Distilled water or rain water?

Distilled water or rain water?#144145

By Strobo -  Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:40 pm
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- Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:40 pm #144145

Hey,
what's best for your plants? Distilled water or rain water?
Because in nature they obviously will get rain.
But due to human activities this rain had become more nutriënt rich.
So I was wondering if you live in an environment which is highly polluted, is it better to use distilled water?

Robin.

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."

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Re: Distilled water or rain water?#144156

By English Springer -  Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:06 pm
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- Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:06 pm #144156

NATURAL IS ALWAYS THE BEST WAY IMO--MY PLANTS DO BETTER WITH RAIN WATER THAN JUST DISTILLED H2O...A LITTLE EXTRA NITROGEN...

ES

Re: Distilled water or rain water?#144176

By pieguy452 -  Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:46 pm
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- Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:46 pm #144176

Anything under 50 ppm is fine to use, if you have a tds meter you can measure the rain water to see if it is pure enough for a flytrap (which it usually is).

A confessed carnivorous plantaholic

Re: Distilled water or rain water?#144189

By jamez -  Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:37 pm
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- Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:37 pm #144189

If it's highly polluted then yes. I used to live by a factory and rain water did more harm than good.

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