Leaving water out for dechlorination?

My municipal water is very light on chlorine (deep, deep well) and I water outdoor containers for flowers right out the hose, all in my ROLS with no synthetic feeding. But the calcium is a constant headache. I need to take flakes out of our washer hose right now.

Fardsnarp said:

Most systems now use chloramine and letting it stand won't do much anyhow.

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Yeah for that u need a bucket a airstone and pump and 24 hours minimum tbh its mostly organics this matters with imo if your chems wont matter much its more the potential damage it does to your microherd etc i think u can get away with it others may not think its a good idea

I've made sourdough starters using my tap water. If the wild yeast can colonize and survive the chloramine and chlorine, then reproduce into a frothing, bubbly starter, it isn't going to hurt your plants or kill all your soil microbes.

Wastei said:

If the water source is safe for humans to drink it's even safer for most plants. Many people on here grow sterile with oxidizers, that means adding chlorine or peroxide to your nutrient solution.

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I have never let it sit.. Just PH test once I add organics. Just me though. Never hurt my production, yield, or quality.

Drinking water contains chloramine now not chlorine, chloramine does not evaporate. Leaving water out or using an airstone will do nothing other than to bring the water up to room temperature, which might reduce shock if your water comes out at a very different temperature than your soil temp.

If you are concerned about it you can use a filter that specifies that it removes chloramine, not all filters will remove it. Or, add Humic acid, compost, or even some bioactive soil. Most folks feel that it is not a concern to use water that contains chloramine to water plants. The small amount that is used is quickly neutralized by the bioactivity and the humic content of the soil.

I use spring water or filter my water, but I also feel that it is probably unnecessary to do so.

Found this to be a waste of time.

I went from aerating a 5gal bucket overnight, to just filling jugs of tap water straight from the tap. Literally no noticeable difference in plant response. The tap water here has what I'd consider a "low to medium" amt of chlorine per the city's water info.

I leave a bucket of tap water outside for a week, between watering...I use a 5ltr spray bottle, (with the spray attachment took off) .
When I water I refill the spray container, and the bucket, the container comes in to get the temp up to room temp and the bucket stays outside to de chlorinate... Works for me, but I am new to this.

Popop said:

I was under the impression chlorine was bad news. I have used my tap water before and it wreaks havoc when used by itself. Trying to get a handle on it.

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How?

IT depends on how much chlorine is actually in your water and if your wanting to risk killing beneficial microbes chlorine will do a good job at it. It will also kill undesirables too..

If you want to be on the safe side just let the water sit out open for a day or so or look into a RO Filtration system with a carbon filter on it to help with reducing chlorine, not sure if the RO membranes remove it at all by themselves..

calvin.m16 said:

look into a RO Filtration system with a carbon filter on it to help with reducing chlorine, not sure if the RO membranes remove it at all by themselves..

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Chlorine is an RO membrane killer. There is typically charcoal filters in the system before the membrane for this.

If you can drink it.........so can your plants.

Fluoride for brighter buds

Chlorine comes out of water quite easily
For this reason, municipal water usually uses chloramine, which doesn't bubble out as easily. I have read that the chloramine will filter naturally out through the top layer of medium, but I could see someone being concerned about it affecting the microbiology of an organic medium.
I have read about vitamin C or something being added to get rid of it too I think. But yeah I agree I love my tap water for clones especially because less worry about root rot.

MickFoster said:

If you can drink it.........so can your plants.

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That's good to know, and to think I've been selfishly keeping my scotch just to myself all this time.

Funkentelechy said:

That's good to know, and to think I've been selfishly keeping my scotch just to myself all this time.

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It'll put hair on their chest.

Funkentelechy said:

That's good to know, and to think I've been selfishly keeping my scotch just to myself all this time.

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you gotta foliar feed with scotch.

rkymtnman said:

you gotta foliar feed with scotch.

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Nah man it ends up half cut

Most of the hydro growers here put extra in water.
When i did soil i did half an hour airation of water with an airpump while i mix nutes

Funkentelechy said:

Drinking water contains chloramine now not chlorine, chloramine does not evaporate. Leaving water out or using an airstone will do nothing other than to bring the water up to room temperature, which might reduce shock if your water comes out at a very different temperature than your soil temp.

If you are concerned about it you can use a filter that specifies that it removes chloramine, not all filters will remove it. Or, add Humic acid, compost, or even some bioactive soil. Most folks feel that it is not a concern to use water that contains chloramine to water plants. The small amount that is used is quickly neutralized by the bioactivity and the humic content of the soil.

I use spring water or filter my water, but I also feel that it is probably unnecessary to do so.

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Not necessarily
It depends on your location
I have Lake Michigan water treated with chlorine

I like your username!!

Plants use chlorine to grow apparently its essential for photosynthesis and Co2 intake.