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Using a brita water filter to water plants. would it work?
#19188855 - 11/25/13 08:13 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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My tap water is really bad. Soil gets mineral deposits in about a month if it gets consistently watered.
So I'm thinking the easiest solution is some sort of water filter. Pretty sure they're supposed to remove a lot of that crap.
Anyone have any input on this?
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Re: Using a brita water filter to water plants. would it work? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19188952 - 11/25/13 08:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't see why not.
Weed plants?
If so it'd prolly be better to just use distilled water if your tap is that bad... just be sure to add cal/mag. I used to use the water machine at walmart and fill up my own jugs... it's like 30 cents a gallon.
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Re: Using a brita water filter to water plants. would it work? [Re: luvdemboomers]
#19188978 - 11/25/13 08:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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luvdemboomers said: I don't see why not.
Weed plants?
If so it'd prolly be better to just use distilled water if your tap is that bad... just be sure to add cal/mag. I used to use the water machine at walmart and fill up my own jugs... it's like 30 cents a gallon.
Not weed, I wish it was but nope just cacti and various ethno's for now.
I'm thinking it will be cheaper (and easier) in the longrun than buying gallons of distilled water for my plants. AND doesn't distilled have like no minerals in it? I mean, some is probably good right?
Maybe it doesn't make a big difference, I dunno. But I would think filtered tap is better than distilled. just a guess
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Re: Using a brita water filter to water plants. would it work? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19189000 - 11/25/13 08:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It would help, but Brita filters don't remove all of the minerals from hard water so over time the minerals will still deposit in your soil. Reverse osmosis water would be better, but work with what ya got. My tap water is pretty hard and I use it (unfiltered) on my house plants. When the mineral deposits start getting bad I start watering them with distilled water from supermarket. Most of the deposits get dissolved and fushed out of soil, and then I stop using it. Rinse, lather, repeat.
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Re: Using a brita water filter to water plants. would it work? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19189035 - 11/25/13 08:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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they work, I don't think your plants care tho
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Re: Using a brita water filter to water plants. would it work? [Re: unknown1123]
#19189054 - 11/25/13 09:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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There's always rain water too. I'm not so sure that whatever is being deposited on the soil is necessarily bad for the plants though.
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Re: Using a brita water filter to water plants. would it work? [Re: FrozenHappiness]
#19189069 - 11/25/13 09:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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FrozenHappiness said: It would help, but Brita filters don't remove all of the minerals from hard water so over time the minerals will still deposit in your soil. Reverse osmosis water would be better, but work with what ya got. My tap water is pretty hard and I use it (unfiltered) on my house plants. When the mineral deposits start getting bad I start watering them with distilled water from supermarket. Most of the deposits get dissolved and fushed out of soil, and then I stop using it. Rinse, lather, repeat.
Wow it really works that well at flushing it out?
That idea I like! I'm gonna try that. thank you
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Re: Using a brita water filter to water plants. would it work? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19189103 - 11/25/13 09:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes. The trick is to over water them a bit so the water runs through the soil and drains out the bottom. I usually do it over the sink, in the tub, or outside. Rain water also works for this but in my area buckets of rain water sitting around quickly breed mosquitos.
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