jujment699
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This is the city report on my ppm (my meter is currently on its way so im not sure the total)
Calcium(Ca): 30.0 ppm
Magnesium(Mg): 17.0 ppm
Sodium(Na): 5.0 ppm
Sulfate(SO4): 12.0 ppm
Bicarbonate(HCO3): 252.0 ppm
PH: 7.9 PH
I noticed it is lacking some minerals on there (don't know if bicarbonates mean all the other minerals) But anyway my ppm is at least 300 according to this possibly higher.
I've posted on other forums and nobody seems to have any answers i've also googled for days @_@
So if my ppm is three hundred obviously i need to only add 500-700 nute solution, and i do not need to add any cal mag... thats a decent amount right? Im told 50 calmag ppm or higher is bad...
My plants experienced extreme lockouts and all are currently in the process of dying due to hard water and PH problems... So since my ppms are up there is it better to just adjust accordingly or is it too harmful? Like can i just instead of watering at 300 ppms and feeding at 1000 ppms (including water) cant i just add a little nutes to my water every time? like water at 500 ppms every time and skip actual feedings? or will this cause a lock out?
In this case i need a lower ppm so would you reccommend a floramicro/IONIC hardwater solution? or would you do reverse osmosis? or do you think that my water is fine and i should just buy gals of PH down since my ph is so high? Like i feel like 300 ppms isn't even that high yet my plants are going berserk. But i don't understand the buildup of the ppms... like if i have 30 calcium and 17 magnesium in every watering thats a perfect dose i figure? but its all that other junk that builds up? The only way i can get rid of those build ups is by using clean plain 100% pure water between feedings right? which points to the floramicro/IONIC or reverse osmosis... yet i don't want to waste hundreds on nutes and hundreds on a RO system if i don't have to.
The reason i can't answer this question myself is because (obviously) my plants are dying from having 8+ ph and i didnt' even realize. Now the high ph i've done a flush do bring it down to 6.5 (and it is now successfully 6.5) but am i really flushing? if my tap water ppm is high its not really a flush is it? its just a bunch of loaded 6.5 ph water. Which brings me back to the question about feeding every watering at like 500 ppms instead of alternate feeding...
Anyways i know its a lot of questions i hope someone can answer.
Note: Please do not link me to ph guides and ppm guides i have read so many of them and none of them actually answer my question. i understand how it works i just need someone with experience to tell me what situation they think is best.
here is what my water has done to my plants:
Calcium(Ca): 30.0 ppm
Magnesium(Mg): 17.0 ppm
Sodium(Na): 5.0 ppm
Sulfate(SO4): 12.0 ppm
Bicarbonate(HCO3): 252.0 ppm
PH: 7.9 PH
I noticed it is lacking some minerals on there (don't know if bicarbonates mean all the other minerals) But anyway my ppm is at least 300 according to this possibly higher.
I've posted on other forums and nobody seems to have any answers i've also googled for days @_@
So if my ppm is three hundred obviously i need to only add 500-700 nute solution, and i do not need to add any cal mag... thats a decent amount right? Im told 50 calmag ppm or higher is bad...
My plants experienced extreme lockouts and all are currently in the process of dying due to hard water and PH problems... So since my ppms are up there is it better to just adjust accordingly or is it too harmful? Like can i just instead of watering at 300 ppms and feeding at 1000 ppms (including water) cant i just add a little nutes to my water every time? like water at 500 ppms every time and skip actual feedings? or will this cause a lock out?
In this case i need a lower ppm so would you reccommend a floramicro/IONIC hardwater solution? or would you do reverse osmosis? or do you think that my water is fine and i should just buy gals of PH down since my ph is so high? Like i feel like 300 ppms isn't even that high yet my plants are going berserk. But i don't understand the buildup of the ppms... like if i have 30 calcium and 17 magnesium in every watering thats a perfect dose i figure? but its all that other junk that builds up? The only way i can get rid of those build ups is by using clean plain 100% pure water between feedings right? which points to the floramicro/IONIC or reverse osmosis... yet i don't want to waste hundreds on nutes and hundreds on a RO system if i don't have to.
The reason i can't answer this question myself is because (obviously) my plants are dying from having 8+ ph and i didnt' even realize. Now the high ph i've done a flush do bring it down to 6.5 (and it is now successfully 6.5) but am i really flushing? if my tap water ppm is high its not really a flush is it? its just a bunch of loaded 6.5 ph water. Which brings me back to the question about feeding every watering at like 500 ppms instead of alternate feeding...
Anyways i know its a lot of questions i hope someone can answer.
Note: Please do not link me to ph guides and ppm guides i have read so many of them and none of them actually answer my question. i understand how it works i just need someone with experience to tell me what situation they think is best.
here is what my water has done to my plants: