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Wine barrels question
G'day All,
I have a couple of large wine barrels that I've connected up to catch rain water off the garage roof. Works well, but at this stage the water from them still smells strongly of red wine. I suppose that will wear off when they've been filled/emptied/filled a few times. My questions a Will this wine-flavoured water, which I'm assuming is pretty acidic, harm my native plants? Is it OK for the lemon tree? What about vegies? Any thoughts? Mark. |
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Mood morning Mark. My wife has several orange & lemon trees potted and kept
in during the winter. She has to put some acidic material on them a couple times a year. All good plants need the soil pH to be 6 or lower, depending upon the plants (blueberries need 4 to 5.5, with 7 being neutral). The only plants that I know of, that will grow in soil with a pH higher than approx 9.5, is weeds. I don't think you will have any problem. If you have any doubts, take a pH reading, and if it is too high, fill the barrel with water and add a box or two of baking soda and let it stand for several days to neutralize any acid left in the barrel. Dwayne "M" wrote in message news G'day All, I have a couple of large wine barrels that I've connected up to catch rain water off the garage roof. Works well, but at this stage the water from them still smells strongly of red wine. I suppose that will wear off when they've been filled/emptied/filled a few times. My questions a Will this wine-flavoured water, which I'm assuming is pretty acidic, harm my native plants? Is it OK for the lemon tree? What about vegies? Any thoughts? Mark. |
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Add some lime to the plants and you shouldnt have too many problems.
Rain water tends to turn soils acidic anyway, but your plants are in for a treat. Its party time. (grin!) Youre mollycoddling those plants. Its time to turn them into wine swilling tough aussie natives. Dwayne wrote: Mood morning Mark. My wife has several orange & lemon trees potted and kept in during the winter. She has to put some acidic material on them a couple times a year. All good plants need the soil pH to be 6 or lower, depending upon the plants (blueberries need 4 to 5.5, with 7 being neutral). The only plants that I know of, that will grow in soil with a pH higher than approx 9.5, is weeds. I don't think you will have any problem. If you have any doubts, take a pH reading, and if it is too high, fill the barrel with water and add a box or two of baking soda and let it stand for several days to neutralize any acid left in the barrel. Dwayne "M" wrote in message news G'day All, I have a couple of large wine barrels that I've connected up to catch rain water off the garage roof. Works well, but at this stage the water from them still smells strongly of red wine. I suppose that will wear off when they've been filled/emptied/filled a few times. My questions a Will this wine-flavoured water, which I'm assuming is pretty acidic, harm my native plants? Is it OK for the lemon tree? What about vegies? Any thoughts? Mark. |
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Jonno wrote:
Add some lime to the plants and you shouldnt have too many problems. Rain water tends to turn soils acidic anyway, but your plants are in for a treat. Its party time. (grin!) Youre mollycoddling those plants. Its time to turn them into wine swilling tough aussie natives. Dwayne wrote: Mood morning Mark. My wife has several orange & lemon trees potted and kept in during the winter. She has to put some acidic material on them a couple times a year. All good plants need the soil pH to be 6 or lower, depending upon the plants (blueberries need 4 to 5.5, with 7 being neutral). The only plants that I know of, that will grow in soil with a pH higher than approx 9.5, is weeds. I don't think you will have any problem. If you have any doubts, take a pH reading, and if it is too high, fill the barrel with water and add a box or two of baking soda and let it stand for several days to neutralize any acid left in the barrel. Dwayne "M" wrote in message news G'day All, I have a couple of large wine barrels that I've connected up to catch rain water off the garage roof. Works well, but at this stage the water from them still smells strongly of red wine. I suppose that will wear off when they've been filled/emptied/filled a few times. My questions a Will this wine-flavoured water, which I'm assuming is pretty acidic, harm my native plants? Is it OK for the lemon tree? What about vegies? Any thoughts? Mark. Thanks, guys. Jonno - I thought lime was no good for natives. Dwayne - I'll drag out the aquarium testing kit. The baking soda sounds good. Ta, Mark. |
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Youre right, but a small amount to neutralise any acid "should" take care of it after testing with a ph kit. Depending on how acid it may not even be needed. Jonno wrote: Add some lime to the plants and you shouldnt have too many problems. Rain water tends to turn soils acidic anyway, but your plants are in for a treat. Its party time. (grin!) Youre mollycoddling those plants. Its time to turn them into wine swilling tough aussie natives. Dwayne wrote: Mood morning Mark. My wife has several orange & lemon trees potted and kept in during the winter. She has to put some acidic material on them a couple times a year. All good plants need the soil pH to be 6 or lower, depending upon the plants (blueberries need 4 to 5.5, with 7 being neutral). The only plants that I know of, that will grow in soil with a pH higher than approx 9.5, is weeds. I don't think you will have any problem. If you have any doubts, take a pH reading, and if it is too high, fill the barrel with water and add a box or two of baking soda and let it stand for several days to neutralize any acid left in the barrel. Dwayne "M" wrote in message news G'day All, I have a couple of large wine barrels that I've connected up to catch rain water off the garage roof. Works well, but at this stage the water from them still smells strongly of red wine. I suppose that will wear off when they've been filled/emptied/filled a few times. My questions a Will this wine-flavoured water, which I'm assuming is pretty acidic, harm my native plants? Is it OK for the lemon tree? What about vegies? Any thoughts? Mark. Thanks, guys. Jonno - I thought lime was no good for natives. Dwayne - I'll drag out the aquarium testing kit. The baking soda sounds good. Ta, Mark. |
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"M" wrote in message news G'day All, I have a couple of large wine barrels that I've connected up to catch rain water off the garage roof. Works well, but at this stage the water from them still smells strongly of red wine. I suppose that will wear off when they've been filled/emptied/filled a few times. This reminds me of a story I heard in my youth ... wavy lines across the screen as we travel back in time Apparently, in the Middle East of antiquity, there was a chap who worked for a catering company, feeding large numbers of people at mountainside prayer gatherings with fish and bread. Same chap must have been moonlighting as a magician, because I remember being told he also did a fabulous trick where he could change water into wine. What you need to do is find out how he performed this trick, then work on reversing it with your wine barrels, thereby turning them into water barrels, and eliminating the wine-smell. It might be difficult; apparently the magical catering chappie was Jewish, so there probably isn't much written about him. Perhaps try your local library? HTH HAND WTF |
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Teh Most Revernd Bishop of Willesden wrote:
"M" wrote in message news G'day All, I have a couple of large wine barrels that I've connected up to catch rain water off the garage roof. Works well, but at this stage the water from them still smells strongly of red wine. I suppose that will wear off when they've been filled/emptied/filled a few times. This reminds me of a story I heard in my youth ... wavy lines across the screen as we travel back in time Apparently, in the Middle East of antiquity, there was a chap who worked for a catering company, feeding large numbers of people at mountainside prayer gatherings with fish and bread. Same chap must have been moonlighting as a magician, because I remember being told he also did a fabulous trick where he could change water into wine. What you need to do is find out how he performed this trick, then work on reversing it with your wine barrels, thereby turning them into water barrels, and eliminating the wine-smell. It might be difficult; apparently the magical catering chappie was Jewish, so there probably isn't much written about him. Perhaps try your local library? HTH HAND WTF Apparently his father excelled in physics and it must have rubbed of somewhat. It may be worthwhile to get in touch with him, rather than the son, though a direct approach seems to be difficult due to many misleading statements attributed by his so called followers in a book which has been translated from many ancient languages.(Some of which are the Dead Sea scrolls) These for some reason, cannot be released as they may conflict with even more teachings. |
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