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Comments (2)This is a very broad question. You might need a lot of humidity for some Genera, for others with a strong wet dry cycle you might need not so much. I have two glasshouses with no misters but i grow Genera that will survive on lower humidity. Agree with Jane, there is nothing wrong with most tap water. In fact the tap water here is great. I do water with rainwater but that is only because i want to water my orchids at appropriate times, not when allowed by the continuing water restrictions. As for reducing the temperatures. Again, that depends on what you are trying to grow. Just looked at the max/min thermometer at head height in my warm glasshouse. Not reset for several months and it says Min 10C/Max 41.5C . I know a few growers with glasshouses set up with misters and the plants to my eye look too sappy. It all depends on what is in your collection. Ignore the above if you are trying to simulate tropical montane conditions. I'm using a complete fertilizer with trace elements to make for the lack of minerals in water from my rainwater tank....See Morewater filtration/water softening for well water
Comments (6)Living on a well is different and more complicated than living on a water system. You have to make the water SAFE and then decide whether to make the water NICE. NICE water gives you longer service life for plumbing, appliances, and fixtures and can save you money in soap and detergent use and your clothes will last longer. You need to get a comprehensive water test from an independent certified lab. Labs usually know what to test for in well water in their areas but at a minimum... hardness, iron (ferrous and ferric), manganese, pH, TDS, nitrates, bacteria, sodium, copper, arsenic. With those test results we can intelligently discuss what is in your water, in what amounts, and how best to treat it....See MoreWater Pressure coming from both water lines inside water heater room
Comments (6)I have the water heater completely disconnected and hoses running from the pipes sticking out of the wall. The hoses run down into the washing machine. When I turn the main water line on water comes out both pipes at the same pressure. This has nothing to do with a water heater. Since the pipes are inside the wall I cannot check them for a crossover pipe. The last water heater was in 2012 and I don't remember having any problems with that tank type heater. In 2012 I added a tankless water heater and it never worked right. So I decided that I wanted to change back to a tank water heater. As a test and trying to remember which line coming out of the wall was the inlet, I put hoses on it and put them down in the washing machine and turn the water on to see which one produce the Water. Surprise, they both shooting water at the same high pressure. There is the problem....See MoreWater with softened water - sodium in irrigation water
Comments (8)Answer....that depends. :-) I see that most water softener salt is, simply, sodium chloride. Some is potassium chloride. Some are other salts. We'll assume yours will indeed be sodium chloride. It's cheap and effective. ETA: 103 mg/L easily translates to 103 PPM. Which is a fair clip, actually. /ETA If rarely irrigated and flushed through by ample rainwater, practically nothing is the result. So if, like me, you're in the habit of irrigating once or twice a year, absolute maximum, then don't worry about it. Even sodium-sensitive plants won't notice that. If you happen to live in a semi-arid or arid area and irrigate all the time, irrigate in smaller amounts that never wash the sodium below the root zone, and never receive ample enough rainfall to leach the sodium out of the soil, you'll eventually end up with a dead, sodic soil that won't grow much except sodium-tolerant marsh grasses. And then, not even those. But maybe you can manage a few things that tolerate areas like the Dead Sea. From the description, "not regularly" means your impact is towards the former. I'd be less inclined to worry about it, but would make sure to apply more water less often during dry summers to avoid sodium buildup. Pro tip: Turn off your water softener when you're irrigating the lawn and simply let the hard water hit the lawn. The lawn really doesn't care about that and would much rather have the calcium than sodium anyway. Also, it's far cheaper in terms of your water softener salt. You can certainly turn on the softener temporarily if you need to use the water yourself, but why pay to soften hundreds of gallons that hits the lawn and doesn't do any good?...See Morekec01
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