Answering The Most Highly-Debated Gardening Questions! (Garden Talk #61)

In this episode of Garden Talk, I interview Derek from TheBudLab. He answers a whole bunch of controversial questions on highly-debated topics. What plants do you like to grow? Tomatoes, lettuce, citrus trees, house plants, carrots, basil, let us know in the comments section below. If you enjoyed this video please click that thumbs up button :)
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00:00 - Montage & Podcast Intro
01:45 - Sponsors
03:16 - Introduction
05:29 - His Style Of Gardening
06:26 - Does Growing Organic Result In A Better Terpene Profile?
07:18 - Should Organic & Synthetic Fertilizers Be Used Together?
09:02 - Does Tap Water w/Chlorine Kill Off All Microbes In The Soil?
11:16 - Does RO Water Rob Nutrients From Your Plant?
14:16 - Proper Use Of RO Water?
16:08 - PPM For Seedlings?
17:24 - Use More CalMag In Coco Coir?
19:00 - Do Autoflower Plants Need A Darkness Period Each Day?
22:37 - Should You Avoid Transplanting Autoflower Plants?
23:09 - Should You Avoid Topping Autoflower Plants?
24:49 - Can You Clone Autoflower Plants?
28:05 - Is Leaf Stripping Beneficial?
31:05 - Will Excessive Pruning Stress Plants And Turn To A Hermaphrodite?
32:57 - Will Green Light At Night Stress Plants And Turn To A Hermaphrodite?
34:41 - Will IR Light At Night Stress Plants And Turn To A Hermaphrodite?
35:52 - Are UV Diodes Really Worth It?
37:35 - Using IR To Wake Up & Put Plants To Sleep?
37:52 - Can Grow Lights Produce A Better Spectrum Than The Sun?
40:17 - Does Flushing Actually Do Anything?
47:37 - Does Ice Flushing Work?
48:53 - Is Stem Splitting Ok To Do Outdoors?
50:00 - Does Bud Washing Remove Powdery Mildew?
56:48 - Final Words
★Music In Video★
Johannes Bornlöf - An Introduction 4
Christopher Shorooi - Tales

[@GardenTalkwithMrGrowIt]

Thanks to Derek from TheBudLab for coming onto the podcast today! TheBudLab’s Twitch channel- bit.ly/3uJlC9v

[@TheBudLab]

Awesome conversation, Thanks for the invite!

[@johnman559]

Great podcast, can you have a shave please ? I hate beards.👍

[@TheBudLab]

@@johnman559 NEVER!

[@keithnortje1720]

Autos are for ninnies🤙🏻

[@grahambarker3006]

Well done 👍 bro smashed it again

[@user-cy7hg2mg9o]

Its truelly amazing how a person can think he knows it all as far as growing but every single Podcast i learn something new... Mike from Wisconsin.U.S.A..

[@zE_bEE]

One of the most humble guys in the community spreading his good vibes and acquired knowledge! Love this. HYPERS

[@TheBudLab]

LOVE!

[@barryfredrick2731]

So true

[@davidbryden7904]

My Saturday morning routine is to roll a fatty and kick it with Chris. Always a great start to the weekend! Thanks, bro!

[@GardenTalkwithMrGrowIt]

Cheers!

[@scottiesgarden8682]

You too lol

[@guido-tx1el]

same here brother ..🤟

[@CHARGER08RT]

that sounds like a good idea dude I'll join you

[@Tnj8228]

I used to use a green light to do work in dark period. Left it on after doing work and forgot for a couple weeks. Didnt go back in during dark period and didn't notice it on. Plants started revegging. Lesson learned 🤣

[@MistaTerps]

I cut out any bud rot (hopefully you caught it early) & then get in to the affected area with a flame torch lighter to burn any remaining spores. Definitely wouldn’t incorporate any more water. After a normal drying process the remaining bud stays intact & the rot doesn’t spread.

[@p8ntballer117]

i use RO for the humidifier its the only way to go

[@420Trees]

Awesome glad to hear someone talk about ro water an the wast of water

[@polymathwrath8486]

I love that you time stamp your videos ❤️

[@kathleenblock9432]

Hi Chris, my prayers are you and your family. Keep strong to your dad

[@K_Nasty]

My first ever living soil sip tub just grew the best thing ive ever produced. Ive always thought outdoor was better. This explains a lot.

