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RE: [compost_tea] sodium hypochlorite and chlorine



Dear Chris:

I know Cl is very volitile and leaves during overhead sprinkling, which is 
a lot of my watering.

However, as I stated previously, I don't believe free Cl is the issue.  Our 
water tests low for Cl with a standard pool test strip.

I'm interested in two main issues:

1a)  What are the products of the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and water 

1b)  What are the effects of these byproducts on an organic garden

2a)  Can I have sodium hypochlorite (not the byproducts, but the actual 
substance) at the tap.  I don't know if the chlorine in sodium hypochlorite 
would register up on a standard pool test strip because the chlorine is not 
free.  I don't know if NaOCl would "bubble off" during overhead watering.

2b)  What is the effect of sodium hypochlorite (not the byproducts, but the 
actual substance) on an organic garden.

I suspect that NaOCl does not show up on a test strip.  I suspect that 
NaOCl does not bubble off.  I suspect that I'm applying sodium hypochlorite 
to my organic material at which point the NaOCl is reacting with the 
organic material and causing problems.

Paulette

-----Original Message-----
From:	chris reid [SMTP:reidchris@earthlink.net]
Sent:	Friday, June 27, 2003 5:58 AM
To:	compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	[compost_tea] sodium hypochlorite and chlorine


Paulette,

I will await replies on your chemistry equation request -- I can't help
there.

How are you watering your plants?  Are you irrigating?  If so, is it drip 
or
bubbler/spray head?

I ask because when I talked to the soil specialist at the state ag
experiment station, he told me that because chlorine is very volatile, it
was his opinion that most of it would leave the water and go into the air
with a bubbler or overhead type of irrigation.

He does not use compost tea, so his opinion is not based on studying soil
test results with/without chlorine or sodium hypochlorite; others may have
such data and may be able to speak to it.

I don't know if we have sodium hypochlorite in our water or what its
volatility is.

Chris Reid



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