Mineral water and germination

[safeman]

gernerally one might use distilled water, tap water (after being set oout for 24hs), ect for seed germination. Conside this Mineral water can be used in soaking seeds (water method), paper towel method why ? -- using mineral water is a cheap way of keeping a stable PH enviroment. Tap water can vary laot in terms of cheminal coomposition and PH. The ideal PH for water when germinating is PH of 7. If one is having issues with germination consider mineral water

 

[Bill284]

gernerally one might use distilled water, tap water (after being set oout for 24hs), ect for seed germination. Conside this Mineral water can be used in soaking seeds (water method), paper towel method why ? -- using mineral water is a cheap way of keeping a stable PH enviroment. Tap water can vary laot in terms of cheminal coomposition and PH. The ideal PH for water when germinating is PH of 7. If one is having issues with germination consider mineral water

I use strictly bottled water. Tap water has chlorine and chloramine. Both aren't good for your ladies and their roots.
Bill

 

[safeman]

I use strictly bottled water. Tap water has chlorine and chloramine. Both aren't good for your ladies and their roots.
Bill

Same here - just "new" ways of doing germination - might try it on some bag seeds

 

[Curbcalamity]

I just use any water ive found nit makes a total of 0 difference to germination rates using tap water bottles water RO water. makes 0 difference. your just softeniung the seed casing enough to allow it to crack. consider chlorine is actually needed in small amounts, tap water is sterile and free of biological contaminants and it also contains lots of carbonic acid. ph of mineral water here at least is about 4 and tap water is about 8

 

[Emilya Green]

Germinating seeds is always a stressful time and it is not a surprise that a couple of the myths surrounding the growing world have made their way into this conversation.

First, Chlorine does not hurt our plants, and actually it is one of the 19 elements NEEDED by our plants in a small amount. Chlorinated tap water does not hurt seeds, seedlings or any other stage of the plant. Chlorine is put in our water to kill microbes and algae in our pipes. While Chlorine can harm a purely organic grow with no synthetic nutrients, by killing off the microbes, any other type of soil grow should not worry about chlorine. The only reason chlorine could be bad for our grows, is when we are growing organically and using microbes to feed our plants from the raw minerals in our soil. If you are using any sort of nutrient to feed your plants, chlorine should not even be on your radar screen as something that you need to worry about, unless of course you are running a hydro system where it is important to know exactly what is or is not in your water, so that ppm readings make sense.

Secondly, pH. As long as your water is not so base that it will give you and your plants alkaline burns (pH 9+) or so acid that it will break down organic materials (pH 4 or less), the plants and soil and microbes don't give a flip about pH. The ONLY reason we pH adjust is when we are using synthetically created nutrient mixes that are chelated to remain stable in the bottle and not interact against each other. These bottled nutes are designed to break apart and become mobile and available to the plant, only within a certain pH range. Mix them in a bucket of water at that pH and they start to go to work. Since there are no nutes in your seed water that need to be in a certain range, adjusting the pH at this point is totally unnecessary. The seeds don't care.

 

[safeman]

Germinating seeds is always a stressful time and it is not a surprise that a couple of the myths surrounding the growing world have made their way into this conversation.

First, Chlorine does not hurt our plants, and actually it is one of the 19 elements NEEDED by our plants in a small amount. Chlorinated tap water does not hurt seeds, seedlings or any other stage of the plant. Chlorine is put in our water to kill microbes and algae in our pipes. While Chlorine can harm a purely organic grow with no synthetic nutrients, by killing off the microbes, any other type of soil grow should not worry about chlorine. The only reason chlorine could be bad for our grows, is when we are growing organically and using microbes to feed our plants from the raw minerals in our soil. If you are using any sort of nutrient to feed your plants, chlorine should not even be on your radar screen as something that you need to worry about, unless of course you are running a hydro system where it is important to know exactly what is or is not in your water, so that ppm readings make sense.

Secondly, pH. As long as your water is not so base that it will give you and your plants alkaline burns (pH 9+) or so acid that it will break down organic materials (pH 4 or less), the plants and soil and microbes don't give a flip about pH. The ONLY reason we pH adjust is when we are using synthetically created nutrient mixes that are chelated to remain stable in the bottle and not interact against each other. These bottled nutes are designed to break apart and become mobile and available to the plant, only within a certain pH range. Mix them in a bucket of water at that pH and they start to go to work. Since there are no nutes in your seed water that need to be in a certain range, adjusting the pH at this point is totally unnecessary. The seeds don't care.

good info !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!