Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 05:49:37 +0800 From: "John H. Phillips III" <phillips@library.ucsf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2886$foo@default> Subject: RE: Water
At 08:03 AM 7/31/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Charlie,
>
>Tap water doesn't mean automatic death. If you have to use tap water,
>check out a few things first by calling your municipal water supplier or
>by having your water tested if you use a well. You can also buy a pH
>test kit from an aquarium store and see if the pH is alkaline or acid.
>If alkaline, you can add a few drops of vinegar to lower the pH. Salts
>in the water is another problem, though. It may be that your tapwater
>is low in salts in which case you can use it. You can find that out by
>asking your water supplier. Bring the results back to list to get
>people's opinion about the salt level. If the water has high salt
>levels, you could probably still use it if you did a couple of things.
>Water from above or if you water from the tray then periodically flush
>your media by watering from above. You may also have to repot more
>frequently (yearly?).
>
I would just add that I have found some CP's, such as Drosera, to be more
sensitive to any mineral content than others. Nepenthes of course,
Sarracenia and Cephalotus seem to be relatively less sesitive.
John Phillips
phillips@library.ucsf.edu
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