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💕Love💕 our plants, and You are Very Interesting, and provide much needed advice, for them! Thankyou, (from us and our many plants!)
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@@m.5748 Thank you 😊
There should be an award for meaningful information/enrichment on CZcams, I believe this tip is extremely valuable game changer. Thank you so very much from New York to you in Sheffield, England.
Wow, thanks!
@@SheffieldMadePlantsI wish there was a badge that was community controlled
Vitamin C in your water does the exact same thing without resorting to a branded product. I just take a pinch of crushed vitamin C tablet and add to my water.
Thank you for this great tip. Will try this out.
You can buy a big bottle of vitamin c crystals too. They last so long and are so easy to use.
Do u use a pinch of vitamin c every time you water. Thanks
@@breezybest6064is this just vitamin C?
How much water to how that 1 tab of vitamin C please? 🙏
I've been watering my plants with this conditioner and yes, my plants love it. My spider plant has given me flowers 😍
Great stuff 👍
I live in the humid tropics with pure water coming out of the tap and had the same problems with my calathea. I put the calathea outside in a shady spot and it didn't get better, and worse, something has been eating the leaves. My solution is to never buy a calathea again. I can easily live without it.
It's a shame but I get it 😅
Have you considered rain water doesn’t contain minerals? It doesn’t.
Check it out. I've heard all rain still carries pollutants.
Same here my clathea gives me hard time I m just beginner when I bought my kids were so happy because it looks so good but now I’m fed up 😢
Not only does rain dissolve and carry pollutants it passes through in the air on its way to earth, if you collect it off a roof or other similar surface it'll pick up all the nitrates, phosphates, bacteria etc. from the rotting moss, algae and bird and insect poo that's covering it. For most plants that shouldn't be a problem but it absolutely does contain 'minerals'. Whatever you do, don't drink it without boiling it first just in case!
Nice to see the plant community discovering the aquarium community little secret about water conditioning. I water all my plants with my tank water and the all seem very pleased.
😁
All this time i threw it away 😮 not any more😂
I have always used my left over coffee & my plants grow like weeds😀
How much coffee and do you have to continue putting coffee in?
I love how you demonstrate in your videos that you ‘throw’ your plants in the bin: before letting them go, carefully position them so they will arrive on their ‘feet’ and they will survive the trip. Disclaimer: no plant babies were harmed in the making of this video 😊💚
I’m reasonably careful 😅
Tried it. It works. Better than plant food. Yahoo. Thank you
Great to hear!
I am a retired old man aquarium hobbyist. I water my plants with aquarium water which is chlorine and chloramine free. I have city water so it is necessary to remove these chemicals because they are toxic to my fish. Your idea is great and stress-coat is a great product but with many aquariums it is a bit expensive for me to use. The main ingredient in all chorine-chloramine neutralizers is sodium Thiosulfate. I purchased a 5 Lbs. bag on line for around $35.00 and used half of it to make my own chorine-chloramine remover. It made enough to last me for decades and I still have enough left in the Crystal form to mix up that much again. Like any commercial chlorine remover you need to shake it up well before using it as the Sodium Thiosulfate tends to separate from sitting on the shelf. I keep mine in glass bottles so that I can see when it has been shaken up well. It is easy to make. Here is the recipe below. To make aquarium Dechlorinator mix 500 grams of Sodium Thiosulfate to a gallon of water. 1 drop will treat a gallon of water, 1 milileter will treat 10 gallons of water. One gallon of this mixture will treat up to 40,000 gallons of water.
Pool Dechlorinator Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate 5 lbs by Cesco Solutions - Premium Chlorine Neutralizer for Pools, Aquarium, Pond - Technical-Grade Chlorine Remover for Hot Tubs - Bulk Package
4 tablespoons of Safe Power to 1500 ml of water will treat 14,400 gallons of water,
The complete and concentrated conditioner for both fresh and salt water
Removes chlorine Chloramine and ammonia
Converts ammonia into a safe nontoxic form that is readily removed by the tank's Bio Filter
May be used during Tank cycling to alleviate ammonia and nitrite toxicity; non acidic and will not impact pH nor will it over activate skimmers
Safe is the dry version of prime and shares all of its advantages, however safe is even more concentrated
That’s very interesting thanks for the tip
So interesting…🤗
I do the same thing. I only water my plants with aquarium water or my carnivorous plants with reverse osmosis. I use Seachem Safe (powder) vs Seachem Prime (liquid) because it's so concentrated I'll maybe never get through a $10 bottle in my whole life.
