Watering your garden with Filtered Water. Why I don't use chlorinated water to water my plants

[totoynani143]

i had just bought a house with a big backyard,i want to turn it into a vegestable garden, there use to be an above ground swimming pool,the reason i know this is bcz i can still see the shape,and the soil has a white powder look to it. Is it safe to plant for consumption? i have never planted vegestable b4, u'r help would be apreciated.Thank you!

[chova23]

I am a complete newby to all of this, so excuse my question, but...where do I get the filter housing? Do I buy that separately or along with the filter? I don't see them on the Matrikx website. Is there a particular brand/type of housing that you recommend? Thanks!

[growingyourgreens]

a hardware store such as home depot or lowest will have the filter housing. Its a standard filter housing.

[dissyfingers]

thank you for the great info what about floride? does that hurt plants?

[telemarker77]

i mulch my garden beds with medium sized pine bark. Then I drip through the top of that. It is better than a carbon filter as it also traps heavy minerals. i remove the bark before the start of the rainy season when i can turn the water off. a heavy rain will leach most of the mineral out of the soil the bark did not get. i wait until pine bark goes on sale then buy a lot. also some cities use very low concentrations of chlorine, especially if they use well water.

[rdoe99]

I'd like to try this. My only concern is with regard to water pressure.  How do these filters effect the water pressure? Could I still run a sprinkler for the lawn if I used a filter like this?

[growingyourgreens]

Yes, it will reduce flow to some extent. This is not a problem if using a drip system due to lower pressure required. If your using spinklers, I would reccomend something a larger carbon block filter, or granulated carbon, which will flow better than a carbon block.

[rskurow]

Great info, thanks!

[rskurow]

Good stuff, thanks.

[rskurow]

Good stuff, we are on a well, but appreciate the information. Thanks.

[michaelstanger]

Best video yet. I thought about this the other day when watering my garden cuz I smelt the clorine . So thanks.

[julianmorning]

i had a question about my water system. I have a water softener setup that runs throughout my house. It uses salt to soften water. Is this bad? I find that when watering my lawn and plants it doesn't seem to help anything grow. Only after a good rain do I see any results. I need to figure out if this is do to my water or my soil.

[growingyourgreens]

Water Softeners are not good for plants.  Tap off your water pipes and feed them to the irrigation BEFORE it goes thru the softener, and then add a carbon filter (as mentioned in this video) for best results! good luck. On a side note, you should also get a Reverse Osmosis filter to filter the water before you drink it, as softened water can is high in sodium chloride (salt), which is not good for us either.

[Necrowitch]

omg! i think that means i need to change the filter on my garden hose! get one of those filters you were talking about. maybe I'll bubble some water too =^-^=

[MsPatreesh]

Hi John,

Any tips on where to buy rock dust online?

[growingyourgreens]

planetnatural. c o m for $18.95 for 50 pounds + shipping..

[NaomiChambers]

This video does not need to be ten minutes long. If you cut it back to five minutes or less, you would have more viewers.

[OrganicTexas]

@NaomiChambers I for one appreciate the thoroughness and attention to details in his videos. Also, my attention span can accommodate the grueling 10 minutes.

[NaomiChambers]

@OrganicTexas

Good For you. Most people click away after 5 minutes.

[OrganicTexas]

@NaomiChambers

Their loss as these videos are very helpful & thorough. I'm not sure why a channel with nearly 3300 subscribers "need[s]" to cut back their videos for a small percentage of people who can't focus for longer than 5 minutes.

[bakeee]

HAHAHAHA FUNGIRLS...

[thedurianking]

Good video John as usual.

[ElShadaiLives]

KX Matrikx +1 01-425-125-40 Carbon Block Water Filter

Our Price: $158.35

How is the one on your video?

[growingyourgreens]

either thats a case price... or your getting ripped off. KX Matrikx +1 01-250-125-975 sells for $10 each at freshwatersystems. c o m

[jdjackson05]

@growingyourgreens Thanks for all you hard work John. Bought a filter and a housing for the garden. You saved us all alot of research....I started researching and then thought...I'll check out what John has on his Youtube site...couple minutes later had my answer. Thank you sir for all that you do!

[ElShadaiLives]

How long does it take for the chlorine to get out of the water if you put the water in a tank w/ a open top so the sun can work on the chlorine?

[rottenrobbie7]

@ElShadaiLives- Leaving water in an uncovered container overnight is enough to get rid of the Chlorine.

[ElShadaiLives]

Kills intestinal flora also?

[growingyourgreens]

probably.

[jhi1947]

John, what specific fertilizer do you recommend for vegetable gardens.

tia

[growingyourgreens]

organic compost and rock dust are the two main ones.

[Nubster12]

I've wondered about using chlorinated water on my garden. I do want to set up a rain barrel setup soon. I like the filter setup too.

[growingyourgreens]

rain barrels are great. they have no chlorine :)