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tahoe
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: NDStepp84]
#22084204 - 08/13/15 12:42 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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One might think distilled water is best because it's just pure water. Distilled water oz only good for putting in your radiator
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: tahoe]
#22084214 - 08/13/15 12:44 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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i use it on the boats battery cells
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JacobStorm
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: cronicr]
#22084386 - 08/13/15 01:32 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Someone asked me this in the post your cultivation picture of the day. It's a reflection off a Dr pepper can behind the container .
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inked4life
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: JacobStorm]
#22086558 - 08/13/15 12:13 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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yeah i just dont know if i should rely on our drinking water when the ppm are probably way above national standards of 50 ppm, distilled water is about 1 ppm and purified water is not above 10 ppm. my kitchen sink however could be upwards of 200 or more , particals that are seen when pouring a glass of water is gross, take like 45 mins to have a clear glass of water. ill roll with purified as it still contains some oins. ill save the distilled water for syringes and making my pda
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bodhisatta 
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: inked4life]
#22087483 - 08/13/15 02:18 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ppm of what? Lol you should look up what ppm means. The sediment is from your pipes
Edited by Trusted cuItivator (08/13/15 02:18 PM)
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inked4life
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: bodhisatta]
#22087493 - 08/13/15 02:20 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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parts per million
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: inked4life]
#22087499 - 08/13/15 02:23 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yep, so your water can't be 50ppm its 1,000,000 ppm. It could have 50ppm chlorine or 50ppm sodium or 50ppm carbonate but you can't call your water 50ppm that doesn't make any sense.
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inked4life
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: inked4life]
#22087527 - 08/13/15 02:28 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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yes i understand that its my pipes, and with the condition of the pipes the parts per million of tds ( totally dissolved solids ) would be higher than what is put out by the city. all im tryin to say is city water is fine, my water here because of old original pipes. my girl is gonna take a few samples to work and see what all in our water.
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inked4life
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: inked4life]
#22087533 - 08/13/15 02:30 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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In terms of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), in the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advises against consuming water containing more than 500mg/liter, otherwise known as 500 parts per million (ppm) of TDS, although many health specialists believe that ideal drinking water should be under 50 ppm or lower.
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inked4life
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: inked4life]
#22087540 - 08/13/15 02:31 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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most city water that isnt well water is around 50 -60 ppm on average
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: inked4life]
#22087544 - 08/13/15 02:32 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you're talking TDS who cares chances are those things are good for your cakes. Trace minerals like zinc, tap water is the only place your mycelium gets it from. If you have TDS its not going to make your water cloudy anyway the D in TDS means dissolved
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inked4life
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: bodhisatta]
#22087568 - 08/13/15 02:39 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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yeah i realize that and this is why i only use tap water for pc sterilization. Tap water is treated with a large number of chemicals in order to kill bacteria and other microorganisms. In addition, it may contain other undesirable contaminants like toxic metal salts, hormones and pesticides, or it may become contaminated by chemicals or microbes within pipes (e.g. lead, bacteria, protozoa). So all im saying is if i lived somewhere else with trustable updated piping , i would use tap water for other than sterilization.
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Re: Anyone else dunk like this? [Re: inked4life]
#22087880 - 08/13/15 03:46 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
inked4life said: plus it helps to see just how much water your cakes sucked up in the time allotted. and you see just how much your cakes shrink over time
You can weigh your cakes to monitor moisture levels. It also can tell you how long you really need to dunk for. I typically write the weight of my empty jars on them, and then the new number when it has substrate in it.
If your jar is 200g and your cake is 100g it would be 300g in total. After 1 flush it might be 270g. If you dunk and it goes back to 300g you have probably dunked too long as it should have lost some substrate weight to the mushrooms in that flush so it should always be decreasing a little.
You can monitor your flush weights and try and determine now much it should need added back. Or you could dunk cakes for different lengths of time, see how much water was absorbed and see which do best in the next flush and use that in future.
I have also wondered about dunking under pressure which I guess would increase the speed it rehydrates, but may have some negative effects.
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