RE: Re: CULT: iris patch observations

From: "Title, CDR Lynn A." <titlel@spawar.navy.mil>

There's a simple answer if the problem is dissolved chlorine -- when
watering orchids or replenishing fishtanks (or, for that matter, when using
drinking water to dose animals with antibiotics)I've been taught to let tap
water sit in an open bucket overnight before use; most of the dissolved
chlorine apparently dissipates into the air. Of course this doesn't get rid
of ALL the dissolved chemicals, but it seems to help.

Lynn

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Clark [j*@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 4:29 PM
To: iris-talk@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: iris patch observations


From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>

>I am wondering also if the chemicals used in our water system may
>aggravate this.  Sometimes when taking a shower the chlorine smell is
>so strong one can barely take a breath.  And this year there is been almost

>no rainfall, so the yard plants have either had the treated water or none.
>Donald Eaves

I have been wodering the same thing here Donald. We have chlorinated water, 
which I don't think is well regulated. Some days you can hardly breath in 
the shower. Other days you can't smell it at all.
I have been watering newly transplanted rz's with it, and my losses have 
been higher this year than others - mainly from crown rot I think.
I have a rainwater tank which has sufficient to provide for a few irises, so

I will experiment next year, with a town supply water group, an unwatered 
group and a rainwater group.
I'd be interested to hear what other people's experiences have been.
Cheerz, Jan Clark (Vic, Australia)
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