I have to admit, I looked up muskeg!! Thanks for answering. Learn something new everyday.
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Make sure your check ph after you mix you fertilizer it will change
I keep mine between 5.5 and 6.5
No issues
Also my water has a ppm of 180 I just make sure when I feed that my ppm stays between400 to 500
In early Stage then increase according to the feeding schedule
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When I first started dwc/swc I used to chase that perfect ph/ppms. Finally, I got so frustrated I just decided to ditch the meters and just grew with Chicago water right outa the tap and it has worked out for all these yearsā¦I live in a small rural town of 700 now and I just import Chicago tap water everytime I go into the cityā¦the tap water in the small town I live in now sucks.
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If the ph is high in the water, would a low ph soil balance it out? Or apply some aluminum sulfate every so many waterings or so??
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I think I would rather use pH down in the water than the aluminum sulphate in the soil. Cannabis is a good bio-accumulator so Iād be concerned that it will add that aluminum to the plant material and Iād end up smoking it. Also hard to fix things if you add too much.
Iāve been buying RO water for the last 20 years for drinking and using for my plants but a few months ago bought all the parts to build my own unit to filter my dugout water. Now I just have to take the time to put it all together and make my own RO water.
If you have town water then a cheap RO unit will do the trick and often on sale for around $100. Cost me that much for a UV sterilizer unit as my tap water from the dugout is not fit to drink.
I have very hard water here as well.
I have a rain barrel from the city and collect rainwater.
my plants are much healthier and happier since I switched.
Best bet is an ro filter. You can get a 50gal/day one for $60 on Amazon, great for smaller-mid sized grows, they have bigger ones with pumps built in to speed things up but they run $300+
My tap water is 0.34 on the ppm meter lol,you put cal mag into the water to raise it,some one told me I donāt know if this is true the water ppm should be at lest 200ppm
Thereās something going on with my plants at the minute their misssing something Iām trying to track down,seems their eating their own leaves
Iām trying now to stress about it,since I was in hospital with my heart already this week lol
