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PsychedelicSins
07-13-2006, 02:09 AM
Do you HAVE to use Cal-Mag with RO water??
PsychedelicSins
07-13-2006, 02:11 AM
Even if you used dolomite lime in the soil?
Tom Swierzbinski
07-13-2006, 03:56 AM
After months of growing Im still stumped on this one.
What the hell is RO water?
L3G10N
07-13-2006, 04:13 AM
Ro water = Reverse Osmosis, a water purifying technique.
Tom Swierzbinski
07-13-2006, 04:18 AM
Ro water = Reverse Osmosis, a water purifying technique.


Ooh, cheers for that. I kept thinking it was Rain ____ water, but I couldnt figure out what the second word was :o
PsychedelicSins
07-13-2006, 04:27 AM
Nobody know??

Off to ICMAG.....
Zandor
07-13-2006, 05:31 PM
Yes you still should use CalMag plus. It's not a buffer it replaces nutrients and minerals the RO process removes but the plant still needs.

It's always a good idea to use CalMag Plus when you RO water for anything.
chef423
07-18-2006, 09:07 PM
where the heck can you get a decent priced RO machine from? From what I have seen, they are through the roof. Not worth it in my book...

chef
Pothead4204life
07-18-2006, 11:22 PM
check ebay...how much you priced them for???
chef423
07-18-2006, 11:44 PM
check ebay...how much you priced them for???


Ok, now that I have found them to be affordable...which one is the best? Meaning, I dont have to buy the filters everytime I wanna use it...the whole point of buying the hardware is so I can be done with buying. I dont wanna spend 200 on a machine that I later find out needs a ($20) filter change after ever 10 gl of water cleaned. Kinda defeats the purpuse dont cha think? In-addition, I still am not sold on RO water vs. tap...I am not ignorant to the particles in our drinking water, but you have to buy an RO machine, then re-add some of the micro-nutes you just took out of the "dirty water" to make it useful for the plants?? lol...see my point here??

So sell me, please...

chef
Pothead4204life
07-19-2006, 01:16 AM
well yeah...most RO's have carbon filters which acts as a pre-treatment for water...you could get away with 20-30 dolla every year.....i got an RO for 150 dolla....RO are very useful to remove TDS (chemicals like chlorine..iron..etc..)
chef423
07-19-2006, 02:43 AM
well yeah...most RO's have carbon filters which acts as a pre-treatment for water...you could get away with 20-30 dolla every year.....i got an RO for 150 dolla....RO are very useful to remove TDS (chemicals like chlorine..iron..etc..)

Cool. Thanks for the info. I LOVE clean water, to drink...Aquafina rules. Again, thanks for taking time to reply.

chef
noodlesqld
07-20-2006, 03:31 AM
Thank you for filling me in on RO water i was scratching my head thinking WTF but now i know