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I heard before that if you want to take out something that the plants don't need all you do is fill a gallon of water or any type of water container and take the cap off and let it sit over night to evaporate something in the water. Is this necessary? :rastasmoke:
If there is something dissolved in the H2o, it will remain in the H2O after the water has evaporated.
ex. fill a container with salt water and boil off the water. You will be left with a pot of salt.
You're thinking of chlorine.
Don't worry about it. Your tap water has to be REALLY REALLY REALLY bad to have to dechlorinate it before use. Like, undrinkable bad.
Thanks re: siggy btw!
i live right up against a mountain. First to taste the stream:jointsmile:Quote:
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boulder, colorado is the place.
oh and yeah for shure on the siggy. was it you that said you added molasses to your plant water? if so how much per gallon? what kind of molasses?
Unsulfured Grandma's molasses, the plain grocery store kind. As long as it says unsulfured on the bottle, you're fine.
One glob per gallon. You will see when you try to pour it out how big a glob is, lol.
a glob:wtf: like turn the container over and wait until a fatty ball drips out? thanks man. what does it do for the plant? does it dissolve in the water? can i use this kind of water on clones?Quote:
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Fatty ball= yes.
Man= Chick... :D (really)
For the plant= cheap, safe source of carbon for making more resins and aromatics.
Dissolve in water= yes, use slightly warm water to dissolve it faster
Clones= nope, clones need plain pH adjusted water with no nutes.
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what should the ph of my water be when i water my clones? :rastasmoke:
What are you cloning in?
An aero, bubble, or other hydro style cloner should be set to a pH for hydro (5.8 should work fine).
Rapidrooters come pre-moistened and you will just be misting the underside of the humidity dome with tap water, and misting the clones if they appear wilty. If the plugs appear a bit dry, tap water is fine for them. I LOVE those things, love love love, can't say it enough. *SMOOCHES* for whoever invented them. Seriously.
i put my water in a 1-liter container overnight to evap any chlorine, bromine, etc that wont really harm the plant, but is also not gonna help
ya man i got some dutch master rooting hormone and a rapid rooter with vents on the top. it has 50 spots for cuttings. why do you cut at a 45 degree angle? :rastasmoke:Quote:
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I should break the news. Chlorine is very rarely used any more. Now most places(even the boons of NH) use chloramine. Chloramine is chlorine fused to ammonia(NH2Cl). Thats so it wont evaporate(and stop protecting the water) like it used too.
I hear that if you use an aeration stone in the water its supposed to evaporate chloramine, but I don't see how. I just use "Prime" by SeaChem. it uses "complex hydro-sulfate salts" and I've E-mailed the company about the dangers of that to my "aquarium plants", They responded with saying: "this is a very common question, The answer is only if you use more than the required dose."
You cut at a 45 degree angle to expose more of the soft tissue where there are undifferentiated cells that can easily be coaxed into roots.
When you put your clones under the dome, don't crowd them. They should not be clumped too closely together. They need plenty of space and air flow. Not like, put a fan on them, but like, when you open the dome twice a day, not to trap stale air among the plants.
yeha i got the rapid rooter so its all good :rastasmoke:Quote:
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