Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Living in Southern California, I have a very high level of chlorine, chloramine, and god knows what else in my water. I have a "Total Dissolved Solids" (TDS) meter and my water out of the tap has readings of 450+ PPM. Using a commercial Reverse Osmosis filter for drinking water gets me down to about 40 PPM. Using a "laboratory quality" RO filter with an ion exchange unit gets me down to trace levels (unmeasurable).
So I know my water is bad. How bad? If I put 6" of fresh water into my 5' deep koi pond without treating the water, I start killing fish. It takes really bad water to kill a carp like that.
Any idea whether this has a negative impact on my trees? I'm not sure I have an alternative, but I might be able to use filtered water on seedlings or recently transplanted trees. Since both chlorine and chloramine are such strong oxidizers, I would assume they would have the potential to burn roots(?)
So I know my water is bad. How bad? If I put 6" of fresh water into my 5' deep koi pond without treating the water, I start killing fish. It takes really bad water to kill a carp like that.
Any idea whether this has a negative impact on my trees? I'm not sure I have an alternative, but I might be able to use filtered water on seedlings or recently transplanted trees. Since both chlorine and chloramine are such strong oxidizers, I would assume they would have the potential to burn roots(?)