ok so i here that there are certain chemicals that render organics useless. i think chloramine, or somthing like that. anyone know anything about this.
All kinds of stuff in municipal water supplies, many of them not good for you but at "acceptable levels". Add that to pharmaceuticals finding their way in and you got quite a brew going on. One whackjob scientist has even advocated adding lithium to the water supplies to "calm" the populous. No, thank you. BBT
added or natural, yes, there are all kinds of not-so-nice things in water, fact of life, and in most cases, unavoidable, to an extent. for example, you ever hear about NY water? Makes the pizza and bagels the best ever. Do you know why? Lead. There is a pretty high natural amount of lead in the water, from the ground. Same thing with natural & radioactive uranium. NY, CO, ID, and other areas where there are higher amounts of uranium in the earth. Hell, you might be inclined to call it organic - it is natural, after all, lol. I used to be a water chemist in my past life, but i have not heard of anything that is added to water that would alter any kinds of chemicals. it's very possible, but the only way you would find out is to contact the municipal water guys in your area. It would be specific to your water systems, as every source of water is different, and may need different additives. from then, you can research online any kind of chemical reactions that may occur with the specific chems in your nutes. I'm assuming you're on city water? You could do some looking into an R/O system, as far as the specifics it takes out, if you're really concerned. Good for plants anyway... GTWT :XXhippylove:
No, I use Miracle Grow and it kicks city waters ass. Really though all we use is untreated, right out of the tap water. But at OG someone asked if Chemical ferts would mess up the fungi and bacteria and from what i read it does not. Hope that helps.
well if you get it fast and fresh....if it stands too long.. good luck but tap water is so simple for me:flyy:
Chlorine will inhibit the uptake of nutes in general. That's why soil growers usually let their water sit out overnight or in a hydro setup after a drain and fill you should wait 24 hrs to add nutes unless you're use a filtering system that specifically lists that it removes chlorine usually a 5 micron or finer filter will achieve this... Steelcity
5 micron is industry standard for food manufacturers. I usually try to let the water just sit out.. I have used it straight away with no negative effects though, but rule of thumb is overnight.. City water
Simply put, in an organic soil garden the idea is to create a "living" soil. the bacteria present are what breaks down organic nutrients into usable form for your plants. Inhibit or deter the development of beneficial bacteria in your soil and it will affect your plants. You may not see it or notice anything adverse but the scale will tell the story after harvest. Chlorine and chloramine both inhibit bacteria and both are present in most (if not all) municipal water supplies. The reason we rest our water 24 hours is to allow the depletion of the chems.
chlorine is an element that is needed Too much kills beneficial microbes. Its the other stuff that's hard on plants. If you let it sit out for a week and let the chlorine or chlorimine the latter being a more stable les likely to disapate as fast. It still has the sodium bicarbonate or other alkaline type stuff that makes the Ph unstable
I was referring to using it with organic hydroponics.....like when I did aquaponics.....should have said that. Soil, I dunno....you guys are probly right :thumbs-up:
boy that's a whole other issue there for sure Organic hydroponics is almost impossible Unless it's a drain to waste system Not sayin it cannot be done. Just can turn into a mess of rotten roots and slime.
