutes produce different results but have not tried many in my short hydro life. Having high calcium does affect mag I believe, only because epsom clears it up and calmag makes it worse. In saying all of this (sorry high) 800 is just way to high lol. I have learned that it is possible to work with screwed up well water but it takes time to dial it in. My PH stays extremely stable now using HG nutes but the shit is way beyond pricey!! Trying to find a new product actually if there are any suggestions, sorry for the highjack!
Possibly, I grow hydro (nft and soilless) using hardwater. The salient specifics for my water is it is 250 and under (usually around 200), and the water company uses chlorine not chloramine. Running hydro I prefer a clean reservoir so I do not have the water sit prior to use.My buddys is 250 is that still too high?