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advice on watering my plants
So I've enjoyed this group these past few weeks and do believe that
someone was talking about using their pond water for watering plants. I have a little ten gallon aquarium and about fifty house plants, veggies, herbs, etc. growing on tables by my front window. Results have always been spotty due to not enough light and probably my tendancy to overwater. I've found that if I give the plants a shot of fertilizer that the leaves tend to go dark dark green, and curl under. Would some kind soul please comment on the value of using aquarium water and tell me whether or not I should supplement with fertilizer. I use soil for some plants, and passive hydroponics for others using the expanded clay pellets as a medium. Thanks for your consideration. If there is another newsgroup more appropriate to these types of questions I'd appreciate a heads up as to what the group is called. |
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advice on watering my plants
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:08:59 EDT, BERNIE THE BUNION
wrote: So I've enjoyed this group these past few weeks and do believe that someone was talking about using their pond water for watering plants. I have a little ten gallon aquarium and about fifty house plants, veggies, herbs, etc. growing on tables by my front window. Results have always been spotty due to not enough light and probably my tendancy to overwater. I've found that if I give the plants a shot of fertilizer that the leaves tend to go dark dark green, and curl under. Would some kind soul please comment on the value of using aquarium water and tell me whether or not I should supplement with fertilizer. I use soil for some plants, and passive hydroponics for others using the expanded clay pellets as a medium. Thanks for your consideration. If there is another newsgroup more appropriate to these types of questions I'd appreciate a heads up as to what the group is called. Hi Bernie, I have a 30 gallon patio pond in my living room, and I have used it in the past for watering my house plants. When I did this I had quite a few fish in it at the time, so I did not fertilize the plants. They did great. Currently I have only 2 small fish in there, and lots of duck weed on top that I don't want to lose, so I've pretty much stopped the practice. Plants are still doing great w/fertilizer. Thus I'd say, if you don't use salt in your aquarium, go forth and water. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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advice on watering my plants
"BERNIE THE BUNION" wrote in message ... So I've enjoyed this group these past few weeks and do believe that someone was talking about using their pond water for watering plants. -------------- Brevity snip! You need to Google "tropical houseplant care." Different houseplants and herbs need different soils and fertilizers. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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