Using tap water & needing some advice.. .

[CaseyQuinn]

I was using distilled water but now switching to the city tap water. PPM is 110 & P.H. is 7.2 right out the faucet. They use Chloramine in my city water. So anyhow, I'm new to this growing thang & was wondering. Do I need to be concerned? My budget is kinda tight right now, hence why I'm growing my own & also switching to city water. So I cant afford a couple hundred dollar filter system. I was looking at the Pro One water pitchers with filters. It says they filter out fluoride & Chloramine. I could get one of these with my next paycheck. So let me know if anyone is using this kind of filter & IF it's even needed. If I'm overthinking all this shitt. Just fucking tell me. That's why I'm here. For advice. I have been reading & studying every day so I wont come here with the dumb shitt. Lol. Cheers RIU fam. *see attached pics for reference

 

[jondamon]

I was using distilled water but now switching to the city tap water. PPM is 110 & P.H. is 7.2 right out the faucet. They use Chloramine in my city water. So anyhow, I'm new to this growing thang & was wondering. Do I need to be concerned? My budget is kinda tight right now, hence why I'm growing my own & also switching to city water. So I cant afford a couple hundred dollar filter system. I was looking at the Pro One water pitchers with filters. It says they filter out fluoride & Chloramine. I could get one of these with my next paycheck. So let me know if anyone is using this kind of filter & IF it's even needed. If I'm overthinking all this shitt. Just fucking tell me. That's why I'm here. For advice. I have been reading & studying every day so I wont come here with the dumb shitt. Lol. Cheers RIU fam. *see attached pics for reference

Do you know the ppm of the chloramine?

You could use abscorbic acid (lemon juice) to neutralise it or you could use something like SEACHEM PRIME for aquariums.

but if your chloramine levels are under approx 3ppm you shouldn’t have an issue.

 

[CaseyQuinn]

Do you know the ppm of the chloramine?

You could use abscorbic acid (lemon juice) to neutralise it or you could use something like SEACHEM PRIME for aquariums.

but if your chloramine levels are under approx 3ppm you shouldn’t have an issue.

Thank you sooo much for the reply. I am going to try & pull up a water report & see. For I am bot sure a.t.m. *Okay, so lemon juice. I can do that I have a lemon tree. How much. Just a few drops to 1 gallon of water? Or I guess I can google. Ha. Thx. Again.

 

[jondamon]

Thank you sooo much for the reply. I am going to try & pull up a water report & see. For I am bot sure a.t.m. *Okay, so lemon juice. I can do that I have a lemon tree. How much. Just a few drops to 1 gallon of water? Or I guess I can google. Ha. Thx. Again.

Yeah google is your friend as I’m not entirely sure how much as my water is WELSH water from the U.K. and it’s some of the best water in the country with low levels of chlorine, fluoride, calcium etc.

it’s about 100ppm so not too far off yours but we aren’t using chloramine.

I just remember from my fish keeping days that SeaChem prime also neutralised chloramine and so does lemon juice (but used to use SeaChem prime)

 

[Creature1969]

If you can water your lawn, trees and garden with your water, you can use it for weed too.

 

[CaseyQuinn]

If you can water your lawn, trees and garden with your water, you can use it for weed too.

Right on. I was more concerned about the microbes in the soil. Dunno. Still reading up & just wanted to make sure the city tap water would not be harmful. I appreciate your reply.

 

[jondamon]

Right on. I was more concerned about the microbes in the soil. Dunno. Still reading up & just wanted to make sure the city tap water would not be harmful. I appreciate your reply.

Do a bit of Google fu because the microbes bounce back within 24 hours feeding chlorinated water etc as far as I can remember reading (I’m coco so I don’t bother with microbes etc as I’m feeding salts constantly)

 

[GrowingAbroad]

One thing i can recommend is to leave you're water sitting for 24 hours in order to lose most of the chlorine. Once you leave it for a few hours you will start seeing small bubbles form on the sides. After 24 hours just give it a small tap and the sides and all bubbles will pop and the chlorine will evaporate.

 

[jondamon]

One thing i can recommend is to leave you're water sitting for 24 hours in order to lose most of the chlorine. Once you leave it for a few hours you will start seeing small bubbles form on the sides. After 24 hours just give it a small tap and the sides and all bubbles will pop and the chlorine will evaporate.

What’s really going to twist your melon is when you find out that plants uptake chlorine and use it lol.

I’ve not “off gased” my water for donkeys years lol.

Chlorine can dissipate chloramine on the other hand doesn’t.

 

[curious2garden]

What’s really going to twist your melon is when you find out that plants uptake chlorine and use it lol.

I’ve not “off gased” my water for donkeys years lol.

Chlorine can dissipate chloramine on the other hand doesn’t.

I haven't found reports on chloramine harming plants. Sodium thiosulfate is what they use in aquariums. I'd be careful because that's part of the spray I use to reverse females. Different modes of administration have different effects but I'd be cautious so I'd roll with the chloramine, untreated, in the water.

 

[MickFoster]

Your tap water is perfect.
I've been using tap water with chloramine for years without an issue.
If you can drink it.........so can your plants.

 

[jondamon]

I haven't found reports on chloramine harming plants. Sodium thiosulfate is what they use in aquariums. I'd be careful because that's part of the spray I use to reverse females. Different modes of administration have different effects but I'd be cautious so I'd roll with the chloramine, untreated, in the water.

Your tap water is perfect.
I've been using tap water with chloramine for years without an issue.
If you can drink it.........so can your plants.

thanks both. I wasn’t too sure about the chloramine and remember reading that levels above 3ppm might cause issues in plants.

 

[CaseyQuinn]

I haven't found reports on chloramine harming plants. Sodium thiosulfate is what they use in aquariums. I'd be careful because that's part of the spray I use to reverse females. Different modes of administration have different effects but I'd be cautious so I'd roll with the chloramine, untreated, in the water.

Thank you.