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Yea the last advisory board meeting was to have discussed the matter of plant count but it ended early. Anyway one of the board members had left anyway.The 4 plant count is alright if you have an outdoor grow but indoors is another thing all together.I think more than the plant count we need to get the amount of product you can have changed 6 oz.s is just too low I think more like 1lb that way if you do an outdoor grow you can have for the whole year.It is just too expensive to grow indoors.
I agree re the 6 oz. limit - especially given one county (Marin???) in CA allows 4 lbs. per patient.
No wonder the feds are cracking down in CA! 4 Lbs for personal use? Anyway...I suggest all of us patients and our families start writing letters to the Secretary of Health and our legislators. The Statute is expected to be opened in order to permanently allocate the fees generated from MCP to the DOH. This is the time for any changes to be made. Increased amount of finished product and longer period between license renewal for the patients for certain conditions (permanent card for 'uncureable' conditions, bi-annual for others). Some things can be changed through the rules and regulations as they were last December. Other things have to be changed in the Statute. If the newspaper articles are correct, when the Act was written, Legislatures expected a minimal number of patients. Not the 5000+ applications received to date.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScaredasHell
CFO your making sense again. LOL but you might think 4 lbs might be a lot but if you are making" THE CURE" you need lots of product and not just leftovers.And your on the money with the NEED to change the renewal time frame It should be at least every 2 years I think it should be more like our drivers license every 4 years or permanent.You say" Legislatures expected a minimal number of patients" How can that be if PTSD is one of the conditions.There Is no one out there that has not had one of those episodes in there life. And then there is chronic pain. As a young person I for one though I could do anything and did do it as a result sustained injury's that NOW I am paying for. I don't think I am that far different than everyone else. So what I am trying to say is that there is no reason for someone that wants to get in the program not to be able to.
Yes I love the idea of a Permanent card - had my condition since 1984 and if anything it just gets worse! Why should I / we have to re-up every year!!!!!!
Not1bitscared
Hi Alfonso. When the statute was written, PTSD was NOT one of the approved conditions. It was added after one of the subsequent medical advisory meetings. I would have to re-read the statute to see what the original conditions were, but I recall Epilepsy, MS, ALS, HIV/AIDS, cancer, and a few others. I would have to pull up the statute and too lazy to do so. Sooooo....without the PTSD and chronic pain.....how many patients would there be? Again, could look it up, but too lazy tonight! LOL
Not a big deal what were the first intentions of the act. As all things they change sometimes for the better sometimes for the worst.But it is what it is.We have to learn to roll with the punches.
Here you go CFO... As of 8-29-11
Active
3981
Bernalillo
1692
Applying
3
Catron
10
Deceased
18
Chaves
73
Denied
3
Cibola
35
Inactive
1227
Colfax
34
Withdrawn
6
Curry
37
Total
5238
De Baca
6
Doña Ana
400
Caregivers
Count
Eddy
67
Active
106
Grant
106
Deceased
1
Guadalupe
6
Inactive
73
Harding
1
Withdrawn
4
Hidalgo
10
Total
184
Lea
32
Lincoln
99
Qualifying Condition
Count
Los Alamos
28
PTSD
1688
Luna
26
Chronic Pain
1250
McKinley
38
Cancer
562
Mora
40
Painful Peripheral Neuropathy
386
Otero
70
HIV/AIDS
236
Quay
23
Intractable Nausea/Vomiting
207
Rio Arriba
163
Multiple Sclerosis
194
Roosevelt
11
Spinal Cord Damage with Intractable Spasticity
175
Roswell
1
Epilepsy
151
San Juan
247
Glaucoma
94
San Miguel
178
Severe Anorexia/Cachexia
79
Sandoval
367
Inflammatory autoimmune-mediated Arthritis
73
Santa Fe
841
Crohn's Disease
65
Sierra
134
Hep C Under Treatment
52
Socorro
45
Hospice Care
17
Taos
178
ALS
6
Torrance
53
Union
4
Inactives Qualifying Condition
Count
Valencia
183
PTSD
284
Cancer
216
Chronic Pain
197
Painful Peripheral Neuropathy
110
HIV/AIDS
96
Multiple Sclerosis
70
Spinal Cord Damage with Intractable Spasticity
65
Epilepsy
45
Intractable Nausea/Vomiting
42
Glaucoma
25
Hep C Under Treatment
21
Severe Anorexia/Cachexia
17
Crohn's Disease
16
Inflammatory Autoimmune-mediated Arthritis
13
Hospice Care
7
ALS
3
License to Produce?
