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EC of water for organic soil

freecana
freecanastarted grow question 4 years ago
Which EC of water should be for organic soil? I checked a lot of sites and there is information only for hydro or coco... My tapwater is 0.4 EC ... Is it ok? Or I should add cal-mag every time to increase it? Is it important to check EC of runoff? Thanks!
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Belgiums_basement_budz
Belgiums_basement_budzanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hey ppm or ec is only important when you feed mineral nutrients,if you feed organic nutrients ec or ppm is not important because there is none in organic nutrients,you feed the microbial and bacterial life in your soil so they can feed your plant Ec or ppm is only used with mineral nutrients You measure the electrical conductivity of the water..the more minerals and salts,the higher the ppm or ec.. An 0.4 ec or in ppm 250 Is a great ppm or ec to start with,your ec reading will be pretty spot on.. My tabwater is at ec 0.9 The only thing here is when you mix in nutrients tot let’s say ec 1.2 you have .8 ec nutrients So I have to go to a ec of 1.7 to get to the same nutrients level as your tabwater
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Trueorganics84
Trueorganics84answered grow question 4 years ago
Hey man, I use ppm Water has to be filtered. No matter what. Or use distilled It’s the most important part!!! Your ppm of plain water should be between 60-75 ppm. If it’s 0 ( like distilled) add calcium and magnesium to get the ppm to there. It’s about 10 drops of calmag per gallon. Again. Clean water for organics is the most important!!!!
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 4 years ago
400 is very high for tap water, it's actually the highest acceptable amount for human consumption! But it may contain chemicals like chlorine. If you must use tap water, leave it in a bucket for 12 hours to let the gasses evaporate. Ppm should be around 600-1000 in veg. 1000-1200 early flower. Going right up to 2400/2600 in flower depending on strain! But following a basic organic nute schedule like bio bizz will keep your ppm at an average level for optimum growth 👍🌱
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