What is really in that rain water?
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Comments (2)This is a very broad question. You might need a lot of humidity for some Genera, for others with a strong wet dry cycle you might need not so much. I have two glasshouses with no misters but i grow Genera that will survive on lower humidity. Agree with Jane, there is nothing wrong with most tap water. In fact the tap water here is great. I do water with rainwater but that is only because i want to water my orchids at appropriate times, not when allowed by the continuing water restrictions. As for reducing the temperatures. Again, that depends on what you are trying to grow. Just looked at the max/min thermometer at head height in my warm glasshouse. Not reset for several months and it says Min 10C/Max 41.5C . I know a few growers with glasshouses set up with misters and the plants to my eye look too sappy. It all depends on what is in your collection. Ignore the above if you are trying to simulate tropical montane conditions. I'm using a complete fertilizer with trace elements to make for the lack of minerals in water from my rainwater tank....See Moredip line + rain water, what pump for vegy garden
Comments (6)A, The hardest part is converting and understand what you are dealing with. Your system description says that you have 5 each 1/2" x 10 ft lines with each line a delivery rate of 0.024 gal per ft. Each ten feet delivers 0.24 gpm for a total of 5 x 0.24 gpm equals 1.2 gpm for that section. The next section uses 3 each 2.64 gpm drippers which equals 11 gpm. Therefore the system uses 12 plus gpm. The pressure is 200,000 pa equals 28 psi. You can find an electrical transfer pump that sits outside the barrel connected to the bottom of one or many barrels. The pump characteristics should be for 20 gpm at 30 to 40 psi which will be regulated by an inline pressure regulator. Check out past threads that talk about rain barrel systems. Hope this helps. Gday JMHO Aloha...See MoreWhat's the best way/water to use on seedlings.?other than rain.
Comments (12)My own vinegar bottles actually said 6%. I don't like to use rain water on small seedlings because boiling doesn't kill all spores. I'm just careful, maybe too much. Distilled water sounds expensive. I have an almost unlimited supply of purified water, which I use for seedlings, so I have never needed to worry about that. (I have an almost unlimited supply of rain water too ... 14 sun hours in November) Maybe you can acidify your tap water and then dilute it with some distilled water to reduce the salt content? Depends on how many seedlings you have. The fluoride levels in tap water are too low to be harmful to plants. Not much anthropogenic chemicals either, and they are more of concern to us and animals than to our houseplants. No need to buy pure water for that reason, but salt buildup is of course greatly reduced compared to using your tap water. It is also reduced by acidifying the water....See MoreTap water, bottled water, rain water
Comments (20)It is so nice and useful to read all the information and experiences of our forum members here. I never thought seriously about the water I use for germination, normally I used tap water. Once I used distilled water for spray the plants because the tap water spray make the leaves so ugly. When the water dried all the leaves have whitish residues from the water probably the lime/chalk. When the tap water is dried always chalk/lime built up on the surface. So we have vinegar plus solution for regular cleaning. One of my friends apartment's tap water is pretty bad when he boils it the water lost its color, it looks like water with milk. I hate this chalky water. However, I do not know this hard water is good for the plant. Caelian...See Moremrsboomernc
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