Nute & Reverse Osmosis questions For Hydro

rkymtnman · Aug 3, 2021

MustGro said:
If I understand it right his friend told him the water is 800 PPM and the chlorine is .8PPM

i find it hard to believe the water is that high. i'm thinking 0.8EC maybe? 400 ppm?? the chlorine at 0,8ppm sounds right

MustGro · Aug 3, 2021

I've seen posts that had 880 PPM water from a well before. I think it all depends on the local rock formations in the aquifer.

rkymtnman · Aug 3, 2021

MustGro said:
I've seen posts that had 880 PPM water from a well before. I think it all depends on the local rock formations in the aquifer.

wow? no shit huh. i stand corrected!

MustGro · Aug 3, 2021

I think he was in Alberta, Canada. Well water can be real tricky; or it can be nice. Sometimes a 2-300 PPM water with some calcium and carbonates is nice.

1212ham · Aug 3, 2021

rkymtnman said:
i find it hard to believe the water is that high. i'm thinking 0.8EC maybe? 400 ppm?? the chlorine at 0,8ppm sounds right

May tap is around 1.3 EC, rocks came out when I flushed the water heater! My well water 150 miles away was around .6

MustGro · Aug 3, 2021

1212ham said:
May tap is around 1.3 EC, rocks came out when I flushed the water heater!

Can you use it for anything. Is it good for outside plants or maybe a vegetable garden or is it too much PPM?

Incredible4Mr2E · Aug 3, 2021

rkymtnman said:
i find it hard to believe the water is that high. i'm thinking 0.8EC maybe? 400 ppm?? the chlorine at 0,8ppm sounds right

Yes, the chlorine is around .8 ppm and my buddy’s TDS meter was reading around 800 ppm from the faucet. We have a lot of calcium in the water, it’s really hard. Even if I can get an RO system and get the chlorine out and lower the PPM I’d be happy.

Incredible4Mr2E · Aug 3, 2021

MustGro said:
I think he was in Alberta, Canada. Well water can be real tricky; or it can be nice. Sometimes a 2-300 PPM water with some calcium and carbonates is nice.

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MustGro said:
If I understand it right his friend told him the water is 800 PPM and the chlorine is .8PPM, but I'm jumping in here late. If your water is truly 800 PPM @Incredible4Mr2E then there's not much chance of using it in hydro without dropping that number.
I just switched to Jack's in my 35 gallon reservoir though and my tap water is a very cannabis friendly 55PPM. I added nothing to my last grow but Jack's 321, Walmart epsom salts and Cyco PH adjusters. If you get really pure water I don't believe you will need anything more than I used.
Definitely get yourself an EC/TDS meter. I had great luck with a $40 Com-80 for 3 years now.

I’m just going to buy a hydro stealth and hope it drops it below 100 ppm. I think I’m going to need some pre filters too I think. The water here is dirty.

rkymtnman · Aug 3, 2021

Incredible4Mr2E said:
Yes, the chlorine is around .8 ppm and my buddy’s TDS meter was reading around 800 ppm from the faucet. We have a lot of calcium in the water, it’s really hard. Even if I can get an RO system and get the chlorine out and lower the PPM I’d be happy.

if you can cut your ppms in half, that would help.

Incredible4Mr2E · Aug 3, 2021

Johiem said:
Have you considered trying to catch the rain? I have buckets around the house to catch runoff from my roof. I then wick the water to and through a carbon filter. I've gotten as low as 49 ppm doing this. No chlorine Or chlorimides. It's about as pure as one can get, and without the investment.

It’s a good recommendation and I might have a place to catch it. This summer has been so wet in NY and would be perfect for what I need.

Incredible4Mr2E · Aug 3, 2021

rkymtnman said:
if you can cut your ppms in half, that would help.

Only way to see if it’s going to work is to order it and see what it does at this point.

rkymtnman · Aug 3, 2021

Incredible4Mr2E said:
Only way to see if it’s going to work is to order it and see what it does at this point.

the closer you can get to 0, the better off you'll be at the beginning.

i feed in hydro once a day at only 0.7EC total. (350ppm) just as an example of where just your water minus nutes is at

1212ham · Aug 3, 2021

Incredible4Mr2E said:
I’m just going to buy a hydro stealth and hope it drops it below 100 ppm. I think I’m going to need some pre filters too I think. The water here is dirty.

All the RO systems I've seen have filters before the RO membrane, that one has sediment and carbon filters with the RO membrane on top. With 1.3 EC/650ppm tap my RO system delivers about 25 ppm.
I'd run rain water through a 5 micron carbon filter.

Incredible4Mr2E · Aug 3, 2021

rkymtnman said:
the closer you can get to 0, the better off you'll be at the beginning.

i feed in hydro once a day at only 0.7EC total. (350ppm) just as an example of where just your water minus nutes is at

1212ham said:
All the RO systems I've seen have filters before the RO membrane, that one has sediment and carbon filters with the RO membrane on top. With 1.3 EC/650ppm tap my RO system delivers about 25 ppm.
I'd run rain water through a 5 micron carbon filter.

So, I just found one of these from an older women on Marketplace. Brand new, in box, never used, 60 bucks. I’m going to see what it can do, and for 60 bucks (fingers crossed) it works lol

1212ham · Aug 3, 2021

Incredible4Mr2E said:
So, I just found one of these from an older women on Marketplace. Brand new, in box, never used, 60 bucks. I’m going to see what it can do, and for 60 bucks (fingers crossed) it works lol View attachment 4957532

Thats a great deal! Are those some sort of bulkhead fittings I see where your drains pass through the tent wall?

Thundercat · Aug 3, 2021

just FYI the chlorine is in no way any sort of problem at those levels. Chlorine is a plant nutrient and can also be used in a hydro reservoir to keep it clean and sterile.

The issue you have is the overall ppm of the water it’s seems to have tons of stuff in it if it’s at 800. I’d suggest having your buddy bring over his meter and checking it at your house to see what yours is. If it’s also real high, then filtering is your best option.

PadawanWarrior · Aug 3, 2021

Thundercat said:
just FYI the chlorine is in no way any sort of problem at those levels. Chlorine is a plant nutrient and can also be used in a hydro reservoir to keep it clean and sterile.

The issue you have is the overall ppm of the water it’s seems to have tons of stuff in it if it’s at 800. I’d suggest having your buddy bring over his meter and checking it at your house to see what yours is. If it’s also real high, then filtering is your best option.

Roar.

Scuzzman · Aug 4, 2021

interesting read - thought I'd check my tape water-PPM 98-100 = EC 200, would amend Nutrients to allow correct PPM/EC to suit ..

Incredible4Mr2E · Aug 4, 2021

1212ham said:
Thats a great deal! Are those some sort of bulkhead fittings I see where your drains pass through the tent wall?

I’ve been building this slowly for the past 6 weeks. I e been doing so much research and question asking. I couldn’t figure out how to get my 2” pvc thru the tent and light proof it. I eventually founds these, and they’re great! Easy to install and haven’t had a problem. It comes with this stabbing tool with two razors, one on each side. Stick it thru the tent, spin, and you have a pretty close to perfect circle. The 2.8” hole thing is bullshit too, it barely fits a 2” pvc schedule 40 thru it. It has play on both sides but not very much

Incredible4Mr2E · Aug 4, 2021

PadawanWarrior said:
Roar.

Is what he said wrong?

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