Has anyone here used either of these for watering their girls? My well water is over 200 ppm TDS’s. I have a tester for that and I’m gonna get a PH tester. I’m gonna use FFOF with perlite so soil PH will be good. I can get distilled, or RO water if need be. Any suggestions?
Either will work. I am blessed with 80ppm tap water. It works great
Spend the money and get an Apera ph20. I promise your girls will love you for it.
It all depends on what’s upstream.
If you drink your well water, it’s okay for your plants. That’s a high number of solids, but if they aren’t stuff thats’ bad for you, it’s not bad for your cannabis. Just make sure the pH is correct, and that’s easy to do once it’s out of the well and into the watering can.
Rainwater is generally good. Can you capture and store the rain?
There is a granular blend you can use to add to well water. It was made at Michigan state university and is called MSU well water blend. I have heard spring water is the best to use. I would not use river or stream water unless filtered and tested. Could be something you don’t want in your watering schedule added upstream. I’m not much for RO systems and the constant changing of filters.
This can be a good practice . . . it can also contaminate your garden. In general, falling rainwater is clean, but to stay that way the entire collection system must be just as clean . . . collect rainwater from a gutter system on a house with a new shingle roof . . . let it sit 30 minutes and you’ll see a an oily film on the surface, not to mention all the pollen, sap, dust, insects and bird crap that it’s filtered through on its way to the barrel.
Yes, an asphalt roof will put petroleum into the garden. But all the other stuff is in the garden anyway and will be neutral or beneficial - bird crap definitely is desirable.
Fortunate landscaping can direct runoff to the garden. So much rain is wasted being shunted off to the gutters and municipal sewer system.
Maybe neutral or beneficial for an outside vegetable garden . . . I don’t want petroleum and raw crap in my reservoirs so I’ll stick with RO and if I waste more water that way, well, if it benefits my girls so be it . . .
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