[@benwilliams3539]

Best in what way, taste and flavour or yield too?

[@7munkee]

I am using a SIP for the first time right now. The growth is AMAZINGLY healthy and fast. I probably wont go back to conventional pot.

[@growshack9067]

Use alot of Fulvics.. You'll be OK with tap watering and no lockouts

[@I_Count_Twice]

Do you know of a good place to read up on that? I've never heard of it. Something I need to learn.

[@pyramidion5911]

@@I_Count_Twice Look up Robert Faust on KZbin he has hours of information on the topic

[@I_Count_Twice]

@@pyramidion5911 I'll check it out. Thank you.

[@jonyoakem6882]

Humic acid

[@budstermcgreen6360]

Definitely "controversial" topics...but a good show all the same. I feel like plants do better with a sleep period. Even if it's just 4 hours. Every time I've tried the 24 hours lights on thing..they look jacked and just not happy about it. Let them have that rest cycle and save yourself a few bucks on the light bill. ✌

[@KEvronista]

"emulate nature" is my growing philosophy, and nature gives plants a night cycle. KEvron

[@izzem]

@@KEvronista Completely agree. Hell I have glow in the dark stars in my tent....I feel give them the best environment possible and they will return the favor

[@MenofValueSpeaks]

@@izzem 👀👀, I like that idea 💡

[@royrobles6555]

Exactly....but I have found that I needed 24hr for my mommas.....if not .....they can become more difficult to clone

[@654rickybobby]

@@royrobles6555 in what way?

[@jamesrogers2386]

WE GETTIN LEARNED, I GOTTA WATCH THIS 2-3 MORE TIMES TO SOAK IT UP THANK YOU BOTH . CHRIS YOU ROCK, DERRICK, FUCKING AWARE PEACE AN KEEP IT ALIVE

[@johnclawsdamnvan6937]

Love the demineralizing tablet idea for getting rid of the white dust from the humidifier that seems to coat everything! Gonna check it out, for sure! Thank you!

[@christopherpena42]

I do indoor grow living soil use water and sugar for CO2 tapwater, but I do pH balance bring it down between 6.3 and 6.5. You do need your soil pH in between six and seven for plants to respond or use all organic fertilizers from down to earth.

[@gwoo4207]

Thanks Chris for the interview with Derek from TheBudLab. Excellent knowledge and discussion. During the interview you mentioned Bill Ward, he has done a lot of myth busting on his channel concerning light schedule, flushing and autoflower growth techniques.

[@microbefeeder]

Fun Chat! I think you should check out what Bill Ward did. He straight up took a cutting of an auto, rooted it, and grew it out. He's also fantastic at training plants as well. Cheers Brother!

[@bokamaru]

Another action packed episode! Like Derek I'm in Ontario so I watched with interest the part about White Powdery Mildew. A previous guest, Graham from Canadian Leaf Genetics and his cultivar "Micah's Prophecy" seems to be a strain that naturally combats this problem. I look forward to growing a few of them this summer. Great informative content as always.

[@hyperfinance6962]

Derek is right!

[@rajsinghk1]

Great info. In the UK, you can get a comprehensive tap water report for your area online, includes all additives ie chlorine and chloramine. 80 ppm out of tap in my area.

[@harrynelson9203]

Mines around 350/400 😔 i read online or watch a youtube video a few months ago, every house in scotland has 0ppm

[@rajsinghk1]

@@harrynelson9203 distilled water has a ppm of 0.5, Scottish water is less than a 100 in some areas. Bro, your tap water is high. I would use a charcoal water filter to see if you could reduce that.

[@harrynelson9203]

@@rajsinghk1 so even any store brought distilled will be fine, seems like it will cost a lot at the end, that’s crazy their so lucky, will check them out thanks

[@rajsinghk1]

@@harrynelson9203I grew in Spain, and used water from the supermarket, it was 1 euro for 8 ltr bottle, and ppm was 60 (ph was 6.5). Using a 20 ltr bucket hydro system, cost 25 euros for a complete auto run. What country you in?

[@harrynelson9203]

@@rajsinghk1 niceeeee and UK 🇬🇧

[@drevill7827]

What a day of info!… first the “Stash” posts a video and now Mr. Growit…THANX!!! 👍😁

[@glockasauruswrex6362]

Started with RO water, saw the waste n in Drought stricken Socal, that was a nogo...switched to a Boogey filter. Started with synthetic nutes, but after learning about living soil, going Organic was a no brainer...made my own mix with bokashi, worm castings, chicken manure compost n rice hulls. Use that indoors n out n with my veggie garden...all i do is water. Everything is booming 💥 😋

[@larrygeran3156]

Thanks for the info!!

