Not my first grow but I’m still learning and need some guidance

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Azimuth said:
I've not used it, but have only heard good things. @Jon uses it, and @StoneOtter was privy to a grow that used them. Both had glowing reports.
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No, not yet for the Prescription Blend. Just seen general good grows around the Mag using it.
 
StoneOtter said:
No, not yet for the Prescription Blend. Just seen general good grows around the Mag using it.
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I thought that's what your BIL used, no?
 
VetSmoke85 said:
Geoflora and prescription blend are great. Geoflora is super easy if you don't want to be mixing liquid nutrients.
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I made the switch from Fox farms to geoflora and I couldn't be happier.... Less upkeep...kinda set it and forget it deal.

But good mornin @New2this420 plants coming along nicely.
 
HappyHazmat88 said:
I made the switch from Fox farms to geoflora and I couldn't be happier.... Less upkeep...kinda set it and forget it deal.

But good mornin @New2this420 plants coming along nicely.
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I guess so, I’ll snap photos later on when they wake up (dark period right now). But I got the water report back from the township, I remember someone was asking for me to get that report. I just don’t know exactly what im looking for on the report
 
There are a few things on here that you can use, and a few missing.

Sodium is a little high at 35.8ppm but it shouldn't be an issue.

pH of 7.76 and 79ppm hardness (CaCO3) means you have some extra calcium and your water will tend to buffer a little higher. You will need more pH down to get to your correct pH than you would with RO/DI water. You are best off getting a pH down with phosphoric acid (AN pH down is expensive but works fantastic and you will only need a little).

I don't see any mention of magnesium or sulfur. Other than that I would love to see a TDS/PPM reading on the water to get total dissolved salts. Based on what I see above it should be between 150-200ppm. That is neither hard nor soft. You will need to do a little more adjusting to grow with it but it should work OK.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a water expert and there is a lot not shown in your report. However, I do not see anything that would keep me from using this water to grow.
 
LKABudMan said:
There are a few things on here that you can use, and a few missing.

Sodium is a little high at 35.8ppm but it shouldn't be an issue.

pH of 7.76 and 79ppm hardness (CaCO3) means you have some extra calcium and your water will tend to buffer a little higher. You will need more pH down to get to your correct pH than you would with RO/DI water. You are best off getting a pH down with phosphoric acid (AN pH down is expensive but works fantastic and you will only need a little).

I don't see any mention of magnesium or sulfur. Other than that I would love to see a TDS/PPM reading on the water to get total dissolved salts. Based on what I see above it should be between 150-200ppm. That is neither hard nor soft. You will need to do a little more adjusting to grow with it but it should work OK.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a water expert and there is a lot not shown in your report. However, I do not see anything that would keep me from using this water to grow.
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You mentioned AN ph down, what is that? Is that an type of ph down? And I’ll buy what I need to be able to use my tap water, I just want to buy the right things.
 
AN is Advanced Nutrients (not a sponsor). Their pH down is pretty much just phosphoric acid.
 
New2this420 said:
@Farmer Reading do you know what numbers I’m supposed to be looking at?
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What @LKABudMan said:)

LKABudMan said:
There are a few things on here that you can use, and a few missing.

Sodium is a little high at 35.8ppm but it shouldn't be an issue.

pH of 7.76 and 79ppm hardness (CaCO3) means you have some extra calcium and your water will tend to buffer a little higher. You will need more pH down to get to your correct pH than you would with RO/DI water. You are best off getting a pH down with phosphoric acid (AN pH down is expensive but works fantastic and you will only need a little).

I don't see any mention of magnesium or sulfur. Other than that I would love to see a TDS/PPM reading on the water to get total dissolved salts. Based on what I see above it should be between 150-200ppm. That is neither hard nor soft. You will need to do a little more adjusting to grow with it but it should work OK.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a water expert and there is a lot not shown in your report. However, I do not see anything that would keep me from using this water to grow.
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Basically this looks a lot like my water report.
Probably the biggest thing that sticks out is the high pH.

I use humic acid (not necessarily recommending it, but it works for me) and end my feeding cycles by watering with RO water until I get a ten to twenty percent run-off.
 
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