Nice pots and plants, you get addicted we ended up with more than 50 pots filled with plants it took a hr to water them all everyday, trying to cut back was using to much water and time
@Barny52Thanks! And wow, that’s a lot!! They do take a lotta water and believe it or not, I use bottled water for all my veggie/herb plants. The tap water here will kill them, but the regular front plants hold up with the tap water.
@MellyMel22 yep tap water kills very young plants and some others don’t like it but most are fine with it, we don’t use it but collect rain water in barrels from our roof then just top them up with tap water in very dry weather that way the tap water stands for a while which is better for plants
@MellyMel22 it’s why i let tap water stand for 24hrs before using it on plants . Trying more succulents this yr think they look good and only need water every couple of weeks
@Barny52I wish I could use my tap water too.. I had aloe plants that were so big and full and the chipmunks started attacking them every single day. They calmed a bit when I put some citrus air fresheners sticking to the outside of the pots.
@MellyMel22 our problems with slugs and snails , why can’t you use tap water its safe for you to drink, we even use washing up water after we’ve done with it, soap suds and all, some plants we only use rain water like bamboo
@MellyMel22 really we also have hard water we get lime scale in kettle and have a filter on boiler to stop that scaling up but can still drink it yours must be very bad
@MellyMel22 im not questioning it is just amazed you can’t drink your water in a modern place like states, you will have to make do with alcohol instead !!
