Is dog slobber bad for pot plants?

DawgMountain

DawgMountain

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I'M SERIOUS! Please don't ban me for this question!

I've got a small indoor grow going. I fill up a punch bowl every few days to let the water set out to let chlorimines (sp?) and such evaporate. I found out my new puppy has been drinking out of it.

Is this bad in any way? Will my weed smell like dog breath? :eyesmoke:
 
HookdOnChronics

HookdOnChronics

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calm down! your fine! that's ridiculous! Nothings going to happen! Let your pup keep enjoying the water, as well as your girls.
 
Forzaitaly1

Forzaitaly1

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DawgMountain said:
I'M SERIOUS! Please don't ban me for this question!

I've got a small indoor grow going. I fill up a punch bowl every few days to let the water set out to let chlorimines (sp?) and such evaporate. I found out my new puppy has been drinking out of it.

Is this bad in any way? Will my weed smell like dog breath? :eyesmoke:
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Silly question if ur weed will smell like dog breath, Or maybe U can come out with ur own new strain like Kibble Kush or somethin. I never allow my dogs anywhere close to my plants as U never know what they carry in their coat.
 
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GoldenGloves

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Dog saliva is slightly acidic, for the reason to kill bacteria in their mouth and on their body when they clean themselfs, their way of bathing.

The only problem it could cause is a PH balance issue, which you should be able to identify if a problem arises.

I wouldnt recommend it.
 
DawgMountain

DawgMountain

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I was just being silly about the "dog breath" part but the pH is really what I was wondering about. Would my water be worst off because of a pH change? GoldenGloves answered that I think.
 
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New721mon

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Depends on how acidic then dogs breath is and how severe the pH change is. Depending on the media, for soil they say between 6-7. Plants like slightly acidic so somewhere in that range. If the pH change is outside that, depending on the media, then you will have problems with nutrient uptake. So it sounds kinda nasty to put your pH pen through, but I think you’d have to test the pH of the saliva-water mixture. If it’s outside that safe range outside of that particular media then I don’t think it’d be bad on Ph. It would definitely raise the ppm. The question then would be, what’s makes up the ppm of the dog-saliva water mixture. Some good bacteria, harmful bacteria or just neutral bacteria? That, I don’t know. If you Ph your water before watering, then I don’t think you’d have a pH issue. It changes the water’s pH and whatever’s is in the water will have to adjust to live in it or die.
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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New721mon said:
Depends on how acidic then dogs breath is and how severe the pH change is. Depending on the media, for soil they say between 6-7. Plants like slightly acidic so somewhere in that range. If the pH change is outside that, depending on the media, then you will have problems with nutrient uptake. So it sounds kinda nasty to put your pH pen through, but I think you’d have to test the pH of the saliva-water mixture. If it’s outside that safe range outside of that particular media then I don’t think it’d be bad on Ph. It would definitely raise the ppm. The question then would be, what’s makes up the ppm of the dog-saliva water mixture. Some good bacteria, harmful bacteria or just neutral bacteria? That, I don’t know. If you Ph your water before watering, then I don’t think you’d have a pH issue. It changes the water’s pH and whatever’s is in the water will have to adjust to live in it or die.
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Mouth pH isn't far off a body's normal pH of about 7 ish. Around our teeth our pH can drop a little if you harbor the bacteria for dental caries. Dogs run a slightly more alkaline dental environment of 7.5ish. Your dog's saliva won't hurt your soil or plant.

Welcome to RIU, this thread is about 13 years old.
 
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