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Comments (1)Most rainwater is better for plants than public water. Kt...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 MoreRain Water or City Water
Comments (1)Rain water is always better because city water has chlorine and other chemicals added. Rain water is soft while most city water is hard. Most publications say that plumerias are hardy and not too bothered by city water but rain water is preferred. One can buy a filter to remove the Chlorine for about $40 that fits on your hose but I have not investigated if this is really a good system as I have not seen problems using city water. However I would use rain water except one drum doesn't last one watering for me. So if you have a few plants it is worth the effort. Bill...See MoreNatural water filter for rooftop rain water
Comments (8)hi, my grandfather was ingenius man when it came to rigging things up. my grandparents lived in the high mountains of oregon where the rain falls practically everyday. they didnt have running water so my granfather used the gutters of the house and a few odds and ends to set up plumbing. he put palm size gravel all along inside the gutter to prevent large debris from going down the spouts, the rocks were level with the gutter rim so all he had to do was run a broom over it when the leaves built up. he capped off the gutter spouts with mesh and filled them to the top with alternating layers of sand , fish tank size gravel, and some sort of charcol/carbon. i dont remember exactly what that stuff was. i also remember him putting a large handfull of cleaned sheeps wool before the sand to keep it in place. the bottom of the spout was at about 4ft off the ground and flowed into a half barrel. there were holes drilled into the mid-level of the barrel that hoses led off from. the backside of the house with a spout on each corner was uphill from the front of the house. so it was a simple matter of gravity to get the water into the house. one of the hoses led to a white semitransparent 50gallon plastic drum that sat in a small clearing to collect sunlight during the day. that heated the icey water enough to bathe, even if it was 20 degrees outside. the water by evening would be almost 76 degrees on a good sunny day. he also set up a similar sytem for the pigs. he used 5 umbrellas in a sort of mobile to catch water, they were all angled so the water went to a hole cut in the bottom. this drianed into an upside down milk can with its bottom cut off. it was filled with stones and wool and sand and carbon and had a mess screen on top to kep out large debris. the other end of the jug was sitting in a wood frame suspenped above a long water trough.the only part of the trough that was outside of the pig house was covered by a frame so it worked really well to keep the water clean. even for being in a pig house it was clean enough to support a population of minnow bait fish. as far as the plants go im sure you could ommit the filled drain and have the spout feed into some of the long planter boxes. cut a 4 inch pvc pipe in half leghtwise to form 2 long troughs and hang the planters with one avove them and one below. you can line the bottoma of the planters with materials like sand, gravel and cotton gauze or aquarium filter pads. this will trap all of the small bdebris and create a biological filter. its a mini ecosystem of microbes. planters should be lined in layers from the bottom: 1 cotton about 1 inch thick(will be compressed) 2 clean sand (aquarium grade is chemical and pollutant free) 3 pea size gravel 1/2 ich thick -unpainted rough surfaces 4 dirt and plants.- i prefer coconut fiber coconut fiber has less sedimentary debris after water runs thru it a couple times and doesnt erode as fast. i would think crushed pumace would be a suitable substitute for the sand and gravel, as well as any other highly porous material. you want to make homes for all the micro-organisms to create the filter. the porous material also traps small debris and the cotton or aquarium filter pads will catch small sediment and plant material that the rest missed. it will also create a large base for the microbes. if you want acces to the cotton make a fine mesh basket that will fit in the planter on top of the cotton, place the other layers inside the basket and when its time to change the cotton simply lift the basket out of the planter. however, a good setup will never need to be cleaned. you can put as many planters in a row as you can hang from the eaves of the house this way. the pvc 1 will water the planters. give it a very slight tilt so the water will go all the way to the end.drill a small hole every 2 inches or so for the water to drain into the planters the planters will then drip into the other half of the pvc which will not have holes. it will flow directly to the collection container. ie pond, bucket, barrel, fountain. you can also line the pvc 2 with plants and gravel like a long planter for added filtration. i have many more ideas about how to collect and filter water. i will post again another time:) wendy...See Morefigara
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