Count
Yes
2219
No
3019
Fee Paid (Tracking as of 1/25/10)
Count
Yes
1020
No
4218
County of Home Address
License to Produce?
Count
Bernalillo
Yes
673
Catron
Yes
8
Chaves
Yes
28
Cibola
Yes
16
Colfax
Yes
20
Curry
Yes
12
De Baca
Yes
5
Doña Ana
Yes
175
Eddy
Yes
31
Grant
Yes
48
Guadalupe
Yes
1
Harding
Yes
1
Hidalgo
Yes
3
Lea
Yes
23
Lincoln
Yes
60
Los Alamos
Yes
15
Luna
Yes
10
McKinley
Yes
15
Mora
Yes
20
Otero
Yes
34
Quay
Yes
11
Rio Arriba
Yes
61
Roosevelt
Yes
5
Roswell
Yes
1
San Juan
Yes
79
San Miguel
Yes
67
Sandoval
Yes
165
Santa Fe
Yes
343
Sierra
Yes
56
Socorro
Yes
25
Taos
Yes
90
Torrance
Yes
26
Union
Yes
2
Valencia
Yes
90
Bernalillo
No
1019
Catron
No
2
Chaves
No
45
Cibola
No
19
Colfax
No
14
Curry
No
25
De Baca
No
1
Doña Ana
No
225
Eddy
No
36
Grant
No
58
Guadalupe
No
5
Hidalgo
No
7
Lea
No
9
Lincoln
No
39
Los Alamos
No
13
Luna
No
16
McKinley
No
23
Mora
No
20
Otero
No
36
Quay
No
12
Rio Arriba
No
102
Roosevelt
No
6
San Juan
No
168
San Miguel
No
111
Sandoval
No
202
Santa Fe
No
498
Sierra
No
78
Socorro
No
20
Taos
No
88
Torrance
No
27
Union
No
2
Valencia
No
93
Finding this thread today, I decided to register to I could add to it. My wife has been on the program since the early days, she was around #400 I think. She's on her 2d renewal. I've been on it for now going into my second year, since they added auto-immune arthritic diseases to the list. We just got our renewals a couple of weeks ago. Both were about a month late, meaning they took two months from the time we mailed the apps to receiving our cards. We also grow, and received both cards at the same time.
Funny thing, two weeks after getting our cards, we got ANOTHER set of cards. Identical. In the first year, they sent us someone else's card and PPL cert. I'd be surprised if this sort of confusion isn't very common in the program. They must be horribly over-worked.
We haven't done much business with the non-profits. I feel a little bad about it, but no way could be afford to buy it at those prices, not with going thru a couple to three oz per month. So we grow. Usually only in winter months so we keep our heating bill down.
Welcome allwx Nice that you are able to grow what you need. Don't feel bad about not having to buy your meds. Thats what it is all about for us patients.
Dam InsuranceGuy it must have taken you almost all day to post that.LOL
There haven't been any program numbers published at the NMDOH website since 29 August. Before this, they published updated numbers every two or three weeks. The numbers must be much larger now.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFO
You're right, though. PTSD and Chronic Pain account for about 2/3 of the total enrollment. I've got two friends who I think could get onto the program with chronic pain, but they just won't apply. They fear they might lose their jobs over it. They smoke anyway. Makes me think some people will avoid the program because of privacy concerns.
Last year, while doing my wife's renewal paperwork, I noticed that they had added my own chronic disease to the program, so I applied for myself. My rheumtologist insulted me and threw me out of his office (literally) when I asked him to certify me. He has a political problem with the program (Fox News kinda guy). So I fired him and got another Dr who is friendlier, and knowledgable about cannabis, able to talk intelligently about both the good and the not-so-good of it. He was happy to certify me.
I've encountered several people who probably could get onto the program if they worked at it just a little, but they are shy to ask their Dr about it. If there is a problem with the NM system, I think that is it: that people and Drs are discouraged because of fear, and maybe a misplaced sense of shame at being a pothead.
