chlorine in water

[yesum]

I try to let my water sit out for a day or 2 in a jug to let the chlorine burn off before I use it to water the plants. I looked up the water additives for my area and it is chlorine and not chloramine which is a bitch to remove.

I do not know for sure if this is needed. Seems the chlorine could kill the flora in the organic soil I use but not sure.

I use lemon juice to lower the ph as this does not kill the microbes like the stuff I bought does, forgot the chemical name.

Any thoughts here on this matter?

 

[tleaf jr.]

I usually let my water sit for a couple hours before I whip up my nutes but I live in Michigan where we have pretty nice water so idk if its needed either ....how has your plants responded to letting the water sit and have you ever given them water straight out the tap and had negative affects?

 

[yesum]

Do not know what effect giving them water right from tap would do, never did that except rarely if I had to.

Have not seen any science that proves chlorinated water hurts pot plants. I water all the vegetables in my backyard with water from the tap and they seem fine.

 

[NorCalDreaming]

It's not the chlorine you have to be concerned about it's the chloramines. 2 different animals.

 

[Granger2]

Both forms of chlorine will kill your beneficial microbes. -granger

 

[The OrigF/clred]

It's not the chlorine you have to be concerned about it's the chloramines. 2 different animals.

i did a little research on chloramines when i learned my locality is using it. most detailed info i found (which wasn't that extensive) was that chlorine can be evaporated out of water by boiling for 1.8 hours (or letting stand for 48) and chloramines require 6 hrs of boiling.

Point of that is it suggests (i assume) chloramines can be evaporated by letting the water stand for 3X the time for chlorine

then found this on wikipedia and not certain how valid: "Chloramine can be removed from tap water by treatment with superchlorination (10 ppm or more of free chlorine, such as from a dose of sodium hypochlorite bleach or pool sanitizer) while maintaining a pH of about 7 (such as from a dose of hydrochloric acid). Hypochlorous acid from the free chlorine strips the ammonia from the chloramine, and the ammonia outgasses from the surface of the bulk water. This process takes about 24 hours for normal tap water concentrations of a few ppm of chloramine. Residual free chlorine can then be removed by exposure to bright sunlight for about 4 hours."

fwiw

 

[NorCalDreaming]

Both forms of chlorine will kill your beneficial microbes. -granger

Yes. Just saying chloramine more difficult to deal with.

 

[OldSSSCGuy]

I use a small 30 gallon reservoir with an aquarium heater and a couple of air bubble stones. I let the water bubble for at least a day before using it.

 

[supermanlives]

add organic matter and bubble it. I keep several 55 gal drums with airstone and I add some compost. chlorine gone real quick. ascorbic acid and organic matter will get rid of both chloromine and chlorine. nothing fancy needed

 

[PizzaMan5000]

I usually let my water sit for a couple hours before I whip up my nutes but I live in Michigan where we have pretty nice water so idk if its needed either ....how has your plants responded to letting the water sit and have you ever given them water straight out the tap and had negative affects?

I know this thread is OLD. But when you said "I'm from Michigan, we have nice water" I laughed out loud. I bet you don't even need fertilizers....... You water smells like it's full of shit and rotten eggs. At least it did in southern, central, and northern Michigan. I can't speak for the other parts

 

[PizzaMan5000]

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