[@keithnortje1720]

Fish pond water for the in and outdoor girls, nutes and all 🌴💥

[@izzem]

Chris with another great interview. Your work will not go unnoticed, keep up the superb work 👏🏿 👍🏿

[@jefftaylor4062]

Izzem what up!

[@izzem]

@@jefftaylor4062 I can't call it. Just happy to be living and able to grow another day. What's good with you?

[@jefftaylor4062]

@@izzem 😎🤝🏽🧬🌱

[@yunus1338]

Absolutely agree on his perspective on flushing. Man these series are freaking awesome.

[@ghostgrowz9750]

Adding beneficial bacteria and microbes to my hydro system using synthetics has given me the most Terpy buds, I believe no matter how you grow, if your giving the plant everything they need it will maximize plant production regardless of synthetic or organic.

[@royrobles6555]

💯

[@DavidfromMichigan]

Hmf. I always thought.. and told that you don't mix anything organic with hydroponics. Everything turned out good though huh?

[@Henriquezblu]

Fantastic information, so grateful for the content ❤❤❤

[@MrMustard2112]

Would really enjoy a talk with bill ward if you could get him on. I have a very small grow space so his knowledge of auto's has helped me a ton.

[@cjfredi]

Cool! Thank you both.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Dude you just keep the great content coming!

[@mmccrownus2406]

John Kemp’s said rain water, RO and tested well water are ok. Other wise the quality of water strongly effect the power of foliars and nutrient uptake

[@gandalf8216]

I've done experiments of trying to breed a strain more resilient to the stresses of revegging, with the purpose of creating a strain which can go into flower multiple times over its lifecycle, with the way too ambitious goal of "immortalizing" plants. DO NOT DO THIS, I still have regrets and I feel really bad for what I did to those plants. The cannabis plant is extremely prone to switch or even mix traits into new traits when put in situations such as revegging, or extreme stress, which makes breeding of such traits next to impossible. All you get is a strain which begs you to axe it early out of its misery. Maybe with some direct genetic modification I can see such a strain happening, but from breeding alone it's just plant abuse.

[@GrowmanceStory-de4yu]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@stephenthomas9468]

I remove leaves the whole time like a mad man.

[@jamesdelucia7259]

Great episode, heaps of really nice content. Love your vids man!

[@martymcflyyy2504]

Keep up the good work guys! I've made some seedy bud in the past messing around with green headlights during the dark cycle. While them girls are sleeping they don't like to be bothered at all

[@ss-xv5cu]

Great episode!👍

[@T-money0985]

I have a Brio system that is only 1/2 gal of waste to 1 gal of RO water. I also collect and use the "waste" outside. And the meter with RO water, ya just add your basic nutes like calmag and yucca or a little A/B mix then test. I NEVER had any issues with my meter and RO water. Personally, I grow both organic and synthetic. Got 6oz off one of my last Lemon Diesel plants. I am synthetic from bottom feed and organic soil and nutes on top. I also don't fully flush or give X-hrs of darkness at the end of the flower. I only cut out the nitrogen during the last few weeks. I agree with Flushing is an emergency situation kind of thing. Thankfully, I have not had to do it yet.

[@Lamentor219]

And I thought my 240ppm water was bad. I wouldn't mind using it on an outdoor ground grow, but growing in coco-coir or hydro it's really tough to use anything but RO water within at least 40 ppm because tap water becomes an uncontrollable factor at that point. I really think a general rule of thumb is anything above 200 ppm is where you start to potentially have negative compounds in your water.

[@gandalf8216]

I agree, but not if the tap water is at least consistent (because of previous water treating and so on). If it's consistent, it's more of a task of research and figuring out the right nute balancing for that particular water source. If it's not consistent, it's not trustworthy - at least at ppms over 100.

[@j2matlock]

Disagree with leaf talk at 30:20. Leaves under the canopy do still photosynthesize, light penetrates through upper leaves to them. Any photons hitting the soil are wasted photons/energy when indoors. As lower leaves age they go into "senescence", and the plant uses them like a battery full of nutrients cannibalizing the leaf and mobilizing the nutrients to other locations in the plant and causing the leaf to yellow and fall off. I try to leave as many leafs on as I can, but do strip bottom quarter and some interior for airflow.