Thanks, alfonso. I'm glad to find some NM cannabis folk to share info with.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfonso2002
I'd like to support the non-profits. I realize they have invested huge amounts of money and effort to build their businesses. I do occasionally buy edibles and herb from one of them, just to mix it up a bit, 'cause it gets old vaping the same strain every day. Frankly, some of the non-profit herb isn't as good as what I grow. But if I could afford it, I'd just buy all from them, and grow very little. The problem for me is price. Until it gets down to around $50/oz I'm going to be out of that market.
Welcome to the forum, allwx and welcome to the NM MCP.Quote:
Originally Posted by allwx
We all wish the price could be like it was in the 60's, but with the limits in place and the high costs to produce so few plants, the price will never go that low IMHO. If you only want to pay $50/ounce you can find Mexican Schwag. I don't think you will be able to find medical grade. Unless you only want trim and shake for edibles. Next year the oldest producers will have a $30,000 relicensing fee to pay to the state. That fee alone represents having to sell 600 ounces (37.5 pounds) at $50/ounce. Just don't see our dreams coming true any time soon.
Have been watching "Weed Wars" on cable and I don't see any NM producer becoming anything like Harborside, but I also don't see medical grade cannabis retailing for $3.12/gram ($50/oz). How do you propose the producers pay all of their bills at that price? The independent growers in CA aren't even [I]wholesaling[I] at that price! I heard $5/gr purchase price from the grower and I would have to believe the dispensaries have to at least double that to the patient. When I hear Harborside report their sales are down $200,000 this year to last year and the IRS has hit them with a $2.5 million tax bill (not including penalties and interest)...I have very little sympathy. Even though the tax bill is based on disallowed costs, the tax represents 35% of only the disallowed expenses of $7.2 million and they have had a profit and have paid income taxes.
If you ever find medical grade at $50/ounce in NM, please share. We would all love to pay that for our medicine. Keep on growing.
Here is a link to DOH and some new numbers New Mexico Department of Health - Medical Cannabis Program wow amazed at the avg.per plant weight.The 31/2 oz. seems a little low.So if we go with those numbers If the producers have a 5 plant harvest weekly that is only about 18 oz.s a week to me that don't seem like much.I hope they are talking dry weight. LOL But to be more serious 100 grams a week lets pick a number say 12.00 a gram and you got 5 plants if my numbers are right then that is only 6000.00 weekly. Not a big number when you have utility's, rent, nutes, labor, and things we can't even imagine.Sometimes I feel for them but the ones that can hang-in there in the long run things should work out.OH I am forgetting the renewal fees how could I forget that.In those same numbers the patient count is close to 6000 5495 of those they say the total active number is 4310 but you can read what you want in those numbers.Allwx your friends are right to be worried about there jobs the program offers no protection in your workplace.No need to worry about privacy HIPPAA policy is in place. As far as doctors go there is a problem most need to be educated on medical cannabis. I for one am not ashamed to let ANYONE know about the program and my involvement in it. Pothead??? give me a break that term no longer applies to medical use of cannabis. As you can see I can ramble on and on but just keep up the posting on what you think is relevant.
I have some sympathy for the non-profits. Their costs are huge, especially now that the state is hitting them up for huge annual fees. I just saw that the first NP, SFINM did not renew, and maybe because the $30,000 yearly fee (!!!).
Plus the expense of growing. Yes it costs money to grow well. I've been growing indoors now for 3 years, am still a very dumb newbie at it, but getting better every grow. I know full well how much work and expense goes into growing. Realize $50/oz for med grade is impossible, but that's probably what I spend to grow my own, maybe a little more, but not much, now that the startup expenses have been amortized by 3 years of growing. I'm just saying that in order for me to patrionize the NP any more than I do, the prices would have to be real close to what I'm paying to grow. I imagine most home growers are doing the same math. It's a tough situation for the NP, because the home growers are mostly out of reach to them. After all, their entire market is only around 4k people, and around half of those are growing their own never step foot in a NP. Honestly, I don't know how they do it, with 25 of them and able to grow more than 95 plants now.
