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By jht-union
Posts:  3205
Joined:  Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:43 pm
#95794
GardenNub wrote:I have the same one as steve, it is awesome! Good choice JHT. My water is testing at 11-21 PPM thats good for CPs right? Should I boil it?

Edit: Its rainwater that i collected.
You have the best water ever then!!! :), below 50PPM or even at the 70PPM range(i heard in here somewhere) is fine i have heard, but better to keep it at the safe side, and used below 50PPM, but i doubt 60PPM will be bad for the plant, sounds like a good experiment to work on ;) .
By dantt99
Posts:  5045
Joined:  Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:48 am
#95795
GardenNub wrote:My water is testing at 11-21 PPM thats good for CPs right? Should I boil it?
That is fine, 50 PPM and under is fine for CP's and some people even use up to 100 PPM.
By GardenNub
Posts:  176
Joined:  Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:01 am
#95842
I just measured another gallon of rainwater i collected at 4 ppm. Just to make sure my meter wasnt broken i also checked tap water, and it said 176, and distilled said 0. So it must be working :D
By sekler
Posts:  437
Joined:  Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:37 am
#96054
Hey Daniel, my TDS meter is the same as yours but I got the 6$ one and I didn't mind the wait.

Very accurate, it's pretty cool. Tap water is 120ppm, distilled water is 0 ! :)
By dantt99
Posts:  5045
Joined:  Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:48 am
#96104
Cool sekler! The reason I tried to avoid the China one for 6 bucks is that I would die of anticipation waiting 2-3 weeks for it... Also, I don't always trust overseas shipping, but I'm sure it's just me :)
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