water How to remove chlorine / chloramine from water

Powelly

Powelly

As topic says
I don't want to kill all the beneficial microbes in my soil with chloraminated water
 
My usage is about 10-20L of water a week
 
floricole said:
Chloramine will remain in water for an extended period of time and requires a chemical or carbon treatment to remove it.
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How do I perform such action
Would a beer brewing store be my best bet to find such a solution?
 
Powelly said:
As topic says
I don't want to kill all the beneficial microbes in my soil with chloraminated water
 
My usage is about 10-20L of water a week
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If it's of any use to you...  I used to believe that chloramine would decimate soil microbes.  Alas, that has not been the case.  My plants have shown complete indifference to rain water vs city water.
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I'm still growing out organically, but using city water - with chloramine, not chlorine.  I do not treat it, in any manner.
 
juanitos said:
i second that. have never treated my water.
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I have a row in my container garden that is fed solely off of the rain barrels and gravity drip.  The other rows behind them get city water on drip.  All containers amended organically.  I have seen plants growing side-by-side with both types of water.  Literally zero difference - save the occasional isolated pest on one or the other. (the pests don't care which water you use, either, btw)
 
When I water my plants in the solo cups indoors I always have a gallon of water sitting open 24 hrs or so in advance.....once they are in the pails or garden ....its straight from the hose or mother nature.
 
Sizzle Lips said:
When I water my plants in the solo cups indoors I always have a gallon of water sitting open 24 hrs or so in advance.....once they are in the pails or garden ....its straight from the hose or mother nature.
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I keep 10 gallons of water sitting on the shelf inside, waiting to use on the transplants. Many times I'll still see the chlorine bubbles on the side of the jug, waiting to be released.
 
Putting the water jugs in the sun in the summer does the best job for my peppers in pots, or so it seems.
 
Thanks guys this is reassuring 
I will still practice filling the watering can up with hot tap water and leaving it a few days 
 
The vitamin C article is also very interesting
 
Spicytigger said:
Do you guys find rainwater off of an asphalt shingled roof a problem?
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That was a bit of a smartass answer I gave before... But to keep the particulate out of my barrel, I have a gutter screen that catches most of that. You can also split off your downspout and add a double sand filter before it dumps into the barrel. (2 sand filters, unless you can find one huge one that will accommodate the flow of rain water coming off of your roof at the rate of several thousand gallons per hour)
 
I agreed with your comment Solid, especially with the mega treated water down here. I don't have a rain gutter off my roof, it just rolls off in spots with 5gal HD buckets to catch it. I would use it till it got to about an inch from the bottom, then dumped and cleaned the bucket for the next rain.
 
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