> What's the point of using distilled water when some advise of fertilizing
> the plants? Sort of defeats the purpose doesn't it? Brian Estes
>
Fertilizer=inorganic nitrogen (nitrate), phosphorus (as PO4), potassium
potash (as K+)
Hard water=calcium, magnesium, none or very little of the above
Distilled water=water only, and you can then control the fertilizer
precisely with supplements. Also, Calcium and magnesium in high
concentrations are toxic to many carnivorous plants, so use
distilled/deionized/reverse osmosis/rain water.
Sean Barry