My water comes out of the tap at 8.2. If I let it sit for 24 hrs and off-gas, it stabilizes to 7.3.
interesting how nature works, yeah i guess even if its called full spectrum doesnt mean its the the exact same balance of spectrum and intensity that the sun provides, maybe thats part of the reason it is so different.
Thats really interesting, i never thought ph would fluctuate that much over night i will have to try leaving it over night and see if mine changes that much checking ph before and after and tds before and after too. Im pretty sure my tap water is around 300 or 400 tds without off-gassing although it has been a few months since i checked that.
300-400 Is pretty high and you may want to cut it by half with RO. I think most nute manufacturers recommend water under 300 TDS.
Alright i will likely go with half and half after i double check tds, thanks. Okay ill just check ph before and after then maybe just tds after, just wasnt sure if there could be some other reactions during the off-gassing that could cause solids to be more or less available to be dissolved in solution possibly changing the tds but im likely just over thinking that like i do with most things if no one else has ever noticed much of a notable difference.
Thanks for the info, I had always thought carbonate and bicarbonate were alkaline due to my minor water chemisty understanding from salt water aquariums but i guess in an acidic form like carbonic acid through acidifying the water when it converts to carbonate and bicarbonate it is such small levels of that .13% that they have no impact on alkalinity or ph themselves as the acid is much stronger if im understanding it correct. which i definitely may not be haha. This thread is starting to almost feel like i am going to kush college haha.
after some more googling i think i might have a slight bit better understanding now than i did earlier in that the carbonate it converts to acts as a buffer making the acid not as strong.
if that is even relevant to what was mentioned, i never was the best at chemistry and am trying to understand it so forgive me if not lol.after some more googling i think i might have a slight bit better understanding now than i did earlier in that the carbonate it converts to acts as a buffer making the acid not as strong.
Thanks man, it is for clones however i should have mentioned i do have some store bought houshold leds and cfls for vegging already that are slightly more focused in the cool white spectrum, i accidentally took too many clones though and my 3x3 clone space is already almost full and i havent even switched to bud in the main grow due to the nutrient battles so i was thinking about maybe using a 3x2 tent i have had laying around for like 3 years never opened and making another flower room that could possibly double for vegging aswell when needed unless thats a dumb idea. Would it maybe be a better idea to get 1 ww and 1 cw or just both ww and add in cool white when used for veg? i do have 2 x 25W cool white led corn cob e27 bulbs that could be added on the sides from the current clone room during when it is used for veg aswell. Here is my current clone room (or clone shower i guess lol). Thanks again Intheshed
sorry in advance for the extremely long reply aswell lol my bad.
No worries...a few line breaks in there would have helped though.
I personally wouldn't go with cheap lights because of the fire hazard they might present, along with suspect output numbers. They shouldn't be listing their output in lumens, that's for household bulbs. Ideally they'd be showing PAR or PPFD, or at least lux.
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