Water Quality

[Harry Kovert]

Good morning to you fine people.

A question......

I'm using still mineral water on my plants - the breakdown of minerals is as follows:

Typical Values	per litre	-
Calcium	11.0mg	-
Magnesium	3.5mg	-
Potassium	2.5mg	-
Sodium	10.0mg	-
Bicarbonate	25.0mg	-
Sulphate	11.0mg	-
Nitrate	15.0mg	-
Chloride	14.0mg	-
Dry Residue @ 180C	85.0mg	-
Ph	6.2

Is anybody able to advise me on the benefits or otherwise with continued use?

Many thanks,

Harvey

 

[Old Salt]

We all use mineral water for our plants at sometime during our grows. In hydroponics they are referred to as 'nutrient solutions,' while in soil they are often referred to as 'teas.' Your mineral water is missing many or the nutrients required. It may be fine for soil grows, where those nutrients can be found in the soil. For hydroponics, or soilless grows such as coco/perlite, you'll need to add the missing nutrients.

 

[Harry Kovert]

We all use mineral water for our plants at sometime during our grows. In hydroponics they are referred to as 'nutrient solutions,' while in soil they are often referred to as 'teas.' Your mineral water is missing many or the nutrients required. It may be fine for soil grows, where those nutrients can be found in the soil. For hydroponics, or soilless grows such as coco/perlite, you'll need to add the missing nutrients.

Thank you me Old Salt

I am growing in soil [a 60/40 mix of Biobizz All & Light Mix] + Ecothrive Charge so it's my understanding that the plants will have all they need nutrient wise for the next 4 - 5 weeks.

I plan on adding Biobizz Bloom at the flowering stage + a top up of the Charge. [And possibly some Ecothrive Biosys?]

Any obvious gaps in terms of essential nutrients and any recommendations?

[P.S - The plants are at 18 days old and looking very healthy.]

 

[Bush Doctor 77]

So, you have about 175PPM TDS. Good water to start with. That's likely near what most manufacturers use for their formulations when they make their nutes, as it's probably near norm in industrial systems.

 

[Harry Kovert]

Thank you Bush D.

I'll continue with what I'm doing until the plants tell me I need to feed them again.