On 6 Aug, 10:12, "Jeff Layman" wrote:
"Martin Brown" wrote in message

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It is *a bad idea to use tapwater on any lime hating plant (although I do
sometimes for my blueberries when I run out of rainwater).

Depends where your water supply comes from. *Easiest way to tell in a new
area is to wash with your usual amount of soap. *If there is no scum, and it
takes umpteen gallons of water to wash the soap off, then you are in a soft
water area... ;-)

Anyway, the basic rule to remember is that a lime-hater takes a much shorter
time to die from drought than it does from chlorosis!

--

Jeff

Hard water can be acid. However tap water is never acid. It's treated
(if neccesary) to prevent this as metal pipework would be corroded by
acid water. The treatment causes a degree of hardness.

Rainwater is always acid due to dissolved CO2.