[@TheBudLab]

Only 10% of light will penetrate through a leaf, and MOST of that is IR / Green.. which isn't always the best spectrum for those lowers! Removing the lowers for airflow is a great habit!

[@idiomkrone]

Another awesome ep. great job. Thanks.

[@CausticCreations]

"information should be free" ........thx gro bro

[@TucstonedGenetics520]

I only use R.O. for my humidifier, and put the "waste" water in to my pond then use my aquaponic rich water from my pond, stocked with fish and turtles to water my garden

[@hopblessup5299]

Budwashing at chop is best when plant matter is healthy as well

[@pamelajohnson5056]

Great episode 😀 Vinegar wash is what your looking for. Trim visible bud rot. Then wash in straight vinegar. Shake excess vinegar from bud. Hang to dry. Happy Growing 🌱😀 P

[@twobeards6714]

Loved the content. Just a thought. . I recently cloned a determinate tomato plant called "4th of July. " Rooting happened in 4 days and the clones took right off. Some flowers were present on the mother and tomatoes developed and matured. The clones just plain stopped flowering, never developed fruit and I dumped them 40 days later. I firmly belive that this in similar to that ruderalis genetic that influences autos. Great show.

[@dewaynemoody2024]

Yeah de mineralized plastics blue tablets with a filter and other things probably wrap up inside are great. But humidifier still has to be clean regular

[@SmokeTeamTV]

About to watch this awesome interview can't wait 🙏

[@leftyz707]

Thanks chris great vid

[@DarkChild1758]

I live in the Caribbean. My tap water is 20 ppm. I have to add cal mag every feed

[@christopherpena42]

I was doing skywalker OG auto flower, and I had an issue with cloning them because they were the flower before the branches had enough time to get long enough to clone but once in a while, I was successful cloning an auto flower

[@tonymerritt549]

Fan , student, and subscriber for a while now. As with the ice in flower, I had a girl @wk 10 and zero trichs at all. 3 days of ice I had trichs. She went 14wks and yield was 13 ³/⁴ z!!!

[@stephenmagistrelli6385]

I just discovered your channel. Ty for all you do. I'm in disbelief bc I saw the thumbnail for this show 25 times before jumping in, and presumptively belived this was gonna be you arguing with yourself back and forth. That statement is not a reflection of the quality I find in the content of your show because I love it, been doing this a long time and your talks are very interesting thank you. But you two are doppelgangers. Furrealz.

[@ME-vn2vd]

Bill Ward is not only cloning Auto flowers but runs them under 24 hours of light.

[@diesomnia1234]

…AND playing drums for Black Sabbath!! 😆

[@hopblessup5299]

Ripening is the term we are using now.

[@royrobles6555]

Much love and respect

[@chriswherry4322]

Great show!!

[@JoeyPeeps157]

My ppm from the tap runs about 280-300. I take half RO and half tap and bring the ppm down to 150 ppm. I still run an air pump through it, but the 150 ppm gives me a good base and the ph doesn’t shift like with straight RO water.

[@TheBudLab]

Smart!

[@i.b.l.b5627]

same 450 here thoe

[@growshack9067]

Yes, I cut my RO with a little tap

[@katjoy9921]

I followed Bill Ward’s video on the cloning of the autoflower and was really surprised. And like TBL beliefs on flushing.

[@adrasengue469]

"final step" ... hahaha, nicely put! keep up the good work, PeACe

[@chatttenn4814]

Too bad April 1st already passed, but you guys should have switched shows.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

I don't have an opinion on splitting stems to stress plants, but I do know that there's a bonsai tool called a trunk splitter that would be awesome for the job. Lots of bonsai tools are useful with other plants.

[@AMSOfficial79]

one of the main branches, towards the base of my plant, was splitting off the main stem due to weight. I propped the torn pieces together and let it sit. This 'split' branch is now larger and has a larger cola than the main. Anecdotal, but... there it is.

[@WheelgunsOnWheels]

Maybe “flushing” should be called “soil rinse” and there’d be less confusion among the masses.

[@neh4pres]

great talk..

[@photohotjock]

I have a water softener so there is a lot of added salt as that's what the softener added. So RO is what I use

[@georgem.6136]

What a cool video!

