Sarracenia water change

Sarracenia water change#383650

By Bobioden -  Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:51 pm
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- Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:51 pm #383650

I have my 5 Sarracenia's in a tub of water. I was wondering if it needs to be changed or just add water to keep it at a level. If it needs to be changed, how often?

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383651

By Supercazzola -  Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:08 pm
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- Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:08 pm #383651

<sorry, duplicate post>

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383652

By Supercazzola -  Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:09 pm
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- Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:09 pm #383652

If you have a TDS meter, you can see if the total dissolved solids are accumulating in the water.
Sometimes, as the water evaporates and you add new water, the TDS keeps adding up. (The dissolved solids don’t evaporate).

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383653

By Panman -  Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:22 pm
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- Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:22 pm #383653

I only changed mine once or twice a season. I second the notion of checking with a tds meter or aquarium strip that measure hardness.

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383655

By optique -  Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:28 pm
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- Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:28 pm #383655

My tap water is 24ppm TDS so if i just keep topping it off the TDS will keep rising. What i do it over fill so it pushes out water to keep the TDS down. For my indoor plants i use rain or filtered water to avoid having to flush.

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383656

By Bobioden -  Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:43 pm
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- Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:43 pm #383656

Thanks Guys, I will have to do a TDS check.

Re: Sarracenia water change#383657

By Supercazzola -  Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:01 am
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- Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:01 am #383657

Sometimes it is a good idea to flush the media out (water from top) with nothing under the pots. Then do the final one with the tray under, and then test the water. This is to make sure the media is not building up minerals, salts, other solids with the water from the tray method.

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383658

By Bobioden -  Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:11 am
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- Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:11 am #383658

Just tested, .09 so won't have to change for a bit

Re: Sarracenia water change#383704

By Supercazzola -  Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:06 pm
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- Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:06 pm #383704

is that 9 parts per million ?

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383707

By Bobioden -  Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:45 pm
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- Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:45 pm #383707

Good question, How do I figure that out?

Re: Sarracenia water change#383708

By Panman -  Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:05 pm
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- Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:05 pm #383708

What type of meter are you using? It should tell you how to read it. Mine displays in whole units of PPM.

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383709

By elaineo -  Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:27 pm
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- Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:27 pm #383709

i think you might be measuring EC, in mS/cm

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383710

By Panman -  Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:48 pm
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- Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:48 pm #383710

Interesting article on PPM and EC https://hydro-gardens.com/ec-to-tds-conversion/. Regardless of what PPM scale is being used, .09 is going to be a low ppm number.

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Re: Sarracenia water change#383711

By Bobioden -  Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:50 pm
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- Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:50 pm #383711

Using a TDS meter off of eBay, when I test tap water I get .93

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