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[Starchild]

Is distilled water best?

Starchild Reviewed by Starchild on 11-05-2005. Watering Is distilled water best? Rating: 5

[BobBong]

Found an interesting article..
http://www.mercola.com/2002/may/8/distilled_water.htm

Read up and make your decision..

Personally i don't think distilled water is ideal for plants.

[Zandor]

I prefer RO my self but with that you need to add CalMag Plus to make up for nutrents the RO process removes and the plant still needs. With RO water atlease you know what you are starting with.

[Starchild]

Thanks guys.I have a filtration system in my home.

[Garden Knowm]

if your plant is having problems , and you want to put the breaks on, especally if she is in a serious decline (some sort of nutrient problem) and you are growing hydro, nothing beats filling the resivor with distilled water and letting it run for 48 hours.. this gives the plant an incredible flush and kind of "freezes" the situation.

I have seen plants live on just plain distilled water for 3 weeks. THEY did nothing.. they did not grow.., they did not wilt or die.. they just stayed the same.. they were about 3 weeks old in a hydro system.. and they stayed at this 3 week maturity for another 3 weeks.. and then the same day we added nutrients the plants just started growing again

[squareguy]

what is RO water? is using regular tap water ok? should serious growers be using bottled water? i am currently using water straight from my pipes, should i switch?

[BobBong]

RO.
Reverse Osmosis

In short... Purified drinking water.

Some use it for growing.. personally, i just let my tap water sit out for 24 hours to evaporate the chlorine. and adjust the pH accordingly.

[Starchild]

Thanks Bob!

[LOC NAR1958]

I use only distilled water . You still have to add the cal mag plus back to it, however it is the lowest in PH and by the time I add everything in the mix it's almost perfect 5.9. I don't have to adjust much. And yes it's a great flush just like it is. I'm hydro , if your soil you want your PH up a little. Only one thing making your own distilled can be a pain,always having the machine running. Probably cost more. But I would go with RO or distilled. You know what's in there from the start. BobBong I do not drink the water I make for the reasons in the article you refer to. It is not good for humans but since hydro is on the acidics side it is the best start. If I do drink it I raise the PH by adding baking soda. A higher body Ph fights off cancer. Cancer can not grow in an alkaline enviroment. Doctors will not tell you that. How ever if you have chloronated water what do you think that does ? Chlorines soul purpose is to destroy organic matter and leaveing it out for 24 hours does not remove it all. and what other kinds of salts are in there ? We should all be drinking a good mineral spring water with a higher PH. As for plant you need to know what's in the mix and how to control it. No offence Bob I like the article.