purified water ??

Hey canna.com goers,
I just wanted to know if i could use shop bought purified water instead of pH balancing my tap water. Im just an autopot system with strait perlite, im also using canna vega and canna root booster.

I heard that purified water or distilled water have a pH balance that is right to use with no fuss. Is this true ?

Thanks guys

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Originally Posted by darbolah

I heard that purified water or distilled water have a pH balance that is right to use with no fuss. Is this true ?

Thanks guys

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Not true. For instance if I buy distilled from my local grocery store the ph of their distilled water is 7.2.

If I go to their competitor across the street the ph of their distilled water is 6.8.

The main advantage you gain going from tap water to distilled or RO water is that you don't have to worry about a high PPM coming from your tap water. Which can lead to salt build up and cause you all sorts of problems.

If you use distilled or RO water be sure to add CalMag as the city adds this to your water that comes from the tap. Distilled/RO have this filtered out along with a number of other trace minerals.

I just email the distributer and normally they can give me the relative pH of the product.

don't guess about pH ... TEST, TEST, TEST ... it's the only way to know (and, periodically calibrate your testing methods) ... :jointsmile: