I would check with Mike Hansen of MBP Bonsai and the
Austin Bonsai Society about this, since he live in the same area
as you and has researched water treatment extensively.
Neither chlorine nor calcium should be any problem for
your bonsai. The calcium will mess up your pots with deposits
over time, however. If you want to store water, there are
commercially available mosquito dunks available. They look like a
donut.
Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Don Walker
Good morning,
I have hard water so I try to keep my watering can full so the
calcium
can settle out and the chlorine can evaporate. The problem is
that I
never seem to have enough water ready for my trees and it's just
going
to get worse as the Summer heats up. I'm thinking of buying a
barrel or
a large pot or maybe a filter.

How do you folks treat your bonsai water?

If you use a settling vessel how do you keep the mosquitoes out?

Thanks,
Don

Round Rock, TX
Zone 8b

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