I just left my local grow store and was talking about some nute issues I'm having with my girls. I am having burn or deficency problems even though I have been using Advanced Nutrients online calculator at medium to low feeding schedule. He is saying my problems arnt due to nute issues but to my tap water even though my pH is about where it needs to be. He was telling me I need to purchase one of his reverse osmosis products and AN's Revive before my problems would go away. By the way, my tap waters ppm is around 400. Any advice guys?
Salesman or legit advice?
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OldPathBluSky
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400ppm's is high for tap water... are you growing using hydro or soil? What is your ppms once you add your nutrients?
acidblue
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Yes 400ppm is a bit high for tap water.
Also tap water has chlorine in it, which isn't good for soil.
Try using bottled water for a bit, and see if that dosen't help.
I'm lucky i have one of those water vending machines right across
the street, cost .30 cents a gallon.
If you see improvment with the bootled water then hydro guy is right
and you might want to purchase a RO unit.
But i wouldn't buy it from the hydro store, too expensive, go to ebay and
look around, your bound to find one a bit cheaper.
Also tap water has chlorine in it, which isn't good for soil.
Try using bottled water for a bit, and see if that dosen't help.
I'm lucky i have one of those water vending machines right across
the street, cost .30 cents a gallon.
If you see improvment with the bootled water then hydro guy is right
and you might want to purchase a RO unit.
But i wouldn't buy it from the hydro store, too expensive, go to ebay and
look around, your bound to find one a bit cheaper.
Dr. Dog is spot on. I have hard water that will calcify the faucets if you let it build up. Get your water the day before and use a cheap wally world air pump designed for a cheap wally world aquirum.
Before I started doing this i could not get to week 3 of flowering problem free, I blamed PH, nute burn, heat burn, and everything else you can trick yourself into believing is wrong with your plants.
A lot of times the hard problems have the easy answers.
Thats how I always feel after figuring it out
Before I started doing this i could not get to week 3 of flowering problem free, I blamed PH, nute burn, heat burn, and everything else you can trick yourself into believing is wrong with your plants.
A lot of times the hard problems have the easy answers.
Thats how I always feel after figuring it out
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