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Filtering city water for plants
Posted on 6/28/25 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 6/28/25 at 9:09 pm
Has anyone installed a filter to filter out chlorine and fluoride when watering your plants? Is there a noticeable difference? If you did what filter did you use ?
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Posted on 6/29/25 at 1:11 am to Boston911
Just pour the water in a pitcher or bucket and leave it out overnight…the chlorine flashes off.
This post was edited on 6/30/25 at 9:15 am
Posted on 6/29/25 at 1:36 am to Boston911
Yes and yes. Amazon basics garden hose filter.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 7:28 am to Boston911
Why would you need to do this?
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:28 am to Boston911
Fluoride in drinking water does impact some plants if that is the main source of irrigation. LINK
Catching and storing rainwater may be easier and cheaper than using the special filters needed to remove it. As noted in another post, chlorine is a gas and leaves water pretty quickly without filters being needed.
Catching and storing rainwater may be easier and cheaper than using the special filters needed to remove it. As noted in another post, chlorine is a gas and leaves water pretty quickly without filters being needed.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:31 am to Boston911
Catch rain.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:45 am to Boston911
Whole house R.O. filtration is the only way you are filtering out fluoride from tap water and a system like that has to be $$$. Cheaper to setup a rain catching system but still going to be a good bit of extra work.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 11:13 am to Boston911
Brawndo has what plants need!
Posted on 6/29/25 at 4:38 pm to Boston911
This is of no help but a found out a few years ago, Boise Idaho runs a second set of water lines to neighborhoods. One standard and a second irrigation water system that comes off the river and doesn’t have the chlorination. Just a cool feature
Posted on 6/29/25 at 7:40 pm to RaginCajunz
I’ve heard it all now. I’m honestly curious what plants are hurting from fluoride and chlorine? There’s people that irrigate their yard with city water, I’ve never noticed a difference.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 8:54 pm to baldona
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I’ve heard it all now. I’m honestly curious what plants are hurting from fluoride and chlorine? There’s people that irrigate their yard with city water, I’ve never noticed a difference.
Go water a potted lychee tree with city water and get back to me.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 9:10 pm to Tigerlaff
I have a well and water my plants with that.
They do really great.
Only downside….. my plants glow in the dark !!!!!
They do really great.
Only downside….. my plants glow in the dark !!!!!
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:14 pm to baldona
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I’ve heard it all now. I’m honestly curious what plants are hurting from fluoride and chlorine? There’s people that irrigate their yard with city water, I’ve never noticed a difference.
I think it’s more … why waste chemicals and treatments on water you use for plants and lawns? I’m sure it’s filtered to some extent for valve-clogging junk but otherwise it’s mineral rich compared to potable water.
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