Vote Now 🏆 for the Grow Awards 2025!
Chat
Recommended

water?

Kinni420
Kinni420started grow question 2 years ago
i water with plain ol tap water. I have gallons upon gallons of distilled water. the tap water smells of chlorine a bit, should i be using distilled or just tap after i let it sit for a few days? distilled it basicly pure water but has none of the micro nutrients tap water does.
Open
Week 3
Feeding. Other
likes
Answer
Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 2 years ago
Plain ol tap water will be just fine...........distilled water can strip elements from your plant via a process known as "reverse osmosis", so I wouldn't use distilled water personally. Aged tap water is your best option if you have the time and inclination.
likes
Complain
Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 2 years ago
I would go to a charcoal filter for your watering needs.
1 like
Complain
Mining_green
Mining_greenanswered grow question 2 years ago
Thats interesting has anyoñe looked into floridated water effects i know it occurs naturally but they put a chemical waste version of that element in city water
likes
Complain
NegotiatedBubble
NegotiatedBubbleanswered grow question 2 years ago
If you pay for water services, then see if they have test results available. My area list separate Chloride and Chloramine ppm's. Plants need chlorine too and tap has that along with other stuff like Ca, Mg, Mn, S, etc. If you are using a diverse micronutrient mix, then distilled water is fine.
1 like
Complain
Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
you'd be better off with distilled or ro, but there's nothing wrong with tap, either. I used quite hard tap water for a few years and lately been using softened water due to ease / convenience and having no problems with that either. Th econcentrations of what is in it are fairly low as far as what would impact the plant... might need a little more magnesium or calcium but won't be a ton difference. I haven't had to change how i dose my plants since ceasing using plain tap. it's been enough days to see if any Mg issues cropped up (those Mg-specific symptoms lag 30 days behind or more and no Ca-def signs since then either).
likes
Complain
Ctrellis90
Ctrellis90answered grow question 2 years ago
I would see what your tds is for your tap water first but if you've given it to your plants and haven't noticed any adverse effects I'm sure you're fine and yes it would be better than distilled unless you added everything yourself. Hope this helps.
likes
Complain
UnkleSkunk
UnkleSkunkanswered grow question 2 years ago
ho visto la tua piantina e il colore è perfetto se hai dato solamente acqua è probabile che il tuo ec sia un po' alto
likes
Complain
UnkleSkunk
UnkleSkunkanswered grow question 2 years ago
dipende molto dalla zona del mondo in cui coltivi in italia abbiamo in genere una buona acqua e il cloro è veramente poco ma molti lo fanno decantare ma il problema è che la decantazione andrebbe fatta con un agitatore e un secchio aperto per permettere al cloro di evaporare e all'acqua di mantenere l'ossigenazione detto questo dovresti riuscire a sapere quanta ec ha l'acqua se hai un misuratore è semplice se non lo hai puoi guardare i dati sull'acqua della tua zona sul web nel caso usassi acqua distillata devi aggiungere sempre una base di cal mag e poi reintegrare con gli altri fertilizzanti e qui è meglio averlo il misuratore io ho scelto di prendere l'acqua e usarla subito per averla piu ossigenata
likes
Complain
Similar Grow Questions