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Posted by sleeplessinftwayne z4-5 IND (My Page) on Wed, Mar 2, 05 at 23:16
| I understand that the chemicals in city water will play havoc in a bog, but my DH is going to flip if I start catching rainwater in a barrel. I figure I could hide it for about half the summer but after that all bets would be off for the survival of my gardens and pond. Is it possible to age tap water to use in the bog? If so, how long should I keep it before use? Are there any tests I could use? Sandy |
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DH sounds unstable. There was a reason that all of those ancient mummified people that they have pulled out of the bogs got tossed in there in the first place. I think it was because they nagged their spouses about landacape issues. My wife is about _this close_ to being the centerfold in a distant future issue of National Geographic (maybe Miss Bog Person 7000 AD) - if she makes any more comments about the yard.
(Just kidding dear)
Bob |
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Well, I guess I will now try to answer your question for real, to prove that I am not just some smart aleck.
If you let tap water sit out, the chlorine go away, but the other bad things will still be there - the minerals that make the water hard and alkaline.
The issue is that whether or not you can violate the "never water a bog with tap water" rule is what kind of water you have.
I looked up Ft. Wayne's water - its hardness is 100 ppm. That is "moderately hard water". Ft. Wayne's water has an alkalinity of 35 ppm. I found one website where they were trying to get the alkalinity of the water feeding into a bog down to less than 10 ppm.
In my opinion, and others would know better from first hand experience, it would probably be a bad idea to water your bog long term with tap water.
Bob |
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