Quote Originally Posted by canniwhatsis
I use tap,... straight out of the tap and PH adjusted. The only plants that ever really give me any grief are my moms. And most of the time when they start getting pissy with me it's because they're ready for a root pruning!


I know using tap that hasn't been set out to allow off gassing isn't accepted practice. But I simply don't have the space to keep a bunch of buckets of water sitting out.
I hear ya, and also have quit worrying about the chlorine and chloramines in tap water. I find that I get less crap growing in the water bucket. Sometimes the bucket sits 24 hours so it outgasses. Weezard was the one who encouraged me to try and forget about it. Also, letting the water sit looses oxygen that dissolved in the filling of the container. I do not keep 'old mothers', just a constant clone process so nobody gets stuck in old soil for a long time.

Now, you will hold minerals, solids, and what-not in a pot of soil over time. A salts buildup and flushing may be necessary to prevent lockout if the plant is not repotted on a schedule.

So I disagree with you. I see no harm nor any difference by using the water straight out of the tap and pH'ing it. Been doing this for 6 months now. Only issue is a single plant that is over 100 days old......getting old sucks.....

Like Cannawhatsis, I know this is an unpopular procedure, but it works for me.