So starting a new grow with bubbles again. My first grow I went with pure RO water the whole way through, beside over feeding everything went fine. Now, to save me lots of trips and $$ I wanted to try and use tap water this time.
So, My tap water is 116ppm and I pass it through a RV inline charcoal filter, this brings it down to 110ppm. I prepared 4 gallons of water 2 days prior to putting the seedling in the bucket since the ph of tap seems to raise by itself constantly. During the 2 days I placed an air stone inside and kept it in the dark. Anyway, the end of the first day with the rez now in the tent, I'm smelling a pretty gross smell from the rez. After reading a bunch I know 110ppm is ok for tap water and I though myself that was pretty clean (looks clean too). Nothing looks moldy, I do use a bacteria killer which has no odor.
Is this common with all tap water dwc grows? I read people with much higher ppm's using tap with no complains. I'd love to just use RO again, but when the plant taks 1 gallon+ a day, its silly running to the same store for water every week.
So, My tap water is 116ppm and I pass it through a RV inline charcoal filter, this brings it down to 110ppm. I prepared 4 gallons of water 2 days prior to putting the seedling in the bucket since the ph of tap seems to raise by itself constantly. During the 2 days I placed an air stone inside and kept it in the dark. Anyway, the end of the first day with the rez now in the tent, I'm smelling a pretty gross smell from the rez. After reading a bunch I know 110ppm is ok for tap water and I though myself that was pretty clean (looks clean too). Nothing looks moldy, I do use a bacteria killer which has no odor.
Is this common with all tap water dwc grows? I read people with much higher ppm's using tap with no complains. I'd love to just use RO again, but when the plant taks 1 gallon+ a day, its silly running to the same store for water every week.
