Commercial Hydroponic growers routinely use chlorine down their lines to get rid of algae and other nasties.I might add in high concentrations nothing like the levels found in tap water.Fluoride Bromine and others, are on the other hand, damaging to the plants and most water filters do not remove these. Also Tap water has ton's of micro nutrients that are lacking in rain water that's because it comes from the soil. When you add up the plus and minuses tap water is not so bad.
you can use declorinator for fish tanks, I did that for my aeroponic containers and had no more trouble with brown roots it only cost me $3 from petsmart, and it doesnt harm the ph
@meentree2009 I started out using rainwater because my tap water was so high in chlorine and ph but the rainwater did cause me some problems. I now have a hydrofarms filtering system which I use for all my water and I love it. Thanks for the comment.
lol them air stones are not good they have lil slits in the bottom that roots grow into them then when u go to pull of the top the roots get all ripped apart
@clownbow1 Thanks for the heads up. I havent had the roots grow into there yet but I can see the slot your talking about. I'll have to find some replacement stones. Thanks again.
Thanks for this great how-to video! This is really very helpful. I think the usual concern that growers have in using tap water for hydroponics is the presence of too much chlorine in it. Good thing that there are easy ways on how to remove it without causing so much challenge on the part of the grower. Please keep those great videos coming! :)
Interesting. I do the same procedure to remove the chlorine when making worm compost tea. Only it only needs to bubble for a few hours to be usable. Worm compost might not be quite as sensitive as hydroponic plants though ;-)
@garygardens If I wasnt so lazy (lol) I could check it with a test kit after a few hours. Or I could boil the water which quickly disperses the chlorine. It probably doesnt need to go go for days but just to be sure. Thanks for the comment Gary.
Commercial Hydroponic growers routinely use chlorine down their lines to get rid of algae and other nasties.I might add in high concentrations nothing like the levels found in tap water.Fluoride Bromine and others, are on the other hand, damaging to the plants and most water filters do not remove these. Also Tap water has ton's of micro nutrients that are lacking in rain water that's because it comes from the soil. When you add up the plus and minuses tap water is not so bad.
ve3tru 1 month ago
you can use declorinator for fish tanks, I did that for my aeroponic containers and had no more trouble with brown roots it only cost me $3 from petsmart, and it doesnt harm the ph
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could i just use distilled water?
tuckerbell247 5 months ago
@meentree2009 I started out using rainwater because my tap water was so high in chlorine and ph but the rainwater did cause me some problems. I now have a hydrofarms filtering system which I use for all my water and I love it. Thanks for the comment.
Jksax914 10 months ago
lol them air stones are not good they have lil slits in the bottom that roots grow into them then when u go to pull of the top the roots get all ripped apart
clownbow1 1 year ago
@clownbow1 Thanks for the heads up. I havent had the roots grow into there yet but I can see the slot your talking about. I'll have to find some replacement stones. Thanks again.
Jksax914 1 year ago
@Jksax914 ya it happened to me it sucked lol
clownbow1 1 year ago
@clownbow1 lol just me again lol just putt hot glue in the slit's BOOOMMMM problem solved lol
clownbow1 1 year ago
@clownbow1 Good idea....Thanks again
Jksax914 1 year ago
Thanks for this great how-to video! This is really very helpful. I think the usual concern that growers have in using tap water for hydroponics is the presence of too much chlorine in it. Good thing that there are easy ways on how to remove it without causing so much challenge on the part of the grower. Please keep those great videos coming! :)
citigarden 1 year ago
Interesting. I do the same procedure to remove the chlorine when making worm compost tea. Only it only needs to bubble for a few hours to be usable. Worm compost might not be quite as sensitive as hydroponic plants though ;-)
garygardens 1 year ago
@garygardens If I wasnt so lazy (lol) I could check it with a test kit after a few hours. Or I could boil the water which quickly disperses the chlorine. It probably doesnt need to go go for days but just to be sure. Thanks for the comment Gary.
Jksax914 1 year ago
good idea for sticking them to the bottom
happygameshow 1 year ago
cool, thanks for letting us know about de-chlorinating this way.
to help you out, nothern tool co. has the 5 gal buckets for 1 or 2 bucks sometimes.
keep the grow updates coming bro!
tester083 1 year ago
@tester083 Thanks for the headsup!
Jksax914 1 year ago