I heard you can use distilled water for compost teas. Also heard that chlorine from tap water kills the "life" in the tea, so here is my question. Can I buy distilled water to make tea and use tap water that was sitting out for a while for my waterings in between or will the tap water destroy the bio life in the soil? I'm basically trying to see if I can get around buying an RO filter.
Water for compost teas
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Beehive
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Yes. Sorta. I only use RO for cannabis. The houseplants get vitamin C treated tap. I've used it on cannabis when I used tap. Especially teas.
MICHI-CAN
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I use an inline charcoal filter from B@@bie Br$w. No issues.
Sorry bee. Vitamin C actually toxic to microbes as well. Anti oxidant properties. But about $40 and a hose pays for itself in a grow. Use on orchids. No more distilled and over priced RO.
But my point of view.
Sorry bee. Vitamin C actually toxic to microbes as well. Anti oxidant properties. But about $40 and a hose pays for itself in a grow. Use on orchids. No more distilled and over priced RO.
But my point of view.
I use an inline charcoal filter from B@@bie Br$w, do you have more info in this?
MICHI-CAN
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I totally agree with the thought. And hope OP is reading.
I brew tea for all my property minus the girls. Another thread. Having run distilled, spring water"store", R/O, tap left out: citric powder, lemon juice, and charcoal filtered. Filtered produced the most foam the fastest and never died before 22-23 hours. Rest were done in 14 - 18. All I'm saying. And 20 gallons commercial is expensive every two weeks through the season. LOL.
MICHI-CAN
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MICHI-CAN
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Apologies. Not mass anything here. Typical lot. But the filter requires a 3/4" spigot. Nothing more. Just cheaper than over all across my uses. And practical for us home users. Replaced a fridge water filter lately? And better for the pets.
Dr. Who
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Jesus!
Where does this stuff come from?
DO NOT use distilled or RO, or filtered!
"Spring water" is very often RO that has minerals put back...
THE BEST tea brewing waters are?
RAIN
CREEK
STREAM
RIVER
LAKE
and the ever popular
PUDDLE
I kid you NOT!
The use of Kelp meals/extracts in your tea formula's.
WILL reduce living bio counts by as much as 45 % +!
14 to 18 hr brew cycle only produces tea's for use in applying directly to the plant for PM issues.
Your living bio counts don't peak till after 30 hrs and 36 is about best......PERIOD!
The foam means nothing in relationship to your outcome.... It is a good indicator that the brewing is working.
Not attacking you guys here!
Only attempting to provide quality information....
This info is also available by speaking to about anyone at VORTEX tea brewers!
Peace and happy growing.
Where does this stuff come from?
DO NOT use distilled or RO, or filtered!
"Spring water" is very often RO that has minerals put back...
THE BEST tea brewing waters are?
RAIN
CREEK
STREAM
RIVER
LAKE
and the ever popular
PUDDLE
I kid you NOT!
The use of Kelp meals/extracts in your tea formula's.
WILL reduce living bio counts by as much as 45 % +!
????????
14 to 18 hr brew cycle only produces tea's for use in applying directly to the plant for PM issues.
Your living bio counts don't peak till after 30 hrs and 36 is about best......PERIOD!
The foam means nothing in relationship to your outcome.... It is a good indicator that the brewing is working.
Not attacking you guys here!
Only attempting to provide quality information....
This info is also available by speaking to about anyone at VORTEX tea brewers!
Peace and happy growing.
Leeski
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Solid information
Leeski
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Cornfield Cultivator
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Can you tell me does that filter take out chloramine?
Richard Drysift
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I use the water collected from my dehumidifier. It was getting dumped out into a sink like every day anyway but if it is relatively dry (like this time of year is around here) it collects almost nothing. So I can either drive up to the natural spring I have access to and fill up the jugs or get Walmart RO water for .35 /gal.