05-18-2007, 03:47 PM
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Can't Re-Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Favorite Orchid(s):
Catts and Paphs
I grow my orchids:
Under Lights.
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca.
Posts: 6,143
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Watering Poll
Let's see what is the most popular... I use unfiltered Southern California tap water... I don't seem to have much trouble, except with water spotting.
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05-18-2007, 03:52 PM
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Wrapped in metal..wrapped in ivy...
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Favorite Orchid(s):
Cattleya Alliance
I grow my orchids:
Under Lights.
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 2,590
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:)
I mix half tap and half rain when I fertilize. Otherwise, they get our 145 ppm tap water.
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05-18-2007, 04:01 PM
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Re-member WHAT ??
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Join Date: May 2006
I grow my orchids:
Outside 24/7.
Location: SW FL
Posts: 4,060
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I use water out of the canal or tap for a change. I let Mother Nature water when she feels like it and in the summer I use the drip water out of the AC.
Cin
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05-18-2007, 04:06 PM
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Dreaming with my eyes open...
OrchidTalk Administrator
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Favorite Orchid(s):
Cattleyas & Slippers
I grow my orchids:
In a Greenhouse.
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 15,866
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Arkansas has great water. So tap it is for my fish tank and orchids.
Cheers,
BD 
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05-18-2007, 04:09 PM
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Wrapped in metal..wrapped in ivy...
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Favorite Orchid(s):
Cattleya Alliance
I grow my orchids:
Under Lights.
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 2,590
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brutal_Dreamer
Arkansas has great water. So tap it is for my fish tank and orchids.
Cheers,
BD |
With all of those natural aquifers, it doesn't surprise me. My parents and I used to vacation in Bull Shoals when I was younger, and the lake water was the clearest and coldest I've seen to date! I do love the Ozarks.
Clint
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05-18-2007, 04:28 PM
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Too much to learn, let alone re-member!
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Favorite Orchid(s):
Phals, Vandas, Catts, Paphs
I grow my orchids:
On a Windowsill.
Location: South West London
Posts: 1,318
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If there's RO left over from the fish, the the plants get a treat. Otherwise tap water.... and as we are having pH issues oin the tank at the moment we are not even using the RO water for them.
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05-18-2007, 04:29 PM
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Green thumb & index finger (algae takeover)
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Favorite Orchid(s):
Phalaenopsis Species.
I grow my orchids:
On a Porch/Patio.
Location: Agios Stefanos, Athens, Greece
Posts: 322
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I use bottled drinking water. Tap water in Athens is chlorinated with lots and lots of minerals. I also use an aquarium ph downer and bring it from 7.5 to 6.0.
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05-18-2007, 04:45 PM
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rothaholic
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Join Date: Jan 2007
I grow my orchids:
In a Greenhouse.
Location: Saratoga Co. New York
Posts: 5,060
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rainwater is collected off the greenhouse roof via a gutter system and is stored in a cistern under the floor. For the ones I keep at home, well water is used. I could bucket water up from the pond or collect rainwater at home but it is too much of a pain and impossible in the winter.
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05-18-2007, 05:14 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
I grow my orchids:
On a Windowsill.
Location: UK
Posts: 839
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Tap water here is naturally pretty soft so that's mostly what I use after I let it stand for a day or two to get rid of chlorine. Occasionally I use fishtank water as well.
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05-18-2007, 05:29 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Favorite Orchid(s):
All types
I grow my orchids:
In a Greenhouse.
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,623
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I use rain water if it does not rain Ro. Gin
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