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Mg/L is ppmWe had the water tested and it passed and is safe to drink, but the results were a little confusing. They didn't use ppm and I haven't done the conversions.
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I've read and heard the opposite. The hard water is supposedly harder on the RO membrane affecting it's lifespan so it's recommended to be installed after a softener.
I realize this is AI but this is what I'm being told when I Google "RO before or after softener"
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Not just ONE room. Hopefully THREE. A water/lung room, a veg room and a flower room. I'm so pumped to finally have the space in what I'm considering my forever home.
Oh absolutely. Sorry for the confusion, but I do have a softener. That test was from the kitchen faucet. The well wasn't tested, to my knowledge.With your water report its high in sulphur and massively high in sodium and low in mg and cal. To me that water looks like its already softened to a point because that sodium level and the low cal and mg while retaining the high sulphur. A softener is not goong to help you IMO.
If you want to double check call a water company. But im about 90%+ your water is already being softened
I have a nice 4-stage RO/DI filtration system. It brought my last place's water to 0 from 700+ and I installed it after the softener. The filters lasted to grows which is well over 500 gallons.OK so you have a TDS meter?
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With no numbers I would install my RO before the softener.
Over 500 TDS is not drinkable in most places.
My municipal water is 350+ which is/was highest of most fish heads.
RO will not get you zero without DI which is the most expensive and quickest to be used up in the system.
My 350 went to 20 without DI.
Your cheapest quality filters will probably be found at Bulk Reef Supplies [fish guys not grow guys].
Aqua knows his stuff.Oh absolutely. Sorry for the confusion, but I do have a softener. That test was from the kitchen faucet. The well wasn't tested, to my knowledge.
We do get a lot of Sulphur in the water though, sometimes worse than others. It's part of living in this area.
I'll be breaking out the grow stuff this evening to get the tent set up, but I'll have to tie into the line coming out of the wall before I can see where my well water sits ppm wise. The pipe comes right out of the wall and into my resin tank from the softener system. I admittedly haven't looked into it much just yet. I've been a lazy bones after the move.
Good things happen to the best people...Hello fellow BudBuilders. This journal will catalog my run towards a fourth harvest. This will be my first attempt at running multiple strains, so here's to hoping both strains have similar needs and behave accordingly
For this run, I'll be sprouting some Blue Dream and some Granddaddy Purp beans from Redbeard's genetics.
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Let's get down to it
Equipment:
SpiderFarmer 5x5 tent
UnderCurrent 8 gallon 4-site system
CLW SolarSystem 1100 grow light
ACI Controller 69 pro
ACI 6" exhaust fan with refillable carbon filter
ACI 6" inline fan for intake from lung room
ACI CloudForge T7 humidifier
Vornado 1500w space heater
2x ACI CloudRay oscillating fans
2x BlueLab ph/ppm monitors
AquaticLife 4 stage RO/DI system
Active Aqua 1/10hp chiller
Alita 15 lpm air pump
Root Riot grow plugs
Nutrients:
Athena's Blended line
General Hydroponics RapidRooter
Plant Success Orca Liquid Mycorrhizae
Mr. Fulvic organic Fulvic Acid
0ppm RO/DI water
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I dropped some beans into some grow plugs a few days ago and, in only 2 days, 2 of the 3 GDP's have sprouted. One of the Blue Dream seeds popped up this morning. They're in an AC Infinity dome/light kit. Once they're healthy and established, I'll move them into 4" netpots with hydroton. This time, I bought some super small hydroton. Nearly small enough to fit through the netpot openings. They'll grow there, in the same dome, until I've chosen 4 winners. After that, into the system they go.
I was lucky enough to get a sample of Athena's Blended line sent to me for free. I went with Lotus' dry nutes last run, but this run will be back to using liquid nutes. $800ish value FO FREEEE
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First out of the plugs... GDP
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One of the Blue Dream seeds was trying to push through this morning and hopefully the rest follow suit shortly.
I'll be doing my best to build these 4 plants into 8 cola mainlines following a technique on here by @Jonnyboi84. I love what I've seen from his manifolds and expect to have similar results. I learned a bit from my last run, which I also tried to mainline, but I'll be sticking with my usual mentality of "Wingin' It".
Last grow, I ended up chopping the top off of my tent and I don't plan on fixing it. I'll just extend the walls to my basement ceiling with some thin bubble insulation to keep the environment under control. This gives me a foot or so of extra headroom. Hopefully it's not needed, but the tent was due for repairs nonetheless, might as well "upgrade". I'm hoping this will be my last run in a tent as I plan to build out a room (or two) specifically for plants. Perpetual grows are coming soon.
Thanks for popping in. Feel free to ask some questions and/or dish out some advice. I'm pretty receptive and open to criticism. Wish me luck, folks.
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They're downstairs in a tupperware in a dresser drawer. I've had these for maybe two months.Wicked nice with the tent man~!
You have a lot of seeds. How are you storing them?
Nice man looks goodStill only 3 seeds have popped so far. 2.5 days on the last batch of 4. Hope to see something tomorrow morning. No new news to report there, otherwise.
