DLT why is the water out the RO cold?
It is processed from my tap water, and the water line is buried 6+ft deep coming to the house. The earth cools the water in the pipe system to the mid 50s.
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DLT why is the water out the RO cold?
Hi OG, exactly what Duggs said. Also I notice you mentioned
"Already takes a while to fill my jugs with RO water, don't want to add an unnecessary 15 minute "sit" for nothing"
I too use to fill my buckets with RO water and use immediately, but I noticed my plants would lag for a day or more. This was due to the temp of the freshly produced RO water, which was 58-60*F....pretty much halted the biota in the soil for a day or more. Now I stock pile RO water in buckets so I have 4-5 covered black buckets full at all times and most importantly the temps are at ~70-75*F. I am learning that it's all these little things that add up....that are the difference between good and exceptional. I'm shooting for exceptional!
Cheers!
DL
Hi OG, exactly what Duggs said. Also I notice you mentioned
"Already takes a while to fill my jugs with RO water, don't want to add an unnecessary 15 minute "sit" for nothing"
I too use to fill my buckets with RO water and use immediately, but I noticed my plants would lag for a day or more. This was due to the temp of the freshly produced RO water, which was 58-60*F....pretty much halted the biota in the soil for a day or more. Now I stock pile RO water in buckets so I have 4-5 covered black buckets full at all times and most importantly the temps are at ~70-75*F. I am learning that it's all these little things that add up....that are the difference between good and exceptional. I'm shooting for exceptional!
Cheers!
DL
I do this too. I have 3 buckets in rotation. One full one in the GR for a day or so before use and when it's time to water, I drop in the aerator, "plop" in the tea, wait 10 mins, add drench liquids and apply to plants. I draw my RO in my garage and have 2 buckets in there too. I simply fill the one I just emptied as it goes. This also allows me some backup.
Having extra buckets full and ready is great on harvest day too, when you need 3 buckets of water to wash the bud!
You say you are aerating your tea, this only makes sense to me if you are trying to oxgenate or activate a microbial community.
If this is a good choice, I'd like to know.
I keep extra buckets because some days it takes 8-10 gallons of water to tend to the girls nutritional needs..
I wash my buds in regular water. A touch of chlorine in clean water is not a problem for me when washing.
Ok thanks guys. Will add tea first from now on then RO water, then stir, wait 5-10 min then drench, then stir then use.
For drenching 1 gal pots. Is using 2 ml of GE and .2 ml of tea mixed up with 1.5 gal of water. I'll let sit and soak for 5 to 10 mins. Does these amounts sound right?
When we dunk ours, we dump about 16 oz of water on top as it is getting put into the drench and you should see some bubbles in the top of the pot. Let it sit for a few minutes.Along the same line, What does everyone do with the extra water that is
left in the bottom of the container when Dunking ? Do you just toss it or do
you poor the remaining in the top ?
For drenching 1 gal pots. Is using 2 ml of GE and .2 ml of tea mixed up with 1.5 gal of water. I'll let sit and soak for 5 to 10 mins. Does these amounts sound right?
Along the same line, What does everyone do with the extra water that is
left in the bottom of the container when Dunking ? Do you just toss it or do
you poor the remaining in the top ?
For drenching 1 gal pots. Is using 2 ml of GE and .2 ml of tea mixed up with 1.5 gal of water. I'll let sit and soak for 5 to 10 mins. Does these amounts sound right?
1.25 to 1.5 puts the water level up to 3/4's way up the pot.
I'm about to give water+ trans soaking for 1 gal pot, how much trans do you use for that, said 1/4 oz for all plants, I've just been adding 1.5 ml if trans for the dunking
Radogast, I think who posted that, I need to find it again lol
The thing that makes it confusing is the need to feed different drenches to different plants at different stages. If you're running a batch of the same plants, then it's very simple - just mix up a bunch of something and feed to them all.
But I run a small perpetual with 7 individual plants at different growth stages, and I need less than a gallon of water per plant, so ... how do I mix that up? That's when you measure for soil gallons.