I am a first time grower. I have 6 photo plants growing in 20 gallon pots, see pic. I am having issues getting water to PH at 6.5 or so on a scale I need to water all 6 plus want to add some more. What is best way to have the much water at correct PH? Maybe a trash can but how much PH up will a 35 gallon can need? Current PH is 4. Thanks in advance for help!
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Welcome along @Mbass , my outdoors I dont do as I do indoors just pond water, river water and rain but do use my Rez xtras and xtras from feeds indoors, its a hodgepodge but they do grow good outdoors, its a weed outside, it will grow. Sorry no help there with PH.
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Welcome, I mix my water in 30 gal barrels. You would need quite a bit of PH up, but it’s relatively inexpensive if you by it buy it by the gal. Make sure that whatever you use is light resistant and has a lid if you plan on mixing more than one watering at a time. Are you on well or city water? What medium are you using? Do you have a PPM/EC meter to test your water?
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Thanks. Good to know on light resistant container, was going to use a white one but will now line it and figure out a lid. I am on well water and it is pretty hard. I do have a PPM and EC meter. I am using Fox Farms ocean forest. Up to this point have been able to use spring water.
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A cheap R/O unit would solve all of your issues and give better control of nutrients.
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That was my thought. Better water will make for happier plants and fewer issues down the road.
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Hydrogen peroxide will neutralize chlorine and chloramines. I put a tablespoon in every five gallons.
Folks who run RDWC generally want complete control of their nutrient load. As an example, my city water was at 550 ppm. I could only add around 400 ppm of nutrients as it is additive. Running the same setup with R/O I could provide 900 ppm of proper nutrients without running into problems.
Something you might want to look into.
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I subtract the 200 ppm from my city water base. My city water has high calcium so I buy flora micro hard water so I dont end up with too much calcium. So to achieve a nutrient base of 600ppm on my system it reads 800 ppm.
I have been doing this for years. I started growing in RO what my experience is I have less water fluctuations in my tap water without any nutrient deficiencies.
I never knew peroxide removed choline i will look into that. Thank you.
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Sounds like you have it dialed in. 200 ppm isn’t bad.
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I buy 12% food grade peroxide by the gallon. Nothing sanitizes res and pumps like H2O2. It will aerate your res water if your going for a sterile system. It can be used as a flower safe fungicide. It can also be used to clean and remove pesticides from fruit and vegetables before consumption. Well worth having some around the house.
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