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Babygirl’s Sour Livers DWC Hydro Grow Journal, November 2021
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Looks cool! Does it really take 4 hours for 1 gallon? If you ever need more than 3 gallons a day, you might reconsider that RO system after all.Device called the Mega Home … looks like an overgrown coffee maker on steroids - but distills only 1 gallon at a time. Cant believe I paid as much for this as I could have for a small portable RO system
I might get one if you could distill more than water with it..
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cjsbabygirl313
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… 4 hours and 40 minutes for 1 gallon :-/
Dam that’s slow
I don't use it but I found this article that tells you how to make distilled water at home for free. It takes longer than your machine but if one wanted to save every penny I suppose one could do it this way...
How to Make Distilled Water at Home: A Step-by-Step Guide
You can safely make your own distilled water at home by following this DIY recipe.
www.cnet.com
Well..not exactly free - plenty of energy involved there - including icemaking.
Seems like it might be cheaper to go the grocery store distilled water route, @ 89 cents a gallon...considering energy costs as @FelipeBlu mentioned..
And it comes with a free watering jug!
And it comes with a free watering jug!
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cjsbabygirl313
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e-yup
Lol - i dont have enough hours in the day as it is
Maybe cheaper, but a pain in butt to schlep water to and fro … plus the environmental impact is expensiveSeems like it might be cheaper to go the grocery store distilled water route, @ 89 cents a gallon...considering energy costs as @FelipeBlu mentioned..
And it comes with a free watering jug!
PGA Caddie
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Have you considered just using your well water? I’ve been growing meds and veggies in hydro for 5 years. Never used RO. Water straight outta my well at 190ppm.
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cjsbabygirl313
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I have considered it; now that we have a whole home filter its only about 210 ppm - but I have no idea what those TDS’s consist of. With distilled,
I know exactly what I’m putting in the plant’s reservoir.
PGA Caddie
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Very true, I have no idea of whats in the 190ppm in my water. I will tell you this, I collected rain water when I first started my hydro journey. Off my roof into a bucket. 0-5ppm. Had nothing but trouble. Never could get a stable res. Huge ph swings in 24hrs. I don’t have those issues with well water.
Nice I’m giving mine a go next run
PGA Caddie
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I’ll need you to sign a disclaimer stating I’m not responsible if things go south….might consider running one plant in DWC to test the waters. Pun intended
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cjsbabygirl313
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Do you count the PPMs from your well water in your total target and then reduce the nutes by a total of 190?
PGA Caddie
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I don’t worry about the 190. I start at 1/4 strength and rarely go past 1/2 strength during flower.
Hope you're having a better day today, thinking of ya! Liv will make you smile today regardless of all this bogus water and PPM talk....come over to the soil side.....jk only wanted to get a little laugh from you and my Star Wars-Cannabis jokes fall short....
PlanetJ
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Your utility likely posts the water reports online. If potable, your plants can handle it too. There are nutrients that take hard tapwater as base, like General Hydroponics/Terra Aquatica.
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cjsbabygirl313
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Again though- what do you do with the 190ppm? Say your target PPM is 500 … do you include enough nutes to get only TO 500 ppm or do you do 500ppm of nutes PLUS the 190 from the well water?
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cjsbabygirl313
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no luv - your Star Wars joke didnt fall short. I’ll give the soil side a try before too long!