I do the same mate. And it's healthy for the plants due to the fish waste etc so they kinda get a mini fertilise each time 😊
Water conditioner
I started using this a month ago and it has changed everything...Everybody's a lot healthier and happier! 😅
Everybody? 😁
As an aquarium enthusiast, I can confirm that stresscoat does not interfere with fertlizing. After all the fertilizing routines in heavy hightech aquariums require micros and macros added every day. It would be detrimental if it cancelled NPK added.
Funny thing is I have API at hand, never considered using it in plants since I have mix RO water with tap. Will try it in though! It makes sense.
Cool thanks for confirming
When I do water changes for my aquarium, I use that water for my plants - they love it! (don't use aquarium water if you have salt water tank)
I also have been using the "stress coat" or another version of that (for aquarium) for my plants when I don't use the aquarium water. I have not had any issues.
Awesome!
Thanks a lor for this info
@@abernathymonsoon4638 I gave my son a propagated HOYA. Mine was 15 years old and had never flowered. He was giving his water from his fish tank, and it flowers all the time. Grrrr. I also gave him a Sambach Jasmine not doing well, and it went nuts flowering and scenting up his apt. from fish water.
I bought a 2.5-gallon beverage dispenser with a tap from Amazon. I fill it with water, add the conditioner, and fill my watering can from the tap. It's clear, so it doesn't look bad on my counter.
Ooo very good 👍
How much conditioner per gallon?
@srobinett1 I follow the directions on the bottle and do the math to come up with the correct amount. For the brand I use, it is 1/4 tsp for 2.5 gallons.
This is actually a brilliant idea, thanks! Just have to remember to label mine so nobody accidentally takes a drink from it lol.
Thank you started using conditioner about 4 weeks ago . And it's amazing. No brown anywhere on any of my plants . Thank you 😊
Wonderful!
2 months late for this video, but I have a freshwater planted aquarium, and I've never heard or seen mentioned in aquarium keeping communities that water conditioner could affect fertilizers. My tank is a 3-year-old walstad (use potting soil covered by a layer of aquarium substrate), and now that the soil is depleted I've been using liquid and tablet fertilizer along with Seachem Prime water conditioner and I have never seen any adverse reactions. From what I've also seen, aquarium water is also good for plants. I use the dirty water from cleaning my filters and tank water change to water the little piece of lawn outside my back door, and boy does the grass grow like crazy. That water has all the fish waste and a bunch of filtering microbes and other biomedia, so it does wonders to plants
Thanks for confirming 👍
Definitely the kindest and most educated plant videos I've ever came across. I love all your valuable information 🌸🌹🌿🌵
Wow, thank you!
You are by far, my favorite plant person.. thank you..
Wow, thank you!
It definitely helps with aquarium plants, please keep in mind that use outside of aquariums falls under off-label use so don't go using it for food plants and I wouldn't use anything other than the dosing they put on the bottles: API Tap water conditioner dosing comes out to 3 drops per gallon of water. API Stress Coat conditioner dosing comes out to 10 drops (0.5mL) per gallon. Both of these remove chlorine, chloramine, and detoxify heavy metals from tap water.
Fertilizers that provide metals (think supplementing iron) will become chelated by the use of conditioners like this. Chelated metals from fertilizers will precipitate out of the water but will still be available in the soil.
Don't trust chat GPT lol
If you use a conditioner that says it removes/detoxifies ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate - you will absolutely remove the available nitrogen to the plant, reducing its fertilization. So avoid conditioner products with that wording/feature
And don't use any conditioner that says that it removes/detoxifies ammonia,nitrites, or nitrates as that absolutely will mess up your macro fertilizers
Very helpful as I make my mozzie tea in one gallon jugs and wasn't sure on Stress Coat dosage.
As a spider plant lover I needed to hear this. Im gonna try this for my babies ❤
You’ve got this ✊
It's working out great for my spider plants!!!
@@msbettyofnewark5812 I can't wait to try! I've grown quite attached to the three I have and I'm even trying to propagate some babies now.
I really like your videos because you get to all the points quickly and without a lot of fluff.
