thx pharmacan for the info. for the reasons you listed alone is why i have acquired a water softener. just was unsure if i could use it for watering plants, and hopefully i can!

guess this would be a good test before getting into r/o water for extra cash. especially since i own the softener just need to install.

and from what redeye was sayin about buying filtered r/o water, sound like thats the bottled water you buy at the supermarket..etc so that might be a temp solution to test water problems. also i totally agree you get back what you put into the system. just piecing things together when i can, and just testing and experimenting in the mean time.

thx you guys for the valuable info.
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