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[Mag7]

If I don't have an RO system can inis distilled water or purified water from the large machines that you can fill at? Should I be asking these questions in the Q&A thread?


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[Hash Hound]

The exceptions are for when MORE THAN 2.5 mils of Tea are added.

you mention exceptions which is plural, but you only state one exception above.

this confused me also.
I was not using Tea with the 1/4 Transplant.
Nor did I use it with the Cats the last grow because after I re read the instructions, I thought I had been doing it wrong for the previous grows.
I thought those were the 2 exceptions.

please excuse me for my misunderstandings, but I am a very poor reader. It takes me forever to get through some threads.

Quoting my permanent record card from high school circa 1970 "his reading is deficient"

 

[Doc Bud]

you mention exceptions which is plural, but you only state one exception above.

this confused me also.
I was not using Tea with the 1/4 Transplant.
Nor did I use it with the Cats the last grow because after I re read the instructions, I thought I had been doing it wrong for the previous grows.
I thought those were the 2 exceptions.

please excuse me for my misunderstandings, but I am a very poor reader. It takes me forever to get through some threads.

Quoting my permanent record card from high school circa 1970 "his reading is deficient"

The two exceptions are Super Drench and Rescue Drench. I believe i mentioned both of them, but in case not.....there they are.


You don't hurt anything by adding Tea....but there's no point in adding more than is needed.

 

[Radogast]

If I don't have an RO system can inis distilled water or purified water from the large machines that you can fill at? Should I be asking these questions in the Q&A thread?

Water is water, but some water is better than other water.

RO water, distilled water and purified water are excellent for soil, and thus the plants that grow in soil.
Your tap water may or may not be excellent for soil.

If your tap water has chlorine/chloramines that is not so good for soil.

If you have tap water with a PH of 8.0- that is not good for plants.
If you have tap water that tastes horrible, depending in the metals and stuff in the water, it may be good or bad for the soil.

The first question to ask yourself is how good is my tap water. A good place to start is to look for the annual water quality report from your local utility. It is usually online.

90-95% of the tap water in the USA is not very good for soil, which is why lots of people choose an RO system. If you share an RO system between your plants and your kitchen, you plants will be happy and everyone in your home will also have healthier water.

Purchased distilled or purified water, even at 25 cents per gallon, is often the most expensive answer. The trunk of my car carries 8 3-gallon bottles. As much as I love my car, years ago I became very tired of a weekly run to the water store. And that was just for the people, my plants drink twice that !

Depending on the price of the replacement filters, an RO system will cost about $60-80 (USD) per year. That's less than $10/mo.

 

[Mag7]

Water is water, but some water is better than other water.

RO water, distilled water and purified water are excellent for soil, and thus the plants that grow in soil.
Your tap water may or may not be excellent for soil.

If your tap water has chlorine/chloramines that is not so good for soil.

If you have tap water with a PH of 8.0- that is not good for plants.
If you have tap water that tastes horrible, depending in the metals and stuff in the water, it may be good or bad for the soil.

The first question to ask yourself is how good is my tap water. A good place to start is to look for the annual water quality report from your local utility. It is usually online.

90-95% of the tap water in the USA is not very good for soil, which is why lots of people choose an RO system. If you share an RO system between your plants and your kitchen, you plants will be happy and everyone in your home will also have healthier water.

Purchased distilled or purified water, even at 25 cents per gallon, is often the most expensive answer. The trunk of my car carries 8 3-gallon bottles. As much as I love my car, years ago I became very tired of a weekly run to the water store. And that was just for the people, my plants drink twice that !

Depending on the price of the replacement filters, an RO system will cost about $60-80 (USD) per year. That's less than $10/mo.

Thank you for the informative post, I'm sold. My only issue is that I'm not sure I have the space under the sink for the tank. I'm in an older home and it's kinda tight under there. I'll have to take some measurements and maybe move some things around.


