Water: The Most Essential Compound

doc111 said:

Thanks. I seldom saw any threads about water on here and figured since I had firsthand experience with crappy tapwater that I would do a thread to help answer peoples questions about water and the different purification methods commonly used by growers. It always surprises me to see how many people have no idea what hard water is.

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The timing of me finding this thread is perfect. I was debating on switching from buying r.o water to using tap to cut cost, but after reading all this about hard water, i think i will stay paying for perfect water, lol!!! I too have extremely hard water and dont wanna chance it with my ladies. Thanks so much Doc youve helped someone else now right at the right time.

Science is not to read and repeat, its finding the questions that are hard to find an answer to. And unfortunately I dont have the means to figure this out yet.

All I can say is I take this with a grain of salt and will not solely give mine distilled water

Great thread, loads of interesting and useful info here.


Thanks!

I use well water at home which is apparently hard water because deposits are left on the shower head, tea kettle etc.
We use Nestle' Pure Life water for drinking/cooking. This is what is on the label-> "We use reverse osmosis or distillation & enhanced with a balance of minerals for taste. ingredients, purified water, calcium chloridge, sodium bicarbinate, magnesiam sulfate".
Is this okay to use on my plants? Thanks in advance -Mike

i use bottled water and it works well for me you know the big 10$ refillables

I love water!

think i might have severly over water too much nutrients maybe I am new at cultivation and I am seeking information tips and help from those who are experts atgrowing plants, I have searched the internet and I left with a shrinking list of top botanists. Today I am
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Definitely some great info right here!

i am asking when growing in soil do i ph the water i give my regular water days....and ph to 5.5 on fert days...my water is from a deep well,300 plus feet,i have a ph of 10.3 out of the tap.thanks

troyboyny7 i had a white spots on my leaves that were a little fuzzy....i put 1.5 TBS of baking soda,1.5 TBS NEEM OIL organic, and a shot of palmolive(2-3 drops) mix in 1 gallon of warm to hottish water....shake vigurously...then spray to cover all leaf surface....my leaves are all shiny and healthy...good luck

great info

great info thanks

Thank you, this helped a lot.

great post. water n ph matter !

Ahh, this thread so helpful. Thanks!

this is great thread but slippery slope since were already programmed to water water water or in cannabis growers case feed feed feed, unlike leaves, roots breath oxygen and like to feed or open for uptake when the ec is pretty low(< 2), so she loves here water but needs to dry out and get mediums ec down, otherwise she wont open xylem which forces pressure up into plant when salts in medium are less than salts in root system, this thread is amazing.. and the reason i bring up ec is generally no matter how many salts are in medium, once theres moisture they become available. For those still hungry www.maximumyield.com/inside-my-com/features-articles/item/112-electrical-conductivity-and-monitoring-plant-nutrition there's a thread here on ec but for the most part is from link, and no worries if u don't meter no prob just be sure she gets just to that point of bone dry no further, and alternate feeds with beneficials to keep salts leeched and ec low so she can feed when time, if not alternating feeds with beneficials during veg because you're either outdoors or using high intensity lights 600w or 1000w's be sure to flush at beginning of flower and about half way through, sorry for being slightly off topic not intended... with more and more growers everyday posting new grows all over, its become a real habit of seeing repercussions of over watered/nuted plants and google your cities public water site which posts ph and mineral quality control, unless you use well water.. always allow water to sit in non airtight for 48-72hrs letting most chlorine evaporate, and find trusted source of cal mag if using r.o., and for yourself getblk.com/ does a body good, id use it on plants if i could, cheers on thread thnx

Wow I honestly never really gave all of that much thought. A lot of good information here, thank you I appreciate it.

appreciate the reeducation on the simple complexity of water..

Hi Guys,

I'm getting ready for growing and I've got everything sorted out but there is one big problem that has occurred and this might sound pretty ridiculous but I can only water it at 6 am and then water it again at 5, from 5 on I have no problem watering it every 2 hours or so but the problem is from the morning to 5 without watering... There is a lake near me, I found a great place to plant... Should I plant it next to the lake due to me not being able to water it before 5 so that it gets water naturally from the lake and it won't necessarily being over watered because I wont water it for a good chunk of the day. If not I doubt it but are their any solutions to this?

Thanks guys