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I took a gamble...#287912

By Sakaaaaa -  Sat Mar 11, 2017 6:51 am
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- Sat Mar 11, 2017 6:51 am #287912

So I was desperate for RO and the local store was out of stock so I watered it with rain water that my taro has collected in it's leaves from this morning... I picked the cleanest leaves... Will my drosera be ok? I don't care too much because I sowed some seeds already

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Re: I took a gamble...#287915

By Aozora -  Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:00 am
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- Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:00 am #287915

I dont see how it could do any harm to your drosera, i only use rainwater for all my plants and they love it. (In nature all they get is rainwater, and not that fancy RO water :p)

Re: I took a gamble...#287916

By Sakaaaaa -  Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:02 am
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- Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:02 am #287916

I just flushed it down with fresh rainwater. should be ok

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Re: I took a gamble...#287922

By Tarzanus -  Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:49 pm
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- Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:49 pm #287922

It will be ok. I am collecting rain water from the roof and I just make sure I leave the first runoff water to wash the roof, before collecting. By then, I usually have TDS lower than 5 PPM.

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Re: I took a gamble...#287932

By Fishkeeper -  Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:43 pm
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- Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:43 pm #287932

And there's no reason collecting rainwater off the leaves of another plant would be harmful to your CPs. In fact, it's a very clever method.

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