[compost_tea] Chlorine in Municipal Water

From: RTS Friction - Carruthers <home_at_zim.co.zw>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:04:57 +0200

I use only municipal water in my worm bins, compost, compost tea, tropical =
fish tanks & on the garden.

For compost tea I have three white plastic 20 litre containers that I leave=
 in the sun for a day (or longer) I then place in the brewer/bubbler with a=
 small handful of compost aerate for a night then continue as per normal th=
e following day. No prob (under microscope) teaming with microbes in 24hrs.
I do also wonder though, the effect of direct spraying municipal water on l=
eaves - all the more reason to spray with compost tea on a REGULAR basis. R=
egrettably I only get round to it once every couple of months.

Rgds
Ian
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Deight To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com

  In discussing this with others, it was put forward that many home gardene=
rs have been producing wonderful produce for years with hand watering using=
 municipal water. Therein lies my dilemma, we know for a fact that chlorin=
e kills the microbes, yet we see many home gardeners producing successful c=
rops.


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