Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 11:31:50 -0400 From: BREWER__CHARLES@ecomail.damneck.navy.mil To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2887$foo@default> Subject: Re[2]: Water
All,
I would like to add some additional information to using well water.
Not only do you need to check the ph, but well water can be extremely
hard water, containing large amounts of minerals. I am able to use
city water(Tap Water) right out of the tap. For sensitive plants, I
let the tap water stand for about a day or so, otherwise my tap water
has worked for me for several years.
By far, the best water is rain water, then RO or distilled. Where I
live, I would only use well water as a last result and I mean as a
last result.
Charles Brewer
Va Beach, Va.
If you have to use tap water, check out a few things first by calling your
municipal water supplier or by having your water tested if you use a well. You
can also buy a pH test kit from an aquarium store and see if the pH is alkaline
or acid. If alkaline, you can add a few drops of vinegar to lower the pH. Salts
in the water is another problem, though. It may be that your tapwater is low in
salts in which case you can use it. ...
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