Awesome thank you 😊
Yesss!
seemed to take awile for me
Thank you for this awesome suggestion. I’ve used this solution for only one month and have already noticed a dramatic difference in my Calathea and Spider plants. As a result, all of my houseplants are now watered with this solution added. My bamboo plant seems to have grown much more in one month than I have seen in the last six months. THANKS AGAIN for sharing.
Glad it helped!
Based on your videos I recently bought a bottle of this and shared it out with my daughter - i decanted it into two dropper bottles - so can count one drop, two drops etc depending on size of watering vessel.
I’ve done that now too 👍
I poke a hole in the safety seal with a toothpick because I only make it a gallon at a time. Then I drop it in the 1ml part in the cap.
@@devilmecare JUST A DROP IN A GALLON OF WATER? IT SAYS 1ML PER 20 GALLON. I GOT LOST TRYING TO CONVERT HOW MUCH IN A GALLON OF WATER.
Can someone please tell me the correct ratio I should use (ml), really struggling to work it out 😳.
@@NotYourBabyG hi - I tend to use two drops in 1 and half lites of water which is the size of my watering vessel. Hope that helps.
You had mentioned using water conditioner before, and so I took your advice and it has been working well so far. Thank you for making this separate, more in depth video that clarifies some concerns I have thought of. Your content is fantastic! 💖🌱💖🌱💖🌱
Fantastic!
This video came along at the exactly right time. I was just googling water distillers last night and trying to determine the time needed to process so much water and the counter space I would need for the equipment. I just received another African Mask and very much want it to flourish so thank you, thank you. I am so happy to know there is something that will improve my plants water,Sheffield never fails
This option definitely won’t take up so much space 😁
Spot on! I use a aquarium dechlorinator for all of mine and sometimes aquarium water as it has fish waste in it.
Perfect 👌
I appreciate your frankness cuz it makes you more trustworthy.
Thank you 😊
I have been struggling with this issue with my peace lilies for like 10 years and I thought it was hopeless. Thank you! Such a great tip!
Excellent!
Peace lilies are one of the plant that you can use as an aquaponics in aquarium. CZcams have lots of video's
Me too!!!!
You always have the most helpful tips! I’ve been getting a little sick of always having to harvest rainwater, will be trying this out right away
Great stuff 👍
I have now been using this for several months, and he is right. This works quite well.👏🏽👍🏼💡
Great to hear!
My calathea hates tap water but thrives with supermarket bottled still water 😊. When seeing what a huge difference it made, I started using it for all my plants and all of them are doing even better 😊
Oh wow!
My plants hate sink water, I purchased water from the supermarket and my plants love it. So pretty and green and I live on the hot desert.
I never use tap water for my indoor plants , only bottled still water . And someone suggested that for gardenias , use distilled water
@@SheffieldMadePlantsI never use tap water for my indoor plants. Always bottled still water . I will try Distilled water for my Gardenias
@@SheffieldMadePlants I subscribed to your channel , and I enjoy watching all your videos . 👍😍💐😊
Thanks for the tip. For watering my plants, I also use water droplets from my window air conditioning unit. Since I live in a tropical country, it only takes overnight to fill my 16 liter bucket.
Interesting!
Thank you for this video! You mentioned this stuff in one of your previous videos and I've had it in my amazon basket since then but only after watching this one I finally ordered it. I also bought a soil moisture meter following your advice and it was money well spent.
I used to think that plants are not for me as I'd always kill them but it just takes some time and research (videos like yours!) to be a good plant parent. I've got lots of plants now, I've been also rescuing poorly plants and they all seem to be happy with me 🙂 thanks once again.
Awesome and great job 👍
I’ve switched to filtered water for watering thanks to you, it’s helped immensely….thanks!
Glad it helped!
I’ve been using this water conditioner for a couple months now. I purchased from Amazon after seeing the suggestion on your channel. I’ve only a few sensitive plants but I’m looking forward to healthy new growth. I certainly have not had any adverse reaction. I use on all my plants. Thanks for this tip from all who suggested it. 🌱❤
Great stuff 👍 thanks!
I also started using it recently, bc I saw the same video lol. I haven't seen a noticeable difference yet, but I have only been using it about a month. My water is very very hard and gross so I'm sure it will help lol! Wish I knew about it sooner I have a feeling the hard water was partially to blame for some fungus problems, that I am finally getting a hold on! Who knew tap water was so problematic 😂
How much do you use, when watering?
