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Lakewood, Colorado

For those of us that use city water dosed with chlorine, is the any concern about the chlorine killing the biologicals that we put into our soil? If so, are there simple ways to mitigate this issue? Thanks for the input.

4/25/2013 10:00:23 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

400 Gallon Pallet tankZ Eric....let Sunlight do the removal for you... Fill it with rain water from your gutters....and disregard Denver Water.... lol They don't own what falls from the sky....Who do they think they are..??? Monsanto? Ohh. that ought to get some posts.....

GrowZ'em BIG.... and TAKE DOWN the Colorado State record....I wanna give that bonus to someone THIZ year....

Good Luck

4/25/2013 10:26:52 AM

BC, Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jjxg8f3Gq0

Just to get you going!

But yes, the WiZ is right, free pure (almost) water falls out of the sky and is pretty easy to collect.
Erik, some folks will let the water set in a barrel and run an aerator in it to gas of the chlorine. Probably better methods of locking it out. I bet your local water company will have some info on how to do that.

4/25/2013 11:05:20 AM

Colorado

hey erik- there are a few chlorine filters on the market. From what i've seen, they get about 85% of the chlorine out. some filters also filter chloramine (not sure if it is in denver water). we don't have it up here, but some places I think have it. set up will cost about $40-50, and you can just put it in-line with your drip system. doesn't get 100% out, but a simple fix that gets most of it.

4/25/2013 12:26:11 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

&&&& deffinately dont make a batch of fish emulsion with tap water.made some with it didnt work as it usually does.& realized thats what the treatment does kills all the organism& bad stuff for us, but its the good stuff for plants

4/25/2013 1:03:59 PM

Lakewood, Colorado

No wonder I haven't grown anything big. I never really thought about it much, but I have been killing all of the expensive biologicals that I have been putting in. I think I will go the inline filter route. You can see my backyard from the street and I don't want any question about what that big pallet tank is for connected to the rain gutter from the drought patrol.

4/25/2013 1:32:18 PM

Ohio

Yup, called Clearwater years ago, had a whole house carbon filter put in. Does a great job, it usually lasts about 7 years or so, then you need to swap out for a new tank filter.

4/25/2013 3:06:41 PM

San Diego

I've grown with city water every year with good results and our water sucks! Wonder if I would go bigger with better water. It never rains here!

4/25/2013 3:36:49 PM

Torrance, Ca.

You notice how your weight go up every year Jim,,,,,,, the critters in the soil are getting use to that city stuff :)


1300 here you come!

4/25/2013 3:45:34 PM

Western NY

grew a 1311 on town water that smelled like chlorine as soon as you turn it on but for the first month or so I hand watered with water that was allowed to gas off for a few days.
Be careful in CO about water because you might be taking someone else's water that lives 20 miles down stream. lol

4/25/2013 7:17:58 PM

43.841677 , -79.086692

Due to a very dry summer in 2012 I would guess that 80% of my water was from the tap. My city uses chlorine. Every 3 days I would fill my tanks. I would add muriatic acid to lower ph and bubble the water to agitate or mix.... This would also speed up the off gassing of chlorine.

4/25/2013 9:41:14 PM

Boscawen, NH

A short article on chlorinated water and it's impact on soil organisms- http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1548.html
Should also mention that I grew my 1834 using town (chlorinated) water and I believe Carl Graham grew his 1811 using chlorinated water.

4/26/2013 9:16:12 AM

Corbin, KY

I have grown several over 1K with city water from start to finish. If there were any problems I could not tell the difference.

4/26/2013 9:29:19 AM

Lakewood, Colorado

Thanks Steve and everyone. That article is what I needed to put my mind at ease. Glad to hear that Steve's and Carl's success was with City water.

I think I will get an in-line filter for this season. A big tank and pump system is more that I want to chew off at this time.

Also, I will use dechorinated water for the compost tea brewer as there is no soil for the chlorine to attach to.

4/26/2013 9:35:43 AM

nOVA sCOTIA

You have a good memory Steve.The 1811 drank nothing but cold chlorinated water all summer long.All my watering was done at approx 1pm everyday under the scorching sun and the Mold Monster just couldn't drink enough.As a matter of fact i may never use rain water again:))

4/26/2013 12:27:56 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Well that's two 1800 pounders grown on chorinated water. I will continue to use my city water.

4/26/2013 12:44:08 PM

nOVA sCOTIA

Interesting to know what water source Ron and Pap used to grow their monsters?

4/26/2013 3:03:16 PM

Woodburn, Indiana

I think I need to get tank of city water and ditch my sulfur well water LOL

4/26/2013 4:12:27 PM