I'm not using any ca/mg. using well water.
So you recommend manually adjusting the ph, even though it may mess with the ph perfect mix?
Some are saying here not to go below 5.7, whereas i've read and heard before that going down to 5.2 and letting it swing up 6.4 (to cycle through all the range of nutrients) was a good idea. I'm just trying to pinpoint an estimate at least for where to take the ph to. It rises quickly, I don't see why there would be any lockout if it's moving through the entire range in less than 48 hours.
You need to read about water alkalinity and gardening.
Yeah I just ordered tds meter 20 minutes, so in two days I'll know how the water quality is. It's well water, so it should be pretty alright. We have a water softener, so the water shouldn't be too hard.
Should I just buy purified water from the store? What if I used my hose water from outside, that isn't softened by the water softener, right?
Just for your stats, if you are including tap water in this sentence:
I have had great success with $150 eBay purchased ro machine. I would never put it under the sink I have heard horror stories of leaks. I hooked the intake to a shower head. The unit sits on the base of the tub. I use 3 gallon water jug's fill them and move the water as needed. Have cleaned it and replaced all the tubing already. Never leaks but if it does it will go straight down the drain. And I have a tube for the wastewater to go straight into the drain. I can change it back into a shower in less than 10 minutes if needed.
Yea that's fine I just had seen someone mention buying it, and I can't imagine buying gallons of water. Would be too costly.
Before I got the machine I had no choice with 500 ppm water. Paid $.25 a gallon and mixed 25% tap with 75% Ro. Usually gave me 175 ppm water give or take.
