Quote Originally Posted by harris7
why is your tap water green?

anyways. if you run water through the soil and it comes out yellow or dark orange you probably have a salt buildup problem.

if you think you have a salt buildup problem you should flush, i like to soak the plants for 15-20 min in the bath tub.

Then i like to give them some 1/4 strength fish emulsion, 1 L per 1 L of soil.

since you soak them you'll find you dont need to run as much water though, but there is no harm in doing it


lots of pro growers suggest flushing every 4 weeks to prevent such a build up.
Thanks for replying harris7. My water is green because I added a tablet to see the ph of it. I got the yellow one from taking a soil sample 1/2 way down one of my planters and following the directions in my booklet from soilmaster. Not sure if my water was the cause of it being yellow.... Then being confused on what to do I: gave an extremely good watering with distilled, then watered just a little of my ph'd water. WHY you asK? Distilled flushed it, then my ph'd water gave it iron, calcium, and other needed micronutrients. Here is a gallon of distilled water next to a bottle of my well water. As you can see, my water IS YELLOW! And it leaves everything orange in it's wake. it's terrible, it stains all my clothes, I have to clean my toilet everyday, and my bathtub needs a weekly scrubbing due to the high content of minerals in it, mostly iron. I should have mentioned this earlier in the log, eh? I've also included a pic to see how much better they are doing since the last watering. Again if you think there is some better method I am all ears, er um eyes. THanks!