@@barbarapalmer268
I have a 2 gallon watering can and I use a quarter of the cap. Admittedly, I was using too much when I first tried it but there was no adverse reaction to my plants. The small bottle should last you for a good while.
@@barbarapalmer268 I use 3 drops per gallon
I always refill my indoor plant jugs with tap water after I water. Then let the water in the jugs dissipate the chlorine naturally for a couple days or more before watering my indoor plants again.
My outdoor plants get water from my rain water collection. Works great.
Most water supplies use chloramine, a comdo molecule of chlorine and ammonia. They do this so it does not evaporate easily
Same as I do, let Tap water sit out 1-2 days.
I bought this 2 weeks ago and really just started using it, your review has convinced me this was the right choice for my plants!
Great to hear!
My God your channel has grown so much since the last time I watched a video! More than double! Congrats!
Wish to your subscribers' plants the same growth! 😅
Thank you so much!! But why aren't you watching all my video? Joking of course! 😁
@@SheffieldMadePlants hahaha! 😆
I finished with all my replanting and caring projects two months ago. Enjoy the rest of the summer! 😁
Never heard of this, I’m so glad to learn about water conditioner . It makes perfect sense!
You’ve got this ✊
So I bought this after watching your video and I'm hoping this will make a difference. Not all of my plants have a crispy leaf issue but some of the more sensitive ones do and I feel confident that this will help. It cost about $5 for a really small bottle here in Canada but it will probably last me a really long time.
Thank you for the tip.
You bet!
Amazon has a deal right now on API stress coat. Just $8.46 U.S. for a 16 ounce bottle. I just ordered mine :) Thank you so much for the tip! Maybe my spider plant will behave now :). I really enjoy your channel. I’ve learned a lot!
Fantastic!
I also bought mine from Amazon. My plants are happy. I don’t have to buy any water. Thanks
Thank you so much Mr Sheffield, I am amazed and happy that you’ve shown us all about the importance of the water conditioners for our plant water. It’s so very helpful and useful too. And I for one have just brought a Calathea and I’m going to spread the word to everyone who has a lot of p,ants too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
Glad it was helpful!
I literally just threw a bottle of water conditioner away because I have not had fish in over three years. What a great idea… Guess I need to make a trip to the pet store!! Thank you so much for your informative videos, my plants 🪴 and I love you! 💕
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks to you, my plants are thriving with this 😊
Wonderful!
Oh that's for my fish tanks! Bonus tip, if you have a fish tank and then change the water about 1 x a month take the old fish tank water and use it for the plants. 😍
Good tip!
I just ordered the smallest bottle ($3.95) even though I have filtered water. Im just starting a new plant collection after moving back to Florida where my plants have always thrived, but because I’m not 100% certain my water filter removes all the chlorine & chlorimide, i’d rather be safe than sorry. Thanks for the tip! It can’t hurt.
My pleasure 😊
Good to know I can buy it for a reasonable cost. Where I am in C FL my water is hard so will try this tip.
Excellent presentation !!! Now I can stop throwing my plants away 😉
You’ve got this ✊
As an aquarist I take the proses one step farther by only using ex-fish tank water.
I take it one step farther still by syphoning/concentrating my filter cleaning water down to mud that I can selectively use on my plants.
Pro moves 👌
Same here. 7 running planted fresh water tanks. I water with top water throughout the month and once a month I water with the dirty gravel vacuumed or filter cleaned water with all the black gunk. Inhabitants are small fish (tetras, a betta in each tank, various snail species).
@@legaltenderradfem Yes ,the mixture of tap water treatment ,"fish tank plant fertilizer", un eaten food and fish poo can't be beaten.
I also suspect that as I have verry deep substrate made of plant growth soil, sand etc I get anaerobic filtration which finishes the proses of organic backdown to the Elementary level .
