R/O Systems

One of the reasons for nutrient lockout and poor uptake of nutrients is untreated water. Water from our different city's water systems are treated to have chlorine, fluoride, and many ather things. These added ingredients can be harmful to your plants if they are mixed in with your nutrients. It is always the best thing to use reverse osmosis to extract all of the impurities from your water. Most if not all nutrient companies base their nutrient recipes to be mixed using reverse osmosis (RO) water. If you cannot immediately afford reverse osmosis it is a good rule of thumb to fill up a barrel or buckets with your nutrient solution water two days prior to use. Do not immediately mix in the nutrients. Let the water sit with open lids and some of the impurities in the water like the chlorine will dissipate. This is not as good as RO but it is better than nothing.