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South Dakota

Does chlorine hurt pumpkin plants? When mixed with ferts(seaweed/fish/compost teas/ etc..) does it affect them? Are there filters a person can buy to remove chlorine? Thank you!! Kevin

1/9/2007 1:07:33 PM

San Jose garysand@pacbell.net

chlorine is not good for living things, very toxic, but most places you are only talking <1ppm, the cheapest way is to let the water sit in a barrel, or tank or something, the chlorine will dissipate over night with a bubble machine

1/9/2007 7:50:20 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

i bought some filters a few years back to filter out the chlorine, but the oranics in teh water would clog up the filters in no time, i think the barrel methode is more cost effective.

1/10/2007 9:59:53 AM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

It's important to know too whether you have chorline or chloramine in your water. Chlorine will dissipate, but chloramine will not. The only thing I have found to get out chloramine is carbon filtration. I bought a filter from Charley's several years ago that i still use. You can actually make your own with readily available filtering mechanisms and home depot or lowes.

1/10/2007 10:46:20 AM

Western NY

call your local health dept. they might even grab one of their routine municipal water samples at your house, so they would have to test the chlorine level when they are there. that would at least give you a starting point to know how high it is.

it's not going ot hurt the plants, and i wouldn't normally worry about mixing it with your fish and seaweed. i know Tim Bailey is on city water, and he has done well the last fwe years.

1/10/2007 1:35:19 PM

SF Bay Area, California

I don't think chlorine or chloramine pose much of a problem for the plants. The antibacterial action they both have is pretty much overwelmed once your water hits the soil. However, both chemicals can be removed safely with products that are intended for fish tanks. Go to the local aquarium/fish place and pick up some for a few bucks. The best stuff removes both.

1/10/2007 5:20:37 PM

Phoenix, AZ

The only way you will have chlorine in your water is if you are using a municipal source. They dose with sodium hypochlorite (bleach) to kill bacteria. Chlorine residual generally is below 1 PPM (should be) but the sodium is what causes problems with growth. The chlorine goes away in the pipes but the sodium stays thus concentrating.

1/11/2007 8:57:34 AM

Dummer Twp - Ontario

I deal with watermains at work and have found the best way for us growers is probably to run a bubbler in the barrel with the top off so sun gets at it during the day. Chlorine stays with the water the complete trip in the pipes. As previous mentioned this is only in municipal water systems.

1/11/2007 5:52:59 PM