Water!

[jimscott]

This is my stash in the garage:

 

[Taliesin-DS]

All i got is an empty rainbarrel

 

[lizasaur]

HA! I'm not the only one fond of Wal-Mart distilled!

Here's mine. Having to stare at it drives my dad crazy.

 

[pappydew]

Is there any advantage to using their distilled water over their "drinking water" which is supposedly RO? Just curious.

 

[Zero]

Is there any advantage to using their distilled water over their "drinking water" which is supposedly RO? Just curious.

I think I tested Walmart drinking water @000PPM. It's pretty clean.
I'm having a hard time keeping up with watering because of this heat and sun here in Maine. I hope we get tons of rain this weekend.
Zero

 

[pappydew]

Good to know! Thanks!

 

[Adam]

I just collect gallon containers and fill 'em with RO

 

[Not a Number]

Drinking water, while often purified through reverse osmosis filtering can sometimes have salts and other minerals added for taste. Read the label carefully.

 

[swords]

I use the distilled as a monthly soil flush and R/O the rest of the time. Now that I have critters with the plants I don't use any fertilizers (critter poo does it's doody there) but I still do the distilled flush out of habit and the plants don't seem to mind.

Does nobody use one or two larger containers and put them in smaller for use? I have two 5 gallon "Culligan water machine" jugs for the bulk of water storage then I siphon out into two 1 gallon jugs for day to day use in the hand mister, garden sprayer and crab pond refills. The crab water contains a minute trace of Iodine (1 drop per 5 gallons) and I'm not sure what if anything it would do to CPs so I keep it separate and never put the crab pond water in the mister.

 

[jimscott]

I just collect gallon containers and fill 'em with RO

Same here... only this the purge water / expired water from WFI (Water For Injection)... the water that gets tossed.

 

[tommyr]

Hi Jim!
All my water is rain water. Despite the VERY, VERY dry summer I've been lucky here in eastern N.Y. I have a 30 gallon plastic garbage can full as a main backup and collect rain mainly in 5, 3 and 1 gallon buckets. I had to go to the backup ONCE this summer for a few gallons. I fill up 1 gallon milk jugs as well and try to keep at least 3-4 in the house for the inside CPs and other plants.

Great (and funny!) thread! The things we do for our CPs!

Tom

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

I store mine in three and five gallon buckets.

 

[jimscott]

Don't tell my wife... but there's ~65 gallon jugs, between the garage and the living room!