Saul Silver
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I use tap water without issues. Just need to let it set out to burn off the chlorine..
Very sound advice!
I use tap water without issues. Just need to let it set out to burn off the chlorine..
How do you think I knew the PH .. thats because i checked it duh!! R/O dropped it into the 6.5 range and now I dont have yellowing.
Read and understand before you spout please.....ROOKIE
you said you had yellowing due to high ph lockout. that wasn't because you were using tap water, or because you checked your ph. it's because you didn't adjust your water's ph to the correct range.
if your tap water's ph is 8.5, all you need to do is lower it to around 6.5 using something like ph down, vinegar or lemon juice. you dont' need RO water just to drop the ph.
I initially did that too.. wound up with soil saturated with unwanted salts. Im telling you the ppm/tds of my water is poor and "limey" no one will even drink it.. Not only did ph ing the tap water cause salt buildup, you couldnt even keep the ph down for 24 hours before it started to rise above unacceptable levels. Face it some of us have to have our water purified in our locale. For those of you with good water I shall say you are as lucky as going through life without glasses... you dont know how good you have it until you have to do something about it.
out of 35 people that responded to this post i can't beleive i'm the only one to use rainwater. it has o ppm and the ph is around 6- perfect!
my tap water is around 8.2 so figured I would go for rain/snow instead. any idea about the ph and ppm on those? Costs for a meter are atm too high and since asking around is for free..