[@OGLOC1574]

In regards to fading. By my experience the plant fades regardless of flushing

[@TheBudLab]

I agree!

[@clayhipps8454]

I have successfully cloned and Autoflower as well and I learned from Bill Ward. The trick is doing it early enough.

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

14:32 I was thinking of using the water this way and use the r.o. for water changes of my aquariums. Win-Win.

[@I_Count_Twice]

The "wasted" water will contain all the stuff stripped from the RO water. So the ppms will be more concentrated. Need to be careful using for fish. Outside plants/shrubs/trees will be be fine because of soil buffer. But def use the dirty fish tank water from water change to feed plants all the fish poop. They love it.

[@hambiscuit9943]

Completely agree on the "flush" 👍

[@hands28m]

Dude well done. My favorite so far!! 👍🏻

[@youngnixx88788]

You should have SeedtoStoned on for a grow talk episode!

[@indoormagicgrows9486]

*****One again, unless we consume, look and smell each others final products its all subjective!!!********* !!! GREAT VIDEO !!!!

[@TheBudLab]

100%

[@invisible4405]

This guy is brilliant man. He sure does know what hes talking about. Immediately subscribed to his channel. Excellent show Chris 🥂👌🏽..you need to have him On again... The only 1 thing I disagree with is he said high THC/ resinous plants produce a dark ash & not white ash. NOT true..

[@weed_monster_grows]

Hell Yeah That’s A Game Changer definitely worth the money in my opinion for me it would be worth the peace of mind not having to stress about my drying process ever again. I love it Cheers Chris ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dhamiri2990]

My Canadian brother lol ugh the black ash syndrome, thank you for the explanation from both of you, Thanks Chris about mentioning the tests on flowers and the leaf tissue tests. Its sad people shun completely great smoking flower all because they placebo themselves into being put off by the colour of the ash lol

[@TheBudLab]

White Ash doesn't always mean quality!

[@MarijuanaKing]

Hundred percent organic in the soil but I will foliar spray with a water soluble synthetic fertilizer explosive results

[@livelaughlovelife1830]

I don't use any filters on my garden in the backyard or on my lawn. The lawn and garden have tons of microbes along with worms. Everyday you come out there you just see mounds of worms castings throughout the yard and garden

[@Ben_here_b4]

R 😂…. In all seriousness this was a great interview 👏👏👏

[@TheBudLab]

Type R

[@rhize797]

Haven't done autos in years but always best to use a pot that transplants directly into the next pot like a thin felt, cotton or coco coir pot.

[@grahambarker3006]

Well done 👍 bro smashed it again 👍

[@captainpeckerhead4551]

He topped an cloned an auto an came out very nice. I think he runs 24 hours light to I think.. Always enjoy Chris Thanks

[@pidkarpe]

good job , thx man !!!

[@guido-tx1el]

great fun episode .good stuff guys

[@spincitynyc809]

I cloned a Lemon Haze auto. It basically grew just like if it was allowed to develop as a branch. The one benefit was that it was the plant I sprayed to get seeds rather than put colloidal silver on a plant I plan to utilize. I would definitely do it for seeding purposes. it's also easier to separate the plant from the females.

[@robertrichter3133]

You can get a water report from your local water department

[@redlaw679]

Chlorine needs to be 0.35 mg/L to kill any microbes This is Motor City on my other account Certified in Water treatment.

[@arkinner]

I just got into RDWC hydroponics. I had some hiccups along the way totally my fault not paying attention. Wk 7 of flower for an 9 wk plant and My roots incased my air stones and the plants drowned from not getting oxygen to the roots. Now I still had 1100 ppm in my solution at that time and had to pull the plants 2 wks early. They didn't have a fade at all and to my surprise the bud taste beautiful and burns great with a white light gray ash And is still potent. So I'm now confused myself on the whole flushing lol.

[@llewellyncox_]

I have found sun drying rot suspicious plants after a wash before hanging them have shown great results ( we have 15% humidity) 🤞

[@chuckbailey6835]

3rd generation excavation contractor I ev installed and retrofited a lot of watermains and pump stations. I'm not drinking any Municipal water supply I don't even like to take a shower in it.

[@meefvongrau9814]

Holy shit, dats Derk! :O

[@chadwalton2128]

I use the water from my dehumidifier

[@ironindica7342]

My town water is also 400+ ppm and can smell the chlorine in it so I started buying ro water and my plants gained a shade of green I hadn't seen before so ro water for me!