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[SmokeyMcFly]

You can put it anywhere you have a hookup to water and a way to drain the waste water. Mine is in my garage and the waste water goes out through a tube to a tree at the corner of my house and keeps it very happily watered here in the desert

 

[Radogast]

You can put it anywhere you have a hookup to water and a way to drain the waste water. Mine is in my garage and the waste water goes out through a tube to a tree at the corner of my house and keeps it very happily watered here in the desert

Agreed. Anywhere is fine. The tank keeps the RO water pressurized. My tank is in the basement underneath the kitchen sink. As well as tubing going to the RO faucet at the sink there is about 15' of tubing going to the refrigerator/icemaker and 30' of tubing going to the grow area.

If I were to install it again, I'd put the whole system in the basement down by the laundry sink drain.

 

[aruu]

Water is water, but some water is better than other water.

RO water, distilled water and purified water are excellent for soil, and thus the plants that grow in soil.
Your tap water may or may not be excellent for soil.

If your tap water has chlorine/chloramines that is not so good for soil.

If you have tap water with a PH of 8.0- that is not good for plants.
If you have tap water that tastes horrible, depending in the metals and stuff in the water, it may be good or bad for the soil.

The first question to ask yourself is how good is my tap water. A good place to start is to look for the annual water quality report from your local utility. It is usually online.

90-95% of the tap water in the USA is not very good for soil, which is why lots of people choose an RO system. If you share an RO system between your plants and your kitchen, you plants will be happy and everyone in your home will also have healthier water.

Purchased distilled or purified water, even at 25 cents per gallon, is often the most expensive answer. The trunk of my car carries 8 3-gallon bottles. As much as I love my car, years ago I became very tired of a weekly run to the water store. And that was just for the people, my plants drink twice that !

Depending on the price of the replacement filters, an RO system will cost about $60-80 (USD) per year. That's less than $10/mo.

I've been itching to buy an RO system. Now I'm convinced .... okay maybe I was already convinced, but now I'm convinced again


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[Mag7]

Installed my RO system two days ago. Took forever for no reason lol. The water taste amazing and I can't wait to get started, two weeks till germination


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[Doc Bud]

Installed my RO system two days ago. Took forever for no reason lol. The water taste amazing and I can't wait to get started, two weeks till germination


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[Radogast]

Installed my RO system two days ago. Took forever for no reason lol. The water taste amazing and I can't wait to get started, two weeks till germination


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It's a good feeling.

My RO took an unreasonable amount of time to install too - mostly because of a lack of a good solid walls to hold screws. That was in the fall - now I have trichomes

 

[overlord]

Hey Doc,

I will be starting from seed, and the directions say to use a little roots in the hole and gently water with 1/4 strength transplant if needed to keep moist. I noticed when you transplanted the clone on the first page of this thread, you watered with 1oz transplant to gallon of water.

Once I have planted the seeds, do I keep using 1/4 strength transplant to keep soil moist until seed starts?
After seedlings emerge, would I switch to the 1 oz per gallon? Do this as a drench with tea?
When should I start with GE?

Thank you

 

[Duggan]

Hey Doc,

I will be starting from seed, and the directions say to use a little roots in the hole and gently water with 1/4 strength transplant if needed to keep moist. I noticed when you transplanted the clone on the first page of this thread, you watered with 1oz transplant to gallon of water.

Once I have planted the seeds, do I keep using 1/4 strength transplant to keep soil moist until seed starts?
After seedlings emerge, would I switch to the 1 oz per gallon? Do this as a drench with tea?
When should I start with GE?

Thank you

Lots of good Q's. First off don't give ANYTHING from the kit until the plants get some size to them , like three or four nodes OK. They DO NOT need or want any Transplant either....just moisten with plain water ...got it ...plain water , don't need any Transplant. The cooked soil has lots of goodies in it for weeks without anything from the kit OK! Look at my plants ...they just received their first Drench of any kind last night....ya that's right , their very first taste of "kit" stuff was last night. They simply don't need anything else. Please follow directions and wait until they get to three , four or five nodes first. Cheers , hope this helps.

 

[overlord]

Lots of good Q's. First off don't give ANYTHING from the kit until the plants get some size to them , like three or four nodes OK. They DO NOT need or want any Transplant either....just moisten with plain water ...got it ...plain water , don't need any Transplant. The cooked soil has lots of goodies in it for weeks without anything from the kit OK! Look at my plants ...they just received their first Drench of any kind last night....ya that's right , their very first taste of "kit" stuff was last night. They simply don't need anything else. Please follow directions and wait until they get to three , four or five nodes first. Cheers , hope this helps.

