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Hi... I've bought a flytrap yesterday and I noticed we cant use water from the tap.
I've bought a Spritzer bottled water with Distillation Process label on it. I wonder if this type of water safe for my flytrap?

Really appreciated if anyone can advice me on this.

Lawrence

Check the ingredients

Doesnt really have the ingredients labelled... Only Type Of Source: Underground Water.. But im not sure if they have added anything into the water.. So i wonder if this bottled drinking water would kill the traps?? Hmmm.... I bought this Spritzer water bcos it has a Distillation Process label on it..

lawrenceyys wrote:Doesnt really have the ingredients labelled... Only Type Of Source: Underground Water.. But im not sure if they have added anything into the water.. So i wonder if this bottled drinking water would kill the traps?? Hmmm.... I bought this Spritzer water bcos it has a Distillation Process label on it..

Unless you can test the TDS of it I wouldn't use it.

Yes, better safe than sorry...

I've been writing about it a while ago, I'll try to find it..

Got it, URL of the post: http://cold-hardy.com/total-dissolved-solids-in-water/

Results here in Central Europe were:
Nearby stream 208 PPM (almost no precipitation in about a month)
Garden Pond 140 PPM
Tap water 248 PPM
Groundwater 238 PPM
Rain water (summer) 4PPM
Rain water (fall) 2PPM
Distilled water 2PPM

South half of New Jersey, outside of Atlantic City tap is ~40

Zerowater has a interactive map where you put in zip code and it gives you actual readings from the area...

http://zerowater.com/tds.aspx?zip=

evenwind wrote:Zerowater has a interactive map where you put in zip code and it gives you actual readings from the area...

http://zerowater.com/tds.aspx?zip=

Not very accurate for me, they say 212, I measure 126. Get a TDS meter folks, they're more accurate.

evenwind wrote:Zerowater has a interactive map where you put in zip code and it gives you actual readings from the area...

http://zerowater.com/tds.aspx?zip=

Very cool, but wildly innaccurate for me. Said my TDS score was 424. Just measured 65 from the tap yesterday.

Matt wrote: Very cool, but wildly innaccurate for me. Said my TDS score was 424. Just measured 65 from the tap yesterday.

That's too bad. Mine was spot on or I wouldn't have posted it. I guess there's just too many variables to trust anybody else's readings (especially that weird guy down the street).

Wow 65 for tap water is incredible. I measured around 60 in rain water this winter because I didn't wait long enough for the rain to completely wash the various crap from the roof. I started taking water an hour after it started and its TDS was 62. Winter smog and one month without rain made the water TDS almost too high for my carnivores.

Tarzanus wrote:Wow 65 for tap water is incredible. I measured around 60 in rain water this winter because I didn't wait long enough for the rain to completely wash the various crap from the roof. I started taking water an hour after it started and its TDS was 62. Winter smog and one month without rain made the water TDS almost too high for my carnivores.

I collected 5 gallons of rainwater today and the TDS was 4. Usually it's 2.

Same here. In the summer when there is less rain, TDS is around 4, in the fall and spring when it's raining a lot, it drops to 2. We havent seen rain for around a month, which means I needed to refill my water jugs and it seems the air is polluted because wood burning is getting popular again. I intend to toss that water when we get larger amount of rain.

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Anyone happen to know the TDS for Seattle WA? I've ordered a meter but its not due to arrive for a while and I'm tired of running to the store for distilled water several times a month. I'm also new to these forums so, hello all

Update: My meter arrived early, turns out the tap is just under 30 ppm, the rain water is 4 ppm,and the distilled from the safeway up the street is 1 ppm. Should 30ppm be okay? Rain water is a pain to collect at my apartment complex.