Hey I know this has probably been talked about but I can not find the thread so here we go.

I am trying one plant with 100% organics soil and everything. The only part I am worried about is the water from my tap.

I filled up a 18 gallon rubbermaid with tap water and put a air stone in the water and it has sat for over 24 hrs. I have a TDS meter that reads the tap water at 250 TDS, when I checked the bubbling water 24 hrs later it was still at 240 tds.

Does Total Dissolved Salts mean the same as Parts Per Million?

Will I be able to use this water that I have been bubbling for over 24 hrs without my plants gettting hurt from eating tap water chlorine?

If nothing else I will get an RO system but the cost and having to replace everything so often (every 6 months or so) has me questioning them?

Is a RO system the only answer to pure water??


Thanks in advance Everyone!!!
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An easy/good way to see if your tap water has chorline in it is to either call your local water supply place at your city and ask. If they use chorlamine then you can't use it because it doesnt evaporate, so you will either have to get distilled water or RO. Another easy way to find out is to fill a 5 gallon white bucket with your tap water. If the water has a blueish tint to it, then it has chorline in it, or it is pure water. So just let it sit for 24 hours and bubble. If it has a green tint to it then it has chorlamine in it, and you can't use it.

That must explains why my water looks blue in a white 5 gal bucket - was wondering about that.

I let it sit out for at least 24 hrs - with a air stone bubbler circulating it (to keep it oxygenated)

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Theres a product called Prime sold for aquariums that will remove both chlorine and chloramine. Get it at any petsmart etc.

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awsome thanks everyone!!!


The warlord: have you tried prime before? is it plant friendly?

Ya, it wont hurt fish or plants. I used to be into planted aquariums.

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Great advice Warlord thanks

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ya i am def gonna try that out it will say me having to buy Ro for 250 + Thanks a lot Warlord!!

I would be very careful with using products like that to "remove" cholormine from your water. Those products use chelated salt to remove the chemicals from your water. Salt is very bad for your microbeasties and can do a lot more harm to your teas then you would expect. There isn't any real safe way (for your microbeasties) to remove chloramine from your tap water. If this is the case I would highly recommend either a) collect rainwater b) RO system c) distilled water. I just can't recommend scrubbing products for your water. You are trying to get away from using altering chemicals when doing 100% organics. These products will kill your soil food web.

if you are only growing 1 plant why dont you buy gallons on distilled water from the store? They are like 80cent a gallon, have you planned for the lack of mag.cal you will have from not using tap? Either mix enough garden lime or buy an organic calmag.