Live Stoner Chat Water softener

[Gimemy]

Accidentally used Culligan water for 7 weeks will the salt stop my plants it looks like it may have or it was the polar vortex can't figure it out got pretty cool in the room

 

[krug]

I have no idea...sorry.

 

[Rwg111]

Accidentally used Culligan water for 7 weeks will the salt stop my plants it looks like it may have or it was the polar vortex can't figure it out got pretty cool in the room

Any idea of the ph and ppm

 

[Duggy]

Accidentally used Culligan water for 7 weeks will the salt stop my plants it looks like it may have or it was the polar vortex can't figure it out got pretty cool in the room

Likely excess Sodium from the water softener..

 

[Rwg111]

When I cant get RO water I use my ho.e softened water and every 2 weeks I run flora shield at 2 tablespoons per gal to keep the roots clean it seems to help. My ppms are high almost 300 after exiting the softener we wont drink the water.

 

[Rev. Green Genes]

The good news is sodium is easy to filter. It is a really big atom, a cheap 10 micron whole house filter will remove it. Thats why it's bad in soil, it clogs up soil pores and attaches to cation exchange sites excluding other minerals. It has a similar effect in hydro, but it is binding with other minerals directly (oxygen primarily.)
When it joins with a water molecule it makes sodium hydroxide and releases free hydrogen. You can see how that would screw up your hydro. It eats oxygen, and releases hydrogen, which alters pH to some extent. Depending on how much is released as gas and how much binds with nutes..

 

[Gimemy]

Any idea of the ph and ppm

Yes I'm sorry to say it's this is my first time growing autoflowers finally tested the water PH was 8.2 the parts per million and the alkalinity was off the scale the creek water in my area was the same way filing using Rainwater I also discovered I had bad genetics2 the autoflowers haven't even flour and I'm on week 13 I started some sweet seeds big devil XL and deep sea creature mixes

 

[Gimemy]

The good news is sodium is easy to filter. It is a really big atom, a cheap 10 micron whole house filter will remove it. Thats why it's bad in soil, it clogs up soil pores and attaches to cation exchange sites excluding other minerals. It has a similar effect in hydro, but it is binding with other minerals directly (oxygen primarily.)
When it joins with a water molecule it makes sodium hydroxide and releases free hydrogen. You can see how that would screw up your hydro. It eats oxygen, and releases hydrogen, which alters pH to some extent. Depending on how much is released as gas and how much binds with nutes..

Understand thanks

 

[Gimemy]

When I cant get RO water I use my ho.e softened water and every 2 weeks I run flora shield at 2 tablespoons per gal to keep the roots clean it seems to help. My ppms are high almost 300 after exiting the softener we wont drink the water.

Same here about the drinking

 

[Gimemy]

Any idea of the ph and ppm

Yes I finally tested the water it was way too high pH was eight to the alkalinity in the parts per million was off the scale is my first time growing autoflowers and I kind of screwed him up plus I had bad genetics starting over with some big devil XL and some deep sea creature mixes