Using melted snow to water plants?

well its that time of the year when this white stuff is so abundant, so my question is, can you melt snow and heat it up to water you babies? i know you most certainly are capible of doin it but what im askin is will it help at all since the snow is from nature. i know rain water is benifical but what about the snow? well any positive feedback would be greatly appreciated.

well ive never heard of it but if u filter it to get dead leaves and stuff out itll be just plain water so im sure itll be beneficial, frankly id just use tap water mine seem to thrive off it so i wldnt risk it

an interesting idea... check it out and let us know

Snow and rain water is nutral in ph. They contain way less minerals and chemicals(clorine ect) then tap water. By all means use it! Its free rite? Jus screen out any debrie first

Snow is frozen rain water, but it can contain more dissolved gasses than rain water. Also, rainwater can have more dissolved solids than snow.
I actually have been putting snow in a 5 gallon bucket then leaving it in my basement to melt. It doesnt taste as good as tap water to me. It tastes like dirt, also my bucket is dirty. I use it because im cheap and im happy to lug 40 lbs of water 20 feet if it means it will save me $1.25.

rain/snow can absorb pollutants out of the air. our air is filthy.....

i was going to do it once my seeds sprouted but the root keeps going back into the seed so i was just like forget it

smok33 said:

i was going to do it once my seeds sprouted but the root keeps going back into the seed so i was just like forget it

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I would say it is completely circumstantial how many chemicals are in the air, but there is a better pH in it. Trial and Error I would say.

actually you can use it to cool too.. take a few 5 gallon buckets of snow... put it in your room in front of the fan.. it will cool the room, add some humidity if you need it, and give free good water.. snow is excellent!!

thanks alot all, im deffinitly gonna try on atleast one plant for the time being. ill let you all know how it turns out

grand pappy said snow was "poor man's fertilizer" this is because snow gathers more nitrogen as it falls through the atmosphere and is "less heavy" water. Less Heavy water = snow contains about 40% fewer water molecules with a heavier-than-normal form of hydrogen called deuterium than normal water does- plants process this light water molecule better.

Filter it through a painters mesh - you can get these at any paint store for a 5 gallon bucket. Attach the mesh in bucket - fill with snow - melt and remove mesh/filter. I also filter through a coffee filter because I am anal and springtails do have proteins that act as antifreeze and sometimes are called snow fleas. I just don't need them.

Play Dirty!

It seems an interesting idea and the water available though snow contains less minerals as compared to ground water. But the water available though snow has high latent heat and i don't think so that its good for plantation. if you want some interesting ideas regarding plantation please read the blog on Useful tips to improve your marijuana harvest.

Silky Shagsalot said:

rain/snow can absorb pollutants out of the air. our air is filthy.....

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Agreed!

Falling water collects unwanted compounds. Including heavy metals.....

Still, it's a choice that you can make. I choose not to.

FWIW, snow is a more efficient scavenger of organic contaminants than rain

I've been using it for years along with collected rain. I certainly don't want to start a debate on this and if you live where there are known heavy pollutants in the air it's probably not good but if it's so bad then how do all the trees grasses and plants not die from it? I would rather dump snow and rain on my plants then bottles of unknown "stuff."

I can scrape up the snow

or I can go to the tap and fill a bucket

without the need to wait for it to melt and cool

the bucket and tap does fine

winter and summer

good luck

Richard Drysift said:

I've been using it for years along with collected rain. I certainly don't want to start a debate on this and if you live where there are known heavy pollutants in the air it's probably not good but if it's so bad then how do all the trees grasses and plants not die from it? I would rather dump snow and rain on my plants then bottles of unknown "stuff."

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Being down wind of heavy industrial and electric generating plants. Swing's my choice!
I get some interesting results from outdoor soil testing on the farm. FAR, far removed from indoor/home built soils. The major difference, is in those things the falling moisture collects.
In reality, we do have some issue's with the rain and the forest's. In all the forest plants too. Not to mention the Great Lakes and Mercury content.....
Check your local DNR for info on that.

But, I don't feel that choice of yours is wrong either! Maybe not the best around here but, not bad .....

For all MJ growing. I'm partial to RO. I know exactly whats (not) in it.

If I lived on the west coast or central plains to the mountain states. I might be more inclined to. It's simply my choice to not.

It shouldn't be a debate. It's just a choice folks!

Two words: Acid Rain.

Rain water is not neutral ph, nor is it pure water.

greg nr said:

Two words: Acid Rain.

Rain water is not neutral ph, nor is it pure water.

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Its buffer at this point is piss poor so technically it has no ph worth even worrying about, 1000ppm of nitrate, carbonate and other stuff in soil or ferts will piss all over this and destroy its fragile buffer.

I live in the northeast been melting snow,useing rain,stream, lake,well,mucky swamp water for 30 yrs never owned a ph meter,never had ph problems what u all talking about COMEON don't need a phd to grow killer,i just post on open show an tell nothing but snowmelt on those girls O phing