looking for some info. wonder if someone could point me in the right direction. seems as tho my water is crap, ha. from the tap i usually hit a ph of 8.5 and a ppm of 340. not good. not my first time experiment, so have a little background on growing and lately hydroponics.

at first i wasn't using a digital ph meter or tds meter, so went out and purchased some mid grade meters to get me started. and noticed my hardwater problem.

throughout my clone/veg/2weeks into flower stages i simply used GH Flora 3-part series with not many problems(hint* Mg). after i discovered the hardwater problem i then ordered the hardwater 3-part series. like i said i orderd the hardwater series but was only sent micro-hardwater and normal flora grow and bloom. haha guess these happen. and for the ph i have been using white vinegar, seems to be working fine with minor adjustments every few days (6.1).

little off subject but i did try mixing hardwater micro with normal grow/bloom and seems as tho i had a nut lockup. burning leave edges and later burn spots on the leaves. doesn't seem to bad now after i flushed the res and did a clean down. and switched back to the normal flora and vinegar for the ph. so beware mixing them.

anyway just looking for some feedback when using hardwater flora. not really lookin to get into ro or filtering to much. but any info is better than none..thx
swisha Reviewed by swisha on . GH Hardwater looking for some info. wonder if someone could point me in the right direction. seems as tho my water is crap, ha. from the tap i usually hit a ph of 8.5 and a ppm of 340. not good. not my first time experiment, so have a little background on growing and lately hydroponics. at first i wasn't using a digital ph meter or tds meter, so went out and purchased some mid grade meters to get me started. and noticed my hardwater problem. throughout my clone/veg/2weeks into flower stages i Rating: 5