Re: Water

I think I would put 4 boxes of baking soda in the water to balance out your
acids, put in a sump with a garden hose and sprinkler and let it run all day. 
Be sure to turn it off at 3 pm so the leaves will have a chance to dry.
--- On Wed, 8/20/08, DEC <dec@stratuswave.net> wrote:

From: dec <dec@stratuswave.net>
Subject: Re: Water
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 10:05 AM

Scott,
Pump the water a little at a time in barrels, let them sit a couple of days
as the chlorine will evaporate. Then pump the water on your patch. As for
using it all at once I wouldn't. I mostly use chlorinated municipal water I

put in barrels and let sit a day or two so the chlorine will evaporate and
it works well. I also use rain water where I place these 60 gal. barrels
under downspouts. If that sits for awhile I put an ounce of bleach in that
water to keep disease growth out of the water. Let them sit a couple days
and then put on the patch.  Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott G. Manke" <manke@in-form.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Water


>I have roughly 1,200 gallons of water in a pool that needs to be
> drained.  Question for the group is, with the chlorine and other
> balancing agents that have been used in this water, is it a good
> candidate for watering my pumpkin patch?
>
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