Water advice

[blendmik]

Greetings,
Just a quick ? about water.

Due to the high chlorine content of our tap water, I either have to fill a huge jug and let it sit for 24 or use another source. I am using "natural spring" water I get at the market and unless you all tell me different, so far so good. Am I okay with that, thanks ?

 

[Lester Beans]

Letting the tap water sit out is fine as is the natural spring water, which is usually someone's tap water. Might as well use yours. If you are worried about it, you can put an air stone in your jug and bubble it over night. That helps get the chlorine out.

Growing in soil you want to get rid of what you can, hydro the chlorine is a good thing.

Vibes

 

[chronosync]

Lester, what about DTW coco? Is chlorine bad in coco if you are using it as a hydroponic sub?

 

[baron1]

really suggest an RO system. they can be bought pretty cheap

 

[Ratzilla]

Most municipal water sources now have chloramines instead of just chlorine.
Chloramine will not bubble out and will do harm if using organic principles.
Ratz

 

[Lester Beans]

It works just fine in DTW coco systems.

 

[stoned-trout]

add some organic matter and the chlorine/cloromine will do its job and soon disappear...citric acid works too..i use compost...yeehaw/

 

[Betterhaff]

Check with your water department to see if they’re using chlorine or chloramines. Tell them you raise tropical fish.

 

[blendmik]

RO

RO

really suggest an RO system. they can be bought pretty cheap

I'm a newbie indoors, what's a RO system, thanks?

 

[blendmik]

Spring water

Spring water

Great info as I joined the forum to learn about indoor so this is great, thanks very much for the advice!

 

[chronosync]

Reverse osmosis processed water.

 

[GrumpyToker]

RO is great to buy but when you make it you get 1 gallon and throw away 2 gallons

Keep that in mind

 

[Huckster79]

I'm having amazing results -still a nube admittedly with just plain ol tap water, city... No issues at all, but I understand not all tap water is same... Do a side by side and see if there's any difference or issues... Because you could be causing yourself a lot of hassle and expense for nothing

 

[Oak4kie20]

Blind beginner

Blind beginner

Could use all the help I can get!! Recently came across a great deal on Craigslist. Bought a Gorilla tent 4w x 8L x7H extendable by 1'. 2x Lumatek 600w ballast, 2 600w bulbs, 2 air cooled hoods, 6 in. Inline fan, General Organics Nutes set. 1000w MH ballast/2 bulbs for around $700 plus buying a couple extra thing.

Do I have a suitable kit to grow 2-5 plants and what would be a good nutes to water ratio, how often do I flush and do I use happy frog or get potting soil with NO! Nutes and add myself.

 

[meowmeowmeow]

Hi guys serial lurker.
5 gal water bottle ($10 at your local supermarket) + air stone/pump for aeration ($5 + $10 for the pump @ WalMart) + Boogie Brew carbon filter with water from my home works good for me. I do everything half assed and things seem to work out. My girls love it.
Cost seems to be a major factor with some I have shared with, so I included the prices.
Before the BB I would just aerate for 24 hrs to hopefully expedite the evaporation of the chlorides in tap water.
Just my 2 cents........

 

[meowmeowmeow]

My bad I stink the BB filter was like $35 delivered via USPS and they threw in some compost tea & a burlap sack.

 

[Tynehead Tom]

I buy the big bottles of reverse osmosis/ozone treated water. I'm out in the sticks and tho my plants don't mind the odd feeding with the well water, it's real hard water.
I also collect rainwater in 6, 50 gallon plastic drums out back and use that for the greenhouse or when I can't make the trip to town to fill the bottles of Ro.
I get it for 5 bux for the big water cooler type jug and 2 bux (Canadian) for refills.