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[IBC] Too much lime
I need some help on watering; water here is too hard (it has a high
content of lime), and I think this has a deleterious effect on some of my trees (specially on A. palmatum), Does anyone have an idea on how to treat the water (making it less hard). Any reference on the "ideal" water for example distilled water?). Thanks everybody. Claudio Fierro Neudörfer, Chile (Zone 9). ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Too much lime
I need some help on watering; water here is too hard (it has a
high content of lime), and I think this has a deleterious effect on some of my trees (specially on A. palmatum), Does anyone have an idea on how to treat the water (making it less hard). Any reference on the "ideal" water for example distilled water?). Thanks everybody. Claudio Fierro Neudörfer, Chile (Zone 9). ====================== I don't think hardness has anything to do with the health of your trees. If it meets public health standards and you can drink it, it is OK for plants. The tree's cells/leaves will filter the calcium out and will pass it out through their stomata where it might leave some white deposit on the leaves. This is unsightly, but it can be rubbed away with your fingers. Can you tell me what the pH of your water is? If your soil has very little organic material in it, there is a remote chance that water with a *very* high pH could raise the pH of your soil to a level that might make an azalea (for instance) unhappy, but . . . you might be pushing the health limit there, too. There will be very little change in soil pH if you have any amount of organics in your soil. In any event, distilled water isn't good. You could save rainwater (if you are in a part of Chile where it rains ;-) Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Too much lime
Claudio, disculpa este medio, pero te busqué en la red y quería saber cómo estabas, qué ha sido de tí. Ha pasado tanto tiempo y creo deben haber muchas cosas para contar... escríbeme a . Un abrazo grande.
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