Re: Fish Tank with GREEN Water

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• From: d*@cdmas.crc.fmlh.edu (Don Martinson)
• Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 11:31:02 -0600
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...does
>anyone know whether I can use the water to "fertilize" house plants?
>How about seedlings?
>
>Any suggestions?  Or would I be best to just dump this water down the
>drain?
>
>Heather in Markham, Ontario
>Zone 6 - tulips just poking through the soil, and bunnies nibbling them
>off...ho hum...

I've been doing this for years, both with water from my indoor aquarium and
my outdoor pond. with no problems.  I would offer this caveat, however;  a)
Don't use the water if you had added any medications to it and b) try it
out first on a plant that you might consider expendable.

Don Martinson
dmartin@cdmas.crc.fmlh.edu

"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."

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