Thanks this does help, you answered my question perfectly. I was looking at some of yours and others older journals for an answer,
The Jamaica trip sounded like fun, and the pics were cool too.
I was growing in an over sized closet, but have downgraded to a 4 x 4 tent, once I finish with the details on the set-up, get the environment dialed in, and the seeds started, I will start a journal here.
If Doc doesn't mind I will spam the journal in the Q & A thread.

 

[Duggan]

Thanks this does help, you answered my question perfectly. I was looking at some of yours and others older journals for an answer,
The Jamaica trip sounded like fun, and the pics were cool too.
I was growing in an over sized closet, but have downgraded to a 4 x 4 tent, once I finish with the details on the set-up, get the environment dialed in, and the seeds started, I will start a journal here.
If Doc doesn't mind I will spam the journal in the Q & A thread.

All's good Overlord! Ya Jamaica was heaven...as usual. Made some new friends and strengthened existing bonds. Laughed a helluva lot and created a shitload of fantastic memories
When you get your GR all set up and are ready to journal...let us know OK. We (the gang) will help you get going and assist with any concerns you might have. Remember ,....let them grow a lil first before 'kit' stuff OK! Cheers

 

[overlord]

All's good Overlord! Ya Jamaica was heaven...as usual. Made some new friends and strengthened existing bonds. Laughed a helluva lot and created a shitload of fantastic memories
When you get your GR all set up and are ready to journal...let us know OK. We (the gang) will help you get going and assist with any concerns you might have. Remember ,....let them grow a lil first before 'kit' stuff OK! Cheers

Yes, I got it.. No kit stuff for a while. After all the $$ invested, I don't want to screw it up, that why I asked. LOL
I do appreciate it and look forward to gaining the DBHBB experience.

 

[Mag7]

Lots of good Q's. First off don't give ANYTHING from the kit until the plants get some size to them , like three or four nodes OK. They DO NOT need or want any Transplant either....just moisten with plain water ...got it ...plain water , don't need any Transplant. The cooked soil has lots of goodies in it for weeks without anything from the kit OK! Look at my plants ...they just received their first Drench of any kind last night....ya that's right , their very first taste of "kit" stuff was last night. They simply don't need anything else. Please follow directions and wait until they get to three , four or five nodes first. Cheers , hope this helps.

All his question were the same I was gonna by to ask. But t I was waited by a few weeks lol. Thank you for clarifying this as sometime things feel kind of vague when I read them.


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[overlord]

All his question were the same I was gonna by to ask. But t I was waited by a few weeks lol. Thank you for clarifying this as sometime things feel kind of vague when I read them.


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I am sure for these guys it is common sense stuff, but like you I feel to us noobs it can seem vague. At least everyone here is willing to help explain and answer questions even though they probably have answered them a million times.

Thanks again!!

 

[Radogast]

Hey Doc,

I will be starting from seed, and the directions say to use a little roots in the hole and gently water with 1/4 strength transplant if needed to keep moist. I noticed when you transplanted the clone on the first page of this thread, you watered with 1oz transplant to gallon of water.

Once I have planted the seeds, do I keep using 1/4 strength transplant to keep soil moist until seed starts?
After seedlings emerge, would I switch to the 1 oz per gallon? Do this as a drench with tea?
When should I start with GE?

Thank you

Never too early to start your journal.

If you run into a problem during setup or planning, you have people watching for your questions.

I am sure for these guys it is common sense stuff, but like you I feel to us noobs it can seem vague. At least everyone here is willing to help explain and answer questions even though they probably have answered them a million times.

Thanks again!!

It won't be long until you are answering the same questions. Then we only have to click 'like' or 'thank'

3 years in (on first Hi-Brix grow,) I feel like a noob. I'm still waiting for common sense to kick in

 

[Doc Bud]

Never too early to start your journal.

If you run into a problem during setup or planning, you have people watching for your questions.




It won't be long until you are answering the same questions. Then we only have to click 'like' or 'thank'

3 years in (on first Hi-Brix grow,) I feel like a noob. I'm still waiting for common sense to kick in

Once you get a feel for what the products do, your common sense will guide you the whole way.