Ion exchange with calcium sulfite

I posted this in a different column but figured the hydro guys would know water best, im growing in soil but was wondering if its bad to use a water filter that has calcium sulfite in it ive read mixed things about ion exchange in cannabis water

sbhippie said:

I posted this in a different column but figured the hydro guys would know water best, im growing in soil but was wondering if its bad to use a water filter that has calcium sulfite in it ive read mixed things about ion exchange in cannabis water

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Are you trying to filter the cannabis out of the cannabis water?

Hollatchaboy said:

Are you trying to filter the cannabis out of the cannabis water?

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Lol no the water is for cannabis, i have calcium build up, i know ion exchange turns calcium and magnesium into sodiums so idk if its safe to use or not

sbhippie said:

Lol no the water is for cannabis, i have calcium build up, i know ion exchange turns calcium and magnesium into sodiums so idk if its safe to use or not

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Sorry, I was just messing around. I don't know the answer, but I'm interested in knowing, so I'll be watching the thread.

sbhippie said:

Lol no the water is for cannabis, i have calcium build up, i know ion exchange turns calcium and magnesium into sodiums so idk if its safe to use or not

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The common water filter only substitutes 2+ (calcium and magnesium) for 1+ (sodium and potassium) to prevent scaling, but it is not good for plants. EC remains the same. Not sure how calcium sulfite filters water and which elements will be presented after whole process and that kinda sucks…

Not enough of it will be expelled into the water to even matter. I had to look into this when installing a filtration system into my kitchen for our pretty bad well water. I ended up just going with a reverse osmosis system.

That said, if you use a Reverse Osmosis filter just know it will remove a lot of the stuff the plants need from the water such as Calcium, Iron, Magnesium etc which you later may end up having to supplement.

Are you using City water or Well water? I cannot use my well water unfortunately it is like 400 ppm of iron and all sorts of shit you don't want in your body.

sbhippie said:

use a water filter that has calcium sulfite in it

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how bad is your source water? can you use it w/o filtering it?

stretch it down with RO to an acceptable level and, if necessary, sup Ca Mg S using CalNit & Epsom so that, at least, you arrive at medium hardness level and more Ca & S than Cl or Na (to prevent lockout)
rest of feed from bottles
you dont want to enrich your water with Na at all

Kassiopeija said:

stretch it down with RO

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i think he's saying his water filtration device uses cal sulfite as part of the process? maybe i'm wrong though

rkymtnman said:

how bad is your source water? can you use it w/o filtering it?

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I was using it straight last run and got lock out then this time i noticed salt build up, also run a humidifier so u could just be shit settling on my pots, im using city water, i just started indoors so im still learning been doing outdoor for years but i have to play nature now lol

rkymtnman said:

i think he's saying his water filtration device uses cal sulfite as part of the process? maybe i'm wrong though

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Yup, i can't really afford an RO system right now so i got a filter for my faucet, haven't used it yet though

i bought RO water by the 5 gal jug at walmart for a few years. it was a PITA but it helped in the beginning

rkymtnman said:

how bad is your source water? can you use it w/o filtering it?

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I pretty much just decided il buy ro water and mix it with my tap water il use the filtered water for my humidifier, and as far as my water quality il just say this my main check valve recently blew apart on my main water line coas the waters so hard