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Non-potable water. Safe for cannabis growing?

TinyTenter
TinyTenterstarted grow question 4y ago
Is it safe to use non-potable water collected by a room dehumidifier to water/feed a cannabis plant? Particularly, one growing in coco coir?
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Green_Knight
Green_Knightanswered grow question 4y ago
I would be highly disinclined to use captured dehumidifier water for your plants. All sorts of mold, mildew, spores, and bacteria can collect in the reservoir.
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TinyTenter
TinyTenteranswered grow question 4y ago
@theuk420show. Taps aren't broken, but it's an old building and sediment (or something) seems to get in the tap water. I've been using bottled water. A bit expensive but we'll work on the water issue later. I needed to learn how to grow something first. Still haven't done my first harvest yet. But I have this new humidifier now and I was wondering if the water I throw out every morning was good for plants for any reason.. Looks like it might be... It might not be.
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TheUk420Show
TheUk420Showanswered grow question 4y ago
You could if you wanted but I would stick an EC meter in there first the check the amount of contanimants in the water. Are your taps broken ? leave a large bucket outside rain water is very good for plants but you need to ph and ec the water just like any other feed. Unless your using our nutrients anyway ;) ph balanced boo yah
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ChitownCannaChica
ChitownCannaChicaanswered grow question 4y ago
I didn’t know this was even an issue! I do it all the time! I do find it to be around 6ph—- and after nutrients I have to add ph up—- versus tap water.
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