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By cpgrower126
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I accidentally watered my carnivorous plants with tap water, and I am not sure for how long. I was using a zero water pitcher, but when I tested the water in my trays, my trays had extremely high amount of TDS (389). I tested the water coming through the filter, and it was higher than the water coming out of my tap. Because I did not check the filter water output with my TDS meter regularly, I didn't know that the filter expired, and did not know how long my plants got watered with tap water. I'm leaving on a trip to Malaysia for 3 weeks tonight, so I don't have time to repot my plants. I will flush out all the pots with distilled water, once I get a chance to buy a few jugs at my local grocery store later today. I know that typically, if you water your carnivorous plants with tap water once or twice, it won't hurt, but I don't know how long I watered my carnivorous plants with tap water for. Will my plants be able to survive without a repot?
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By Panman
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With a good flushing of the pots, they should be okay. Test the water that comes out while flushing if it is going down you should be okay. What plants are you talking about. Sarrs and neps can handle higher tds. Not 400 but they will do better with a rinsing.
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