I use store bought bottled water. I would probably be better off mixing it 50/50 with dechlorinated sink water to get the PPM were is should be. My sink water is 418-422 PPM and my bottled water is .04 so if I mixed it, it should have enough calcium in it so allow me to cut out my cal/mag. Still though I use bottled water and feed cal/mag every once and a while.
New Grower What water do you use
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Sweet I've been thinking about R/O and I even picked up a 3 stage GE system for $25 off craigslist. However I don't know where to put it since putting a hole in the counter top is not an option. Maybe where the water heater is? 158 just makes things less costly since i'll need new filters for the r/o.
Joe383 have you considered using a chelate to use that hard water to your benefit? My water is a 440 or something well above a 400. If you have fulvic or citric acid in that water it will break those large calcium clusters down into ready to absorb form. I live in Southern California and can not accept all the waste a RO water unit makes. 7-1 is a lot of water waste. My growing got much better when I switched to tap with chelates. Just my thoughts and experience with coco and dwc.
It rains quite a bit up here so I figured I have a couple of weeks until my first grow so I have a couple of 5 gallon buckets collecting rain water. The bud tender at the local dispensary mentioned that she just collects water so we are having a good run of rain so may as well make use of one of the two free and natural thing that plants need to survive.
Ripped, if your in PDX area or Western Oregon tap water is good. I'm in Vancouver, WA and only use tap water after sitting out for a 24 hours. I feed by the measurement rather than PPM as well.
I only use rainwater or melted snow. Much better and cheaper than a wasteful RO filter. Amazed at how relatively few indoor growers use rainwater.
