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Pond water ?

By Silky_Skills
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-  Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:00 pm #47178
Has anyone used pond water to water their VFT ???

And does anyone know if this is a good or bad idea ????

Re: Pond water ?

By 95slvrZ28
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-  Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:02 pm #47179
Pond water is full of stuff. Thats exactly what you want to stay away from with your VFT.

Re: Pond water ?

By Silky_Skills
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-  Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:08 pm #47183
Ok cheers.... sombody suggested using pond water because of the lack of chemicals in it thought id aask the pro's
thanks for the reply

Re: Pond water ?

By 95slvrZ28
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-  Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:58 pm #47198
Not a problem. The lack of chemicals is only one consideration, really you want to keep any sort of minerals and salts away from your VFT as it can cause root burn and kill the plant. Happy growing.
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Re: Pond water ?

By Matt
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-  Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:24 am #47256
Silky_Skills wrote:Has anyone used pond water to water their VFT ???

And does anyone know if this is a good or bad idea ????
Any ground water is likely going to have a lot of minerals in it. The only way to know if it's safe to use is to test it with a TDS meter. My guess is that it will be too high in dissolved solids.
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