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[Unique]

So, after a little rant, a big bowl and some gardening (to help the ptsd and chill out) we'll try this again.
@StickMan @Titan @Unique @Mañ'O'Green @bushmasterar15 @Hypathetical Gardener @Dudeski @mcpd_refugee @iampepe @Rollin_along @AutoWonders @912GreenSkell @archie gemmill @Need4Weed @dankstyle J @Spacejunkie @forbiddenx711 @hesgone13

We'll call this segment.... WWYD Corner or What Would You Do? Corner.

Scenario:
You're a Farmer and you are trying to decide which water source to use in your organic garden. You have 2 sources of water to choose from, both wells.

Well1, is the primary source for the house and has a UV light and a salt/brine water softening system. It has a tertiary filtering system at the sink in the house, not the whole system.

Well2, is used for irrigation and does not have any filtering except a a screen to catch large debris.

Also, you have a Garden model RO filtering system your planning to use. The garden model adds calcium and magnesium back to the RO water before adding it to the reservoir.
You also know that with organic gardening the pH level of your H2O is best between 6.2 and 7.0, and ppm is important and Ca/Mg is needed but you don't want a bunch of other stuff in there that you don't know what it is, but, with organic it probably won't hurt to have a lil' bit of other minerals, etc..

You've tested the water from all sources and here are the results:

A) Well1 with UV and softener
Temperature: 72 F
ppm: 787
pH: 6.65

B) Well1 w/o UV&softener
Temp: 61 F
ppm: 777
pH: 6.55

C) Well1 w/ UV&Softener and RO filter
Temp: 74 F
ppm: 200
pH: 6.50

D) Well2
Temp: 68 F
ppm: 249
pH: 7.56

E) Well2 w/ RO filter
Temp: 68 F
ppm: 35 - 45 (Ca/Mg)
pH: 7.53

WWYD?
I am tempted to go with Well1 (C) w/UV/Soft and RO at 200 ppm and 6.5 pH, because the water has been zapped with UV (all the lil' buggies are killed) and I don't ever have to worry about adding pH decrease. The ppm is really not high enough to worry about it, 45 of it is Ca/Mg.

My choice would be "E" for sure, it has lowest ppm...but, c,d or e would be all okay.. You have really high ppm in a couple of them, wow!

 

[Dudeski]

E or d, just not sure about the extra salts added with the filter.

 

[mcpd_refugee]

I concur with most of the above. I would go with D or E.

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

we all entitled to a wee rant now and again in our own threadstechnology does my head in at times the megadoodle issue near sent me round the twist.not sure if its AFN or my browser(pc maxthon) but a wee box pops up every 5mins (saved).sometimes i forget what i was doing half way through a reply,and find it a week later i lost 2 threads in the big crash the other month,no new threads in months and i decide to make two that weekend...sods law and all that of no help to you after that loss of your data.windows notepad is handy to have open in the corner .
id go for C or E more c than e though.or a mix of the 2 is that doable ? im not dwc/water grower but my thoughts are more ppm than 35 but less than 200

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Your right, work smarter not harder, but, WHATEVER! THEY! NEED! TO! FIX! THIS! ISSUE! because it's not the first time. I'm sorry but a keyed backspace should not be changing the page and losing your post!

In Windows 10 Back spacing on my PC only back spaces 1 character - period. Ctrl + backspace deletes 1 word, if it is highlighted in blue backspace deletes all of the highlighted content.

Here is the most important discovery alt + backspace re-types what was backspaced!

 

[Unique]

In Windows 10 Back spacing on my PC only back spaces 1 character - period. Ctrl + backspace deletes 1 word, if it is highlighted in blue backspace deletes all of the highlighted content.

Here is the most important discovery alt + backspace re-types what was backspaced!

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

So, after a little rant, a big bowl and some gardening (to help the ptsd and chill out) we'll try this again.
@StickMan @Titan @Unique @Mañ'O'Green @bushmasterar15 @Hypathetical Gardener @Dudeski @mcpd_refugee @iampepe @Rollin_along @AutoWonders @912GreenSkell @archie gemmill @Need4Weed @dankstyle J @Spacejunkie @forbiddenx711 @hesgone13

We'll call this segment.... WWYD Corner or What Would You Do? Corner.

Scenario:
You're a Farmer and you are trying to decide which water source to use in your organic garden. You have 2 sources of water to choose from, both wells.

Well1, is the primary source for the house and has a UV light and a salt/brine water softening system. It has a tertiary filtering system at the sink in the house, not the whole system.

Well2, is used for irrigation and does not have any filtering except a a screen to catch large debris.

Also, you have a Garden model RO filtering system your planning to use. The garden model adds calcium and magnesium back to the RO water before adding it to the reservoir.
You also know that with organic gardening the pH level of your H2O is best between 6.2 and 7.0, and ppm is important and Ca/Mg is needed but you don't want a bunch of other stuff in there that you don't know what it is, but, with organic it probably won't hurt to have a lil' bit of other minerals, etc..

You've tested the water from all sources and here are the results:

A) Well1 with UV and softener
Temperature: 72 F
ppm: 787
pH: 6.65

B) Well1 w/o UV&softener
Temp: 61 F
ppm: 777
pH: 6.55

C) Well1 w/ UV&Softener and RO filter
Temp: 74 F
ppm: 200
pH: 6.50

D) Well2
Temp: 68 F
ppm: 249
pH: 7.56

E) Well2 w/ RO filter
Temp: 68 F
ppm: 35 - 45 (Ca/Mg)
pH: 7.53

WWYD?
I am tempted to go with Well1 (C) w/UV/Soft and RO at 200 ppm and 6.5 pH, because the water has been zapped with UV (all the lil' buggies are killed) and I don't ever have to worry about adding pH decrease. The ppm is really not high enough to worry about it, 45 of it is Ca/Mg.

IMPO 50% D + 50% E then PH Why? lots of good minerals in well water but your PPMs are a little too high. By mixing them you get the best of both worlds with a PPM of 150.

 

[Smowkabowl]

My choice would be "E" for sure, it has lowest ppm...but, c,d or e would be all okay.. You have really high ppm in a couple of them, wow!

the high ppm's are from well1 for some reason, with an alkaline pH. Well2 has ok ppm str8 outta the ground with a slightly acidic pH. So, I have been using option E with the Ca/Mg ppm and adding a drop or two of pH decrease whenever I water, which hasn't been much yet. I was making a couple gallons of water from well1 the other day and thought I would see where it was coming in at and was surprised at the pH and hardness (ppm). Thus, all the testing and wondering which would be best. The only reason I'm thinking about option C is because of the UV light killing any bacteria.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

the high ppm's are from well1 for some reason, with an alkaline pH. Well2 has ok ppm str8 outta the ground with a slightly acidic pH. So, I have been using option E with the Ca/Mg ppm and adding a drop or two of pH decrease whenever I water, which hasn't been much yet. I was making a couple gallons of water from well1 the other day and thought I would see where it was coming in at and was surprised at the pH and hardness (ppm). Thus, all the testing and wondering which would be best. The only reason I'm thinking about option C is because of the UV light killing any bacteria.

You talk like bacteria is a bad thing, it is not. Most are beneficial to plant growth. Unless you have leaching from a septic system getting into your well (a really bad thing for you) you don't need to worry about bacteria on your plants.

 

[Dudeski]

Are you growing in soil or coco? The bacteria could add some life to the soil and benefit greatly!