Plant problems

[bobrown14]

Look for "RO Buddie" - cheap enough. Just gotta do a little thing with you plumbing but if my wife can do it, I probably should let her have at it. lol

Going from tap water to RO water was a game changer for me on plant issues.

They all disappeared.

I use rain water for all my seedlings and small VEG plants. It's got some nutrients in it un-like RO water but very very minor.

pH testing rain water is something I've never done.

I wouldn't know how to treat rain water using fertilizers. The pH testing of rain water can be misleading. I think rain water pH is 5.8 or there about. Might be perfect for using with fertilizer?? I have no experience with fertilizer use.

Rain water and distilled water absorb carbon dioxide so the pH will fluctuate down depending of how "fresh" it is. Thats my understanding.

 

[Weaselcracker]

I’ve functioned off rainwater for the last 25 years and it’s all I use for the grow- as well as everything else in life. Drinking water I usually haul from a local spring.
My rainwater ph is 5.6 -5.8. It doesn’t seem to vary much at all but then I don’t pay a lot of attention to it. My ph meter probe lives in a cistern and it stays around that 5.7 range. I also assume that there will be fluctuations from leaves getting in the cisterns and whatnot.
Other than that -Ummm not sure what to say- it will work fine.

 

[bobrown14]

Rain water FTW! Yeah U right.

I'd use it everywhere. I changed to RO for drinking water and cooking.

Now collect rain water for gardens.

Something about Rain water and Vermi-Compost that makes plants go wild.