Which type of vitamin C to remove chlorine from tap water?

bam0813 said:

I use well staight from a submersible pump no filter, no problems infact they seem to love it

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Same, I run from my shallow well with a hose, straight to the plants..

havent read the replys, but use ascorbic acid, not vitamin c although its the same thing realy

bam0813 said:

If it killed your plants, the water, it will kill you. I gotta say bs unless your in a third world country or flint MI. You or something else killed them not the water imo

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OK, I hear you. I'm not here to start an argument.

The tap water here doesn't kill the plants in the garden, they still grow, but the rate of growth is noticeably slower, and less vigorous during tap watering months. I have to rely on the tap often as it doesn't rain enough here to water everything with rain water year round. The herb garden becomes more wimpy when it's running on tap water. Every time we get some rain and I can give the cacti pots and the garden some sky water, growth quickly explodes and everything looks more lush, the plants always seem much happier.

So I use the tap water if I have to, and it keeps everything alive, the herbs will still grow, but rain water is much better for the garden, and especially the cacti. They love it.

After noticing this trend for years- as an experiment, I had a spot full of some Peruvian Torches in pots I cloned from a giant parent in 2016, and I gave certain ones only tap water. The tap watered clones grew at an average rate of about 1/2 foot per limb each year and were green. The clones that got rain water grew 1foot or more (up to 1.5 ft!) per limb each year, threw off more pups, and were noticeably fatter and more "blue". Same parent, same soil, same nutrients, same amount of sun, but different water.

This is just what I have observed.

*EDIT* Oh sorry @bam0813 I didn't realise you were replying to someone else

Playk328 said:

Why would you need to add anything? You can just put water in a bucket and leave it out for a bit and the chlorine will evaporate away..

Because chlorine is considered to be extremely volatile, it will evaporate without much issue. If you don't want to spend money to get rid of chlorine in your water, the chlorine will eventually evaporate if you simply leave the water to stand.

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Up until the early 2000's, tap water in my country contained only the chlorine in gas form you speak of, that would simply evaporate if left out long enough. I have older hippy friends still saying to leave tap water out overnight.

But now there is chloramine and other chemicals added to the water that do not evaporate.

I tend to leave a bucket out as well but that’s really to let it come too room temp but if i need water fast I turn my hot and cold in full blast and i end up about 76* , water immediately and dont ever see any issues i associate to my water