Rootbound420
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My well water has a ph of 7.5 and is high in calcium, magnesium and iron. Good or bad? Thoughts?
Is well water bad?
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PadawanWarrior
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Do you know the ppm?
LewberDewber852
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Send it
Rootbound420
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No i dont have a tester yet itll be here friday though. What does it need to be? I have ph down to fix the PH level.
Rootbound420
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I know i use it for my outdoor veggie gar
Huh? Lol
LewberDewber852
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If your in decent soil use it. Inert medium then prolly use RO
Rootbound420
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Im in black gold organic soil right now but my next grow will be pro mix HP so probably no goos for that? I have been using spring water and PH adjusting that but well water is free so sounded better. Lol
Rootbound420
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Black gold organic soil but switching to pro mix HP next run so more concerned about using it with pro mix HP.
LewberDewber852
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Promix is fairy inert but is a great base to amend. If u amend correctly ur well water will be fine. If u just use is as the inert medium it is then well water may not be ideal. Without a proper test tho you can’t really be sure tho.
Good luck!!
Billy the Mountain
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How did you determine the levels of Ca, Mg, and Fe in your water? A water test?
Rootbound420
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Yea i share a well with my neighbor and she had it tested last week.
Rootbound420
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I personally dont know the levels on the test just said excess amount of cal, mag and iron.
Rootbound420
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Ok im going to amend with dr earth 444 and flower girl. Plus EWC and some others im not sure 100% yet still studying buildasoil. Lol
Rootbound420
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Im a newbie 100% btw. 5 weeks into my first grow autoflowers. Switching to photos next run for sure i ran into a lot of issues with the autoflowers but working through them!
buckaclark
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It's better too.Also calcium and silicates.lol
PadawanWarrior
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My well water is about 7.8, and has around 140 ppm. Plenty of Ca. I use it plain all the time in my organic soil. I don't pH it, but occasionally I'll add a tiny citric acid, mainly to help break the Ca bonds.
Paranoidandroid42
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It can be. Buddy has well and his last grow tastes like chalk when smoked. Even the fancy filter he uses leave a chalk(like) coating on your tongue.
So watch hardness and other mineral/ nutrients but also if your well is under a farm field you could get farm chems leeching in.