That's why I feel for them. In the early days there was near zero supply. Now supply has caught up to demand, and exceeding it, I'm sure. This is why I have a recurring fear that the NPs will pressure the DOH to change the rules, or go to the legislature and pressure them to change the underlying law, such that home grow is either eliminated or modified to make it much more difficult than it already is. They could justify it from at least two good arguments: First, that the home grows are not regulated becuase of lack of staff in the department, so there are fears that the weed is finding its way into the neighborhoods. Second, that the NPs cannot survive unless the ENTIRE market is captive to them. Those two arguments would only have to debate with the libertarian idea that people should have the right to grow their own food. So it would probably lose. I hope that doesn't happen, 'cuase if it does our medicine bill is going to go way up and we're going to have to start using it more like we did with the old moldy bagweed, where it was smoked down to the dirt and stems in the bottom of the bag.
allwx we can dream but I think CFO is right the 50.00 an oz. can't be done growing in doors too many costs involved.Even at 200.00 an oz. is pushing it. I myself am at about 150 an oz. when all my costs are added.But like you say you can take pride in what you grow and you know what was in your product. and yes variety is the spice of life. CFO I too do not have any sympathy for Harborside 22 million in sales a year and yes NM will never be like that. The producers have to grow there OWN med.s here yea they can do business with the other producers as far as product but they can't buy med.s off the street like they do in Ca.
Now now allwx let's don't start getting paranoid that will not happen.DOH would rather have everyone grow there own than to have to oversee all the producers.I think both those arguments are mute and the producers sales are not dependent on those that do grow.there are a lot of PPLs out there but very few that can actually grow there own med.s the cost involved to truly grow medical grade are very very high. Plus the part time job. "I hope that doesn't happen, 'cuase if it does our medicine bill is going to go way up and we're going to have to start using it more like we did with the old moldy bagweed, where it was smoked down to the dirt and stems in the bottom of the bag." I pray for all of us.
This got me to wondering what exactly my costs are to grow. They probably are more than $50/oz. Especially since I don't grow for massive flowers. I pretty much let the plants enjoy their short lives, have plenty of time to veg and make pretty branches before making them flower. I tend to cut them down earlier than later hopefull while most of the big leaves are still nice and green. I use very little nutrient. Nothing in the first month and never more than about 1/3 to 1/2 the recommendations on the bottles. So while I do get some fairly big flowers, some might consider them small. I don't mind small flowers. They fit more easily into the vape whip without having to be cut up. So, my $/oz ratio most likely is not as good as it could be, and probably higher than $50/oz and maybe closer to your $150.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfonso2002
I too don't mind small buds if the stuff is dank. I try to get as much out of what I plant so I do use quite a bit of nutes> I use foxfarm brand and do mostly organic but I do use a little synthetic. As far as pest control I use only neem oil if that don't fix it I will just pull them and call it a loss.Me too don't like my leaves to die before I harvest but I pull most of the large fan leafs a couple of weeks before I harvest. Those leaves are put in my compost pile. The smaller sugar lefts are used to make butter or oil. We can't afford to not use all that we have. I have had good luck growing clones that I get from producers.That way I get to have a good variety of meds. Don't know what area you are in but here in abq. area no problem finding plants.
I think you're right, alfonso, that lots of people with PPL do not actually grow. It's like most things. Looks easy until you try it, and then you have to decide whether it's worth the hassle. Even with being legal, the question arises. You have to hide it to some degree, like when visitors come, or the furnace guy has to go upstairs. Not that it is shame, but not a good idea to let too much word of knowledge creep out into the world. So there is worry on top of expense. Probably lots of people try growing but don't pursue it long enough to learn how to do it right, get the right equiepment, make plenty of room for it in the house, etc.
I'm in Abq also. Early on I grew out some clones I got from a friend of a friend in Colorado. They were good, but came with spider mites. Other than that, and other than making a few clones for myself, I'm mostly growing from seed. Sure is a hassle from seed, though.
I'm also using the FF stuff, Ocean Forest, Grow Big, Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom. I've always used Don't Bug Me for mites, and have used it to ereadicate bugs I already had, and then I use it preventatively every couple of weeks or so on the assumption that the bugs are there.
I've made butter before, but the taste just gags me. I also have trouble modulating the dose, so if I use a little too much it makes me feel less than good. Right now I'm thinking about bubble hash for the trimmings from what is now in soil. Researching the internets for info about the best equipment and procedures. I sure hate to waste all that lovely sugary trim.
Nope, copy and paste...works great...LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by alfonso2002
Your right allwx not to good of an idea to advertise that you are growing I am pretty lucky that I have a good sized area to work with not in my living area.Your right again in that it is a full part time job.
