cooking off tap water?

[Noonin NorCal]

Hello all. When i grow inside i use tap water for my soil plants. Ive always ran a bubbler/airstones for at least 5 hours in 5 gallon buckets. Will or do you think this drops PH at all? Im not sure what my tap is but probably in the high 7's. Ive always heard that running it under bubblers/airstones kind of kills the chlorine or what ever type shit is in your local tap water. I was wondering if does actually drop the PH? I don't have a wand or pen to test it

 

[_tessarecting]

5 hours, would be minimal, but the longer the better, if you can let it sit 24 hours thats ideal as chlorine is antibacterial, not good for soil, or people

You can get test strips from a pet shop, or online. The cheap chinese meters work well enough for 7 bux (until you drop it in water)

 

[stoned-trout]

I don't bubble water... I use ascorbic acid or organic material ..yeehaw..I would bet the ph gets lower after a bit as chlorine has an alkaline ph...I don't even have a ph meter anymore..

 

[Xray Kimono]

I used to run tap water and there was noticeable differences in Ph when letting it sit for 24 hrs... Get a cheap ph kit and learn how to use it. It pays for itsself immediately because it helps you read your plants. If your ph if off, everything is off and other issues will be harder to diagnose correctly because of the plants overall behaviour being off from the waters ph...


BUT, to answer your question... yes, the more you can agitate the water, the more impurities it will release into the atmosphere surrounding it. The water is trying to achieve it's natural homeostasis in congruence with its surrounding environment and atmosphere... if it has excess chlorines and other gaseous/evaporable inpurities that are lighter than water, they can/will evacuate when the agitation of the water occurs. That is why when you first turn on the bubbler if you put your nose directly above where most of the bubbles are coming up it smells like chlorine. HOWEVER, if your atmosphere it is exposed to is dirty, dusty, full of gasses from solvents etc.... then it will also achieve equillibrium by ABSORBING those and getting dirtier... So you must have clean air too... the best bet is to have RO water to start with and all atmosphere controlled..

Peace!
Xray