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Post by daylilydude on Apr 12, 2018 4:08:51 GMT -5
Do you use water right out of the tap or do you boil it before using, buy bottled water, let it sit on the counter for a day before using... which way do you use and how come?
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 12, 2018 7:18:50 GMT -5
Straight out of the tap or out of the goldfish tank.
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 12, 2018 7:27:18 GMT -5
I have well water so I don't let it sit because I am trying to let chlorine evaporate. I let it sit in my little watering can so that the water is at room temperature when I use it.
I water the seedlings, refill the can and let it sit until the next day.
Municipal water is disinfected with chloramine not chlorine like it was in the past and chloramine it does not evaporate by sitting anyway.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 12, 2018 9:07:51 GMT -5
^ Right.
There is chloramine in my water. May as well use it straight out of the tap, because letting it sit does no good. The plants always seem to like it when they get watered by real rain, but they still grow fine with the city water.
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Post by paulf on Apr 12, 2018 9:23:14 GMT -5
Most, but not all use chloramine rather than chlorine. Gas injected chlorine is becoming a thing of the past for safety reasons for operators. My opinion is that chlorine is safer for the public than chloramine...but then, nobody in charge asked me.
Our water is actually raw water most of the time unless there is an upset at the source and then we get chloramine. I do use water right from the tap for seedlings. And when anything in the gardens need water it comes from the local water supply. No adverse effects noticed.
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Post by september on Apr 12, 2018 9:44:50 GMT -5
Out of the tap. We have a private well, house water goes through a filter and water softener, the outdoor faucet does not. I use either, no difference to my plants. We have a lot of minerals and iron in our very hard water. I try to pre-warm the outside water when possible by storing it in gallon containers in my greenhouse because it is too cold for seedlings right out of the ground, even a painful chill to my hands.
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Post by guruofgardens on Apr 12, 2018 12:57:19 GMT -5
To water the seedlings indoors, I fill gallon jugs with tap water and let them sit for about a week. In the summer, I fill them and keep them in the sun outside, making sure all of the bubbles are gone. I use these when I fertilize the pots on the patio.
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Post by bestofour on Apr 12, 2018 13:46:41 GMT -5
I water directly from the tap because we are on a well and we have an official letter saying our water is as close to perfect as water can get. The state place (wherever water is sent for testing when a well is dug) called the water "white diamonds" in the letter and says that it was compared to 2 places in the US that has crystal water, one being in Colorado and I can't remember the other place, and ours is right there with that water. It says there is no type of filter needed for human use. The letter suggests we keep the letter in a safe place in case we ever decide to sell our home. It tastes very good and some of our friends come and fill up pitchers and take it home for their drinking purposes.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 12, 2018 14:29:20 GMT -5
That.is.awesome. How fortunate you are to have great water!
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Post by stone on Apr 12, 2018 15:28:20 GMT -5
some of our friends come and fill up pitchers and take it home for their drinking purposes. Lucky you! At my previous garden, I had sulfur springs... at this house, the well water is pretty yucky... I'm surrounded by a number of factory chicken barns... yuck! The water I use on the plants (for as long as it lasts), is direct from the sky... rain barrows all lined up under the roof... Works for bathing and washing dishes too...
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 12, 2018 17:30:22 GMT -5
There are a couple of times that I use filtered water, to avoid the chlorine. First, when I wet the mix, and I add a dose of Bt israelensis, to kill fungus gnat larvae, and some Actinovate from last year's batch, which hopefully helps against any fungus in the soil. And I add a dose of micorrhyzae. Since all these things are living, I don't want to add water right from the tap. I keep watering with filtered water, until I take the seedlings up to the light room. Later, I just fill the watering containers up, and let them sit - usually at least 24 hours before I need the next one, and the chlorine smell is gone.
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Post by spike on Apr 12, 2018 18:40:03 GMT -5
We have well water here. We have a filtration system (not salt or chemicals) to clean icky stuff (sulfur, metals etc) out. So straight from the tap! I do fill my little water can after each watering only to get the water at least room temp before the next watering. Our well water is always ice cold.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2018 19:59:57 GMT -5
Right out of the tap after I run out of the free rain barrel water.
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Post by coppice on Apr 13, 2018 18:28:51 GMT -5
Right out of tap, till I turn on garden hose, then its still right out of the tap.
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