Then you do grow some nice bud. How did you make that butter? I add butter to a big pot let it get soft then add trim and bud to the pot mix it alittle then add water then bring to a boil then lower the flame to just over a simmer let it go for 3-4 hours. when done let it cool alittle then use cheesecloth top of a strainer put all your water and bud through it into a gallon plastic pitcher squeeze as much as you can out of the cheesecloth and sit it in the freezer over night next day the water in the pitcheris frozen at this point you will see 3 layers of green colors the very top is what you want I take a bread knife and cut that top layer off and wa la you have butter. If you use the lower layer it will taste bad. but if you use only the top layer you should not get a bad taste. And again you have to use good stuff in your butter. Remember shit in shit out. As for the bubble hash I use bubble bags and they are not cheap. you can do it 2 ways with ice water or dry ice . The dry ice way you come out with more of a kief than what I know as hash. but it is good stuff if you are looking for that rush.
Honey oil is a good way to go also.......
Hay MOB where you been?Hows things going?
That stuff will F you up in a good wayQuote:
Originally Posted by ManOBuds
Thnks for the info alfonso... I made butter twice. Both times I did it with a crockpot in water, added a little vodka along the way, let it simmer at very low heat for about 12 hours, then strained and refrigerated. I probbly should have not used the entire cake, maybe that's where I went wrong on the flavor. Man, that stuff was rank. I finally got to where I couldn't stomach it. But it WOULD hit hard. Both times I used a combination of budleaf and small buds. The second time I actually used three oz of cured flowers because I was a bit over the limit... want to play close to the rules. I used a ratio of about five oz material, mixed bud and budleaf (no fans) to 4 lb of good butter.
I'm finished with the butter, though. Now I'm thinking hash. I'm researching bags now. What do you recommend? I've had bubble hash before, and it was very refreshing, a nice alternative to vaping and smoking flowers.
Yeah, I've thought about that, and researched it pretty good on the internets. I went so far as to try extracting a small amount of oil in a tiny rice cooker with isopropyl. I got a bit of oil, but I didn't use it. I think if I ever do this again in any meaningful way, I will use some other more food-grade type of alcohol. The isopropyl kind of scares me. In fact, all of the big chemicals are scary. I'm just enough of a fuzzyheaded klutz that I would blow my beard off.Quote:
Originally Posted by ManOBuds
I've had some candy that was made with hemp oil. Suckers. Kind of funky tasting, but extremely potent. I learned fast that I only needed to eat about 1/3 of one to be happy. More than that, and I was very heavily cannabismedicated.
allwx I use the bubble brand of bags and have the 8 bag system with the washing machine.But even with the machine it is a lot of work. Then you are using ice and your hands tend to get real cold while you are straining you wash.I myself think that it is too much work to do it all the time.But you have to do something with your trim. Waste not want not. But MOB had that Idea if you like the rush you get with hash you can try doing oil. I have made some using 5x refined butane and made some good oil I think that it is basically the same as rick dose but a different extraction system.P.S. yea that stuff can taste nasty if you use all the layers.And I found it easier to freeze the water in plastic container then it is easy to push out and cut top layer off.
OK, I will look for those. I had been thinking only three bags, according to one article I read. I've been wondering the diff between 3 bags or more, up to 8 bags. Is it worth it? Whooboy, I see those bags are expensive. But as you say, waste not, want not. I even hate to waste the keif that sticks to my fingers.
Hard work past two days, flushing my five bonitas. I got some of that Sledgehammer Flush over at AHL. I used it on all five, two gal of flush mix, followed by a gal of standard nute mix. This grow is the first time I've done any flushing. I hope it is worth it, I think it is.
Allwx the three bags will work but it will take longer to strain with just 3 bags.When I trim I make finger hash with what I get off fingers and scissors.here is a link to them also they give a 20% discount to medical patients. freshheadies.com/catalog
I just flush the last week week and a half with plenty of water. Dependes how hard you were hitting them with nutes at the end.Can I ask why you did that gal of nute mix after you flushed?
Thanks for the info and link.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfonso2002
Well, last time I flushed, (with just plain RO water), I just ran three gal thru each 3 gal pot. Then, at the end of it, since they were all due for a feeding anyway, I gave each enough nuted mix to force a small amount of run-off from the already wet soil.
