sorry low-rdr didnt mean to imply the genetics question was invalid, it is until you add in the fact the my buddy can get the exact same seeds under essentially the same conditions excluding that he has well water and i have city. but just for the sake of this conversation lets eliminate the plants altogether. lets just go with the water for a sec. right now i have a couple jugs of water one filtered thru the brita and no ph adjustment metered in at 9.2 per municipal regs before filtering and 8.0 after and one with non filtered but ph adjusted to 6.5 down from 9.2. i checked them both yesterday afternoon. i checked them again last nite and the non filtered was still at 8 and the non filtered was jumping back and forth between 6.6 and 6.7. at this point ill chalk that up to the meter or temp change, coincidence etc. so im checking them both now again and they are at filtered 8.0 non filtered is 6.8. im still willing to call that an anomaly since it hasnt been 24 hours after starting to test the jugs. but if the trend of the non filtered waters ph to rise continues would you agree that something is causing the ph to re-adjust? and if the filtered water continues to flatline or rise far slower it would be reasonable then to surmise that whatever that something is has been removed or reduced yeah? i am sure there other chemicals that affect ph to some degree added in also but chloramine im pretty sure is the main one. the reason i can get the filters cheap is because i have a friend that works a graingers, one of the perks of being contractor but i have to ask why would i filter the rainwater versus the house water "On to the next subject, sourcing water. Using your current gutter system you can obtain up to 300 gallons of water per year (depending on the size of your home) by simplying routing your gutters through a filter and into a reservoir." hehe i got a pic to show you guys why i dont use our rainwater. one we dont a ton of rain this time of year its mostly snow. the one good thing about snow is when it rains right afterwards you get a reeeeal good picture of whats in your air. if it looks like this youre gonna need a bigger filter Attachment 290019Attachment 290020
and no there wasnt a fire, no volcanoes thats just what gets dredged outta the air whenever it rains right after snow around here. its scary sorta. anyway i think the more definitve answer will come when i start checking the pots of soil if the non filterd ph rises over time then something is building up in the soil and i can only see that being chloramine. but i wont know that for a few weeks.