[@ME-vn2vd]

I read vitamin C gets the chlorine out.

[@dawidmackowiak2439]

im on my first grow so far from expert, been using britta filter cans, much cheaper and seem to do the trick, ppm is between 0-5 after filter, no calc spots either

[@jeffwerchan724]

Save your money use rain water

[@timturk1899]

@@jeffwerchan724 Dang, the plants just love it, indeed!👍💯⛈️✌️

[@timturk1899]

I actually did the reverse. I started out using R/O water for at least a few runs, and always had some little problems, deficiencies I wasn't use to, but I chalked it up to me always learning. I was buying R/O water quite cheap, but got sick of carrying several gallons (no car). So, I decided to use Tap water, but always used a lot of beneficial microbes, and didn't want to lose any. I found a product while in the pet isle at our local grocery store. Water conditioner for Betas, a fresh water aquarium supplement that destroyed Chlorine, as well as Chloramine. Later I found a better deal, larger bottle from Sea Chem's Prime Water Conditioner through Amazon that's the same thing, less to use. I was totally blown away from the results I started getting. Unexpectedly, as well! I think the Calcium, Magnesium in our hard Tap water(up to 8.5pH at times, around 150ppm), and Iron maybe, really were the missing link that a few different Cal-Mag products made worse, strangely. Once I add some Amino Acids, Humic, Fulvic Acid, and soluble Kelp, as well as Organic base nutes depending on what's in the soil, this lowers the pH a few points down, maybe just one, but as long as there's plenty of soil life microbes, they adjust the pH naturally. I believe the Tap water, especially being harder, has a easier, longer lasting buffer effect on the pH, as well..? I've been blown away with the Tap water we have. As long as I use a Water Conditioner to destroy Chlorine and Chloramine, and make sure to keep a healthy rizophere full of beneficial microbes like bacteria and fungi, my results have been night and day. Not all Tap water is the same, so I'm not sure what others are getting. Hopefully whatever your using, everything is dialed in well. It sounds like everything is looking and going great!👍💯✌️

[@christopherpena42]

And I use elemental sulfur to bring down the pH of the soil

[@PeterKKraus]

It's not too late to use 4 or 5 different types of sugars in bloom. Maybe there will be a difference, maybe Black Strap is the best , maybe another sugar delivery to buds works as well or better. The results could really only be determined by sight, smell, and smoke. There may or may not be a difference in THC quantity. That would require testing. If you use R.O. to make a compost tea, it's no big deal. Distilled water has more potential for deleterious effects on your body's mineral content.

[@twobeards6714]

I make maple syrup and have processed 12 gallons of finished liquid gold. I've been adding it to my water and feeding 3 plants. I also have 3 of the same strain and am adding molasses to those. I'll see what happens in 6 weeks

[@PeterKKraus]

@@twobeards6714 That's exactly the kind of thing I was talking about. I've seen flowers get extra bloom just by dumping half a Coke aroind the plant. Are you in Canada or New England?

[@PeterKKraus]

@slackjawRegurgitate what Cletus? Having writing ability?

[@JT-un7dc]

I found it Ro helps keep the nutrients stabilized in synthetics.

[@clbaird40]

That is insane what Bill is doing, he is a master for sure.

[@TheBudLab]

100%!

[@StickyDankFingers]

@@TheBudLab great conversation with Chris.

[@StickyDankFingers]

@TheBudLab #TheBudLab Just curious what wavelength(s) of IR are you experimenting with or which have you already determined work ?? Thank you.

[@OperationBaboon]

If you want 0 ppm, you need to deionize the water. but when you ro/di your water, you have to add back an ion buffer (calcium carbonate, or sodium bicarbonate work well) and then add both, positive and negative ions in form of some alkaline and acidic components. if combined with a good dose of cal-mag that contains a range of micronutrients (or you make your own mix) you make the water active and useable for the plants and their root microbials. You basically have to prep the water before you add the nutrients. If you want to perfectly control the nutrient intake of your plants, this is the way to go, but be prepared to make many mistakes. dialling in the right amount of buffer, ions and the basic elements to make the water active is a steep learning curve.

[@kryptonitelegacy4050]

My last 2 auto grows I transplanted and the one I’m working will be transplanted and to be honest I have had no issues yet