This is my grow http://forum.grasscity.com/general-...nicely-set-up-ebb-flow-setup.html#post1820679. I have just been using adjusted to 5.8 ph bath water because i haven't found the time to get distilled water. I am using a TDS-1 Hannah instruments tds meter and it's been showing readings as high as 380. Is this normal? Is it crucial to get distilled water? Is there an easier way?
easier way would be to get a reverse osmosis filter set up.. zero ppm and 7ph after its filtered! (or close enough to that) but i've been growing with that kinda water my whole grow, if your on city water let it sit for a few hours b4 you use it ( to let the chlorine evaporate) other than that your fine