Hi. The town water supply in my town is heavily chlorinated (you can smell
the chlorine when the hose is turned on). What effect would this have on my
bonsai?

I have been training a few trees for about 13 months now, so I am a
relative beginner. However, I am making pleasing progress, I think, and
don't want to risk stressing my bonsai out with this water..

I actually use available tank water that I have, but want to learn about the
effects of chlorine should my tank run dry..

Tony Charles

Hi Tony,

I do not like to water my trees with chlorinated water but I am also too
cheap to buy a R/O system. Chlorine is a very reactive chemical and while
it does not appear to have any short term effect I do not advise using it
over the long term. If you do have to use it try and use a breaker nozzle
to allow as much aeration as possible which will let a fair amount of the
chlorine to "boil off".
hth,
Robert

"Tony Charles" wrote in message
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Hi. The town water supply in my town is heavily chlorinated (you can
smell
the chlorine when the hose is turned on). What effect would this have on
my
bonsai?

I have been training a few trees for about 13 months now, so I am a
relative beginner. However, I am making pleasing progress, I think, and
don't want to risk stressing my bonsai out with this water..

I actually use available tank water that I have, but want to learn about
the
effects of chlorine should my tank run dry..

Tony Charles