Im doing a bubbler grow and have a few questions
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Originally Posted by SecondNut
That's great that you've found a source of known high-quality RO. I hadn't thought of asking the local aquarium for some, great tip! I'm going to call first thing on Monday. How much do they charge you for it?
You're right about RO vs distilled. The problem with distilled is that the quality can be all over the place between bottles/brands that say "distilled". Some is chemically purified, some is filtered, some is RO, some is processed 3 or 4 ways, etc, etc... If I'm not mistaken, the only requirement (in the USA) for water to be labeled "distilled" is that, at some point in the process, it is vaporized then condensed. There is no minimum ppm or purity requirement. But, that said, even the cheapest distilled water is better than using tap, IMHO (unless you've got some damn good tap water).
One final thing... you might want to ask to speak to the owner of your hydro shop some day and tell them they have someone giving completely bad advice. Trust me, they don't want their customers to be losing crops (which will happen if people start to follow that guy's "advice"). You have to actually have something growing to continue to buy stuff from the shop, right? Anyway, just a thought.
RO water in most pet stores by me are .40-.50 a gal but ro/di is like $1.0-1.25 a gal .
The di is a deionization process that makes the water even better. Without the di its really not lab quality but its still good.
When i first started with fish tanks I had alot of problems with stablizing my tanks. It was battle im glad is over. After switching to ro/di my tanks basicly run themselves.
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Originally Posted by Charles U Farley
Hey Zero,
Yup pet stores and aquarium stores are great places for RO units,pumps and other stuff youll need.Sounds like you are on top of things,if I can Ill give you my two cents on the nutes you are using.Yes I have bought the 4L bottle of Voodoo for almost 200$,etc etc.I think the AN stuff works but is very overpriced but then again maybe you get what you pay for.That being said I also think their charts and suggested use is way way to high.I basically use the root stuff for vegging and cut it out when I move the girls into the flowering room,AN's chart calls for two weeks of the expensive root stuff into flowering.Im sure they know more than I do but I also think its a way to get the average grower to spend more money on their nutes.I go way way on the low end of everything they suggests,and the comment you got earlier in the post about ppm's being a bit high for your little ones is spot on.Its easy to add more if you see they are yellowing out a bit,but if you burn em' or fry em' that is hard to take back and will set you back either weeks or on your yields.Easy does it is a great way to think about it.I take notes on everything I do so that I can look back if I have to and see if I made a bone headed decision in regards to nutes if the plants are in distress. I dont really want to get into a discussion about the merits of certain nutes and companies,I just responded because I have used what you are and was hopeful my post would be helpful.Post some pics of your gals as Id love to follow along and see how everything turns out for you.I am probably a month or so away from making my own bubbler setup so I will be watching,take care,be well,and most all be safe.
Yea I bought the 1 liter bottle for $92 lol Im such a sucker for a good sales pitch! The bottle said for a seeding to add 1oz per gallon of water but I put 1/2oz for the whole 5 gallons. next water change im going to put 1 oz for 5 gallons and increase it once a week by 1/2oz until I reach 1/2oz per gallon and im gonna stop there.. Yeah I dont plan on adding this pasted veg. there are a few other things that caught my eye like big bud :) anyway as soon as I find my camera card I will post pics. Everything seems to be doing ok so far.