BIG NEWS on the tent. It's all set up and sealed. I extended the walls to the basement ceiling with bubble foil insulation and taped all the seams and staples with foil tape. Hopefully it holds up to the humidity. Next step will be getting my fans and equipment in place so I can plan out the wiring. Then the buckets and hydro setup and the plumbing.
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I'm pretty proud of this hippy-rigged little setup. Heck yeah!!
Nice bro.I think the tent is set up how I want it. Totes need cleaned and power needs ran... on to the water side of things.
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Sodium is terrible for plants over 20ppm.Welp.. again, I've lost track of days, but I'd normally expect to see more action in the Germ Dome at this point. I'm thinking my softened water has really hampered my germination rates this time around. No other explanation. Either way, we've got 3 sprouts out of 10 planted. That's not bueno. I've germed at damn near 100% in all the runs prior.
I'll keep the dome warmed and watered while I work towards getting my water all plumbed. If one more sprout shows up, I've got a full tent.
All that being said, this thread may die in the days to come. I'll get on the plumbing this weekend, hopefully.
We have spring water in the fridge...Go to a store and get spring water and distilled and get your PPM straight.
Not something you want to do through the entire grow but until you can get your ro up this is survival advice.
I figured. I got a little overzealous with the move and ttheharvest all happening at the same time and just germed some seeds without thinking. 3 popped so I threw 4 more at it.Sodium is terrible for plants over 20ppm.
Have you heard the term salting the earth.? Its what they used to do in war to make sure the crops wouldn’t grow.
The level of sodium in your water is ABSOLUTELY the problem
We have spring water in the fridge...
I figured. I got a little overzealous with the move and ttheharvest all happening at the same time and just germed some seeds without thinking. 3 popped so I threw 4 more at it.
I'll continue watering with the water we have in the fridge and see what happens. If I don't have another sprout by Sunday, they'll get the axe.
The wife wouldn't want to get rid of it. I'm with you, though. I like well water. Grew up drinking out of farm spickets and windmills. I also hate the slimey feeling when you shower or wash your hands.can you just take the solar salt out of your softener? will it still function and flow without it?
i have hard water but after talking to people with softeners there is no way in hell i would ever have one! i'll deal with my minerals.
I also hate the slimey feeling when you shower or wash your hands.
I've been told more than once that "that's how you know you're actually clean."this was my absolute #1 reason why i didn't want one, that feeling of still being wet after drying off.
I've been told more than once that "that's how you know you're actually clean."
Looks like we get 27" on average.guess i've always been a dirty dawg anyway!!!!
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do you have any idea roughly how much rainfall you have a year? rain collection is super easy and maintenance free. with your basement you have the advantage like i do, you get 1psi for every two foot of elevation. i have almost 7psi and coupled with a high quality drinking hose i can fill up my rez in a few minutes.
I got three grows out of my first filters and they were still putting out 0ppm water. That's almost long enough to forget where I bought themand you could still RO the rainwater if you wanted, your membranes would last longer versus tap water.
A barrel would freeze solid here for sure. We regularly get a week long bout of negatives.the only kink i have is i have to plan my water usage a tiny bit in the winter in case the water tote freezes solid, this is rare and an aquarium heater would solve this if you really needed, one keeps my chickens water bin thawed in the winter and they just get rain water from their own coop roof, i went Gilligan style and used a piece of bamboo for the rain gutter!!!!! just for whimsy!!
While I understand your point here, I have very little impact on the water here in comparison to the endless circles of irrigated corn. I don't just go wasting water but I'm not too worried about a little RO runoff.plus there's that negative carbon footprint pride feeling knowing you used zero energy to provide water to your plants!
Looks like we get 27" on average.
got three grows out of my first filters and they were still putting out 0ppm water. That's almost long enough to forget where I bought them
A barrel would freeze solid here for sure. We regularly get a week long bout of negatives.
The bamboo gutter sounds awesome. I love getting creative my dog pens. They've got a nice spot reserved in the garage. Gonna be warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Nice. I could see it happening eventually. Probably not this winter, but maybe a spring project.you get enough thats for sure, if you ever wanted to go that route.
This is extremely odd. I’ve been running his genetics for the past seven years, I always have a fantastic germ rate. I have had same take awhile to pop up, but still.
I think you have the prob pretty well pinpointed.
Are you on well water now? If so how the hell did it get fluoride in it?
Oh no, I don’t think you’re blaming anyone. Just trying to figure it out.Nice. I could see it happening eventually. Probably not this winter, but maybe a spring project.
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Hopefully it's that first one.
And, I don't blame him at all. This was my bad.
I'll have my meters set up soon enough and will be able to test the ph and ppm of the well water.Oh no, I don’t think you’re blaming anyone. Just trying to figure it out.
I would guess it would be the type of rock in your area, as my well water tests show no fluoride.
I do use well water. I ph it down using apple cider vinegar. My ph fluctuates wildly after a big rain as the wells around here work on a karst system. My well is 487’ feet deep. It holds a steady 7.5, but, I have seen it as high as 9.2!