Re: Water
- Subject: Re: Water
- From: &* R* <j*@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:22:51 -0400
4 boxes? How big are the boxes?
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:07 PM, john mcafee <johnmcafee_99@yahoo.com>wrote:
> 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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