This time, I used the Sledgehammer flush stuff, and did the same thing with the nute mix at the end. Again, they were due for a feeding anyway. I alternate feeding with plain RO watering. When they're at this age they usually get watered every day and a half. If they'd been due for just a watering, then I may've not nuted at the end. But, then again, I might've, according to this reasoning: I think I'm pretty light on nutrients. I never use more than a single teaspoon of Grow Big or Tiger per galling. Then once flowering starts I add in only two teaspoons of Big Bloom. Lately I've started adding some Cal-Mag, one teaspoon/gal, because I don't use any tap water at all. So I may be light enough on nutrients that I'm more likely to have a deficiency than an abundance. So that was additional rationale for the nuting after flush.
What thinketh thee? Did I crap all over myself again?
Oh, you must've thought I was close to harvest and flushing my plants the last time. No, this was an intermediate flush. I did one 3 weeks ago just before initiating 12/12, and now this one, and then a last one in three more weeks, which will be approx 2 weeks from harvest at that point.
This grow is the first time I've ever used forced flushing. Before, I'd just stop using all nutrients about two weeks before harvest.
I'm getting more sensitive to details. I'd always noticed the crust buildup in the drip trays, and it had occurred to me that there is a lot of that same salty crap in the soil. Can't be good.
Yea I though it was your last flush. so adding nutes at that time is good. As for flushing I just use plenty of water on any flush.The way I water is that I kind of flush on every watering. by that I mean that I water or feed till I have runoff of 1/4 to 1/2 of what I put in yea it is a lot of work but I think doing that helps with salt buildup.also scratch dirt on top of the pots to help break up surface tension and let my whole planter get wet .I also use a wetting agent SM-90. I'd keep adding molasses even after you stop the nute's at the end just a little 1 tablespoon per gallon. If you are using RO water then you better be Adding cal mag to your water I think I have said that I use tap water that I let sit in buckets that I put air stones in for a day or two that way I don't have to add cal mag.
Looks like we're doing close to the same things. I also overwater on every watering and suck the overflow out immediately with an ear syringe. Roger also on breaking up the topsoil. Never used a wetting agent, though. I'll look into that. Also have never used molassas, though I've heard of it.
Is there any particular type or brand of molassas to recommend. I'm about four to five weeks away from harvest on these, so maybe now is a good time to start with that. I might try it on one or two of the five to see how it makes them compare to the others. This PCK grow I've got going right now has been a bummer. Very persnickity plants. Very slow growing, though some of that may have been due to my not checking my RO water, just assuming it was OK. After using a few gal of it I did check it to find out what I had was at about 8.5. Now I check every gallon for ph.
The water out here on our end of town is way too hard to use on plants. We don't even drink it. OK for showering, though.
The best are brer rabbit blackstrap molasses but when I was looking I had to order from the internet could not find in town since then I did find some at All Seasons hydro. Not the brer brand but Botanicare makes it blackstrap molasses I think it is more expensive than what I got through the internet.What you are looking for is unsulfured molasses. I think the brand you will find at your local store will be a brand called grandmas unsulfured molasses. They are not blackstraped but they will work. And now would be a good time to start using it. I live in the south west part of town and our water is about the same as yours 8 8.5 I use PH down to lower to 6.5 after I have added whatever I am adding.
Hmmm... Brer Rabbit... my dad's favorite breakfast syrup... OK I will look for it, or for the Bontanicare version, thanks. I'm gonna go get some today.
What is the main advantage of using the syrup, from what you've seen yourself? I had understood it is a way to bulk up the flowers and make them more flavorful. I like the idea of flavorful. I've never been real happy with the flavor and aroma experience of what I've grown.
We live on the SW side too. Howdy, neighbor! Our tapwater is about like yours, usually around 8.5 or higher. ph is one thing, but the ppm undissolved solids, according to the water quality report we get, is way high for growing, according to what I've read. Still, if your results are good, then maybe I will consider using more of it. Lord knows we need a little calcium and magnesium. I had used tap in combo with RO water before without any obvious bad effect on the plant in the short term, but I stopped using it altogether based on stuff I read about the dissolved solids. Tapwater sure is easier to use. Hauling that RO water from the store is a pain.
Main reasons are the fatter buds and resin production and then there is the taste your plants need carbohydrates to do those things in a bigger way. OH no for soil growing the tap water will work just fine but you have to let it sit a couple of days.In a hurry but I think I answered what you were asking about.