That is really high eek! I would suggest storing water when it drops back down. Just incase something like this happens again.
Ps. Thatâs quite the pile!
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I canât remember what or of you called her anything. Man is she looking great! Wonderful job nefrella
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That high youâd have to get a filter or buy water jugs at the store, done that before 
hopefully they fix your water stat as thatâs not cool at all.
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Nods, if it doesnât get better in a few days going to have to buy water to finish out the grow and then switch back to soil.
No way I can afford or habe the room for a ro system. 
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Iâve seen decent RO systems on Amazon for ~$130-200. But youâd probably have to store water ahead of time as they donât produce a lot.
The store water is usually pretty cheap at least, itâs just the carrying that sucks 
Unless youâre on a well, Iâm pretty sure thatâs way too high for legal limits so hopefully theyâd be on fixing it asap if theyâre aware. Could alert the water utility but also likely donât want anyone needing to come in the house so⌠yeah 
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Iâm going to push a couple feeds thru this week, yesterday was everyone got the cruddy .7 - 1.2 ec tap water just phâd, no nutrients.
Going to do some research on the chemicals that are typically in tap water to see if there are adverse interactions between the tap nutes / chemicals nutrients. From the small amount Iâve read so far, the interaction is minimal, and the worst is you stack an incredibly high ec and just wait and see.
Bwuahahahahahha - going to be an interesting experiment if it has to go that far. Hopefully the water company gets the stuff under control and back to the 0 ecâŚ
And, if they canât get the ec back to an acceptable range, going to pretty much strip the plants I have in veg for clones, and limp the flower tent to completion.
I gotta say, Iâm bummed out, but, not like i dont know how to grow in dirt 
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Yeah really just depends what is in there. If itâs nitrates or calcium carbonate I think it could possibly cause an issue. Most likely would be lockout more than anything, but Iâd think a drink or two wouldnât be too harmful even if it is one of those. Worst case, flush and refill and be back to proper good growth 
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It would be something if they actually like it. I would go crazy trying to figure out what was in that water. Lol
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Ai ai ai! That looks and feels like heaven on earth! Or maybe higherâŚ!? Beautiful âblunt!â
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Whatever they were doing yesterday, itâs back down to normal range of .2 I can work with that at least holy cow. About had a melt downâŚ
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Just a wild ass guess but in the past sometimes the city would flush out the pipe systems with a huge chlorine purge it would last a single day. Never tested the EC of it though.
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Iâm glad itâs back to normal. I would put like 10 gallons off to the side just it happens again. I keep enough water off to the side for a complete change out of all my buckets. Now you got me wanting to check my water before adding my nutes. I would hate to waist nutes on bad water.
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Nods, Iâve got water blocks that Iâve been meaning to fill (incase of a water emergency) gotta get it done this weekend. 
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Another huge water ec swing today. Officially going back to soil.
Going to transplant the plants that are in veg back into dirt amd finish out the hempys in the flower tent.
So annoying, but the up side soil is so much easier lol 
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Couldnât do it, just threw them into the flower tent to finish, moved my gg seeded auto to veg tent side with the better light to finish.
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Thatâs terrible. Iâm supper sorry to hear that. Damn those water Gods.
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Shrug, itâs not life ending. Honestly, soil is so much easier. Iâll trade less work and more simplicity for a little slower growth. At least now I know how to do hydro for the next round.
I may keep 1 or 2 hempys, but Iâm looking forward to some dirt, Phâd water and Phâd/nutes with no ec
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Man, Iâm totally torn here. Going to see how these ladies respond to the super high ec. The growth of these plants in this style is hard to beat. Mixing 24 gallons of water every two days though, brutal lol.
Theyâre so effing pretty though 
Tomorrow gonna strip the newcomers in the flower tent.
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Wow! Iâm so impressed with their size and rapid growth⌠Guess it ainât as straight as I may have thought. Thereâs something quite volatile in hydro, a minor problem seems to easily grow into aggravation with the possibility of bringing everything to an end (like getting all plants killed). It turned out you have been working your butt off to have it going âsmoothly,â but dear, just kick the effing bucket (donât mean it literally) and enjoy the rest of the ride. Youâll easily have your time back to soil after this harvest, and hope you get a chunk of buds when this time comes!