Bananas.org - View Single Post - Is it a bad idea to water bananas with hose water?

jmoore · 04-19-2012, 01:00 PM

MTBE?

As for hose water, any chlorine will evaporate after a short period of time and it may even contain beneficial ions like calcium, magnesium, sulphate etc

I use it, but it's not ecologically sound, I should use collected rain water. Ho hum.

04-19-2012, 01:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
jmoore jmoore 's Photo Gallery Location: Lowestoft, UK Zone: 8a Name: James Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 766 BananaBucks : 119,171 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 192 Times Was Thanked 799 Times in 373 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 71 Times	Re: Is it a bad idea to water bananas with hose water? MTBE? As for hose water, any chlorine will evaporate after a short period of time and it may even contain beneficial ions like calcium, magnesium, sulphate etc I use it, but it's not ecologically sound, I should use collected rain water. Ho hum.