I only use distilled water in my fish tank. All these people say "never use distilled water!"...but my fish never complain and the tank sure stays clear! The same as me, only drink distilled water for over 40 years! The so-believed "needed" minerals in tap water, or anything besides distilled for that matter, is dissolved stone...the same thing that creates stalactites and stalagmites in caves! Is there any possible way we could use THAT in our bodies?! We do though...in the form of bladder and kidney stones, and cataracts in our eyes. I'll pass on that, thank you! It was recently discovered that ONLY distilled water forms crystals (think snowflakes!) and they tested every water known to man! If you have ever owned and run a water distiller, in only one 24 hour run, the distiller is coated in a thick lawyer of minerals that must be soaked overnight in straight white vinegar to remove, and it comes off in sheets. I had this book about water, and it had a picture of a man standing next to a pile of dirt as tall as himself, and it said, "This is the amount of dirt and minerals your kidneys will have to deal with in a lifetime." ...not a very pleasant thought! I'm an expert on bought distilled water too, and I've found that Target brand distilled water is the very BEST! (And no, I do not work for Target!) Well, take this information seriously, as it's meant to be taken, and save your eyes, your kidneys and your bladder...and oh, your veins from hardening of the arteries! (I forgot to add that one!) For Big TRUTH! kristi
@@kristilindley7849 for yourself distilled water is grate, but for your fish it comes with a danger .
It's Kh and Gh are both 0, which means it has 0 buffering capacity.
In other words any acid or alkaline can dramatically change the ph. of your water. Having said that my water is like that naturally so although it comes out of the tap with a ph of 6.8 it naturally sits in my tank at 5.3 ph due to fish, plants, etc
without going into the exponential nature of the ph scale that is huge.
Thanks! This is a great tip. About a year ago I started watering exclusively with spring water. That made a huge difference. I live in a totally different world over here in Miami Florida. My plants live year round on my balcony, and from what you’ve described I probably have to water them twice as often as they get near constant 80°F (26°C) and 80% humidity here. We moved in March and a month ago we got a dehumidifier to supplement the air conditioning in our new apartment, and I started saving the runoff water and using it for my plants. I think they’re even more healthy now. I might have to try this stress coat stuff come November when the humidity drops off here and my supply of dehumidifier water dwindles.
Dehumidifier water is a great hack 👍
You just gave me the idea. I live in a house. Easy for me to capture AC runoff! I am in Central FL so AC runs ALL year! I am going to buy an appropriare container ASAP.
Thank you for mentioning this!!!
I used to keep fish for over a decade and used Stress coat for everything it never occured to me to let other people know about it thank you for spreading the word!
You bet!
Great video and sound advice. I keep tropical fish and have 3 aquariums, I'd have more is space allowed ;). All my plants are watered from the tanks and have the benefits of conditioned water, fish waste products within the water and a stable temperature of around 25deg C. The aquariums benefit from regular water changes, so it's a win win. I even use the same water to mist spray plants and air plants, they seem to love it.
That is awesome!
I do this too. I have several well established tanks. This water is liquid gold.
I wondered about doing this. Do you know if it is safe/good for succulents, mesembs, lithops, carnivorous plants, and orchids? Do you happen to know about any of these? Thank you!
@@melissaaldosari8024 I have some succulents, just hens and chicks but they LOVE it, I recently acquired a Phalaenopsis Orchid and have watered that too without ill effect. I can't really see how it can be detrimental if it's from a standard tropical tank ( Obv's NOT saltwater) as the water parameters are stable. I live in a very hard water area and as plants won't take up nutrients in hard water with high PH the aquarium water is very beneficial to me.
@@haitch04 Thank you so much! This is fabulous help!
Blimey....it really work's Have used it for a month now and oh my goodness what a difference..thank you.
Great to hear!
I have been using this for about 3 months and so far so good!
Great stuff 👍
I have Phragmipediums. They have the same kind of leaf tip browning issues, but I started to give them RO water. I was a bit more worried about too much heavy mineral load. I am sure if I lived where the pH was 6, but the pH here is nearly 8. It also takes a bit more time to "fix" leaves because the old "crispy" leaves do not come back, you have to wait for them to grow back.
I have just started using a water conditioner to water my alocasia black velvet! there was no reason I could find for some of the tips on her leaves to turn brown, and after some research found out that the chlorine might have been the issue. It's doing very well now and perfectly happy! super cheap and quick solution
Cool glad it worked out 👍
OMG! Once again you saved the day!!! I have a well and will start using well water for the inside plants! But I sent your video to my neighbor who has been having the brown edge problem and she is going to start using API stress coat Thank you so much!
Glad I could help!
I enjoy listening to your information about caring for my plants. I used to overwater and now that I purchased The water gauge to check if my plants need water I’ve been more successful. Now I’m going to purchase the API stress coat.
Great stuff 👍
I purchased API after you recommended it a few months ago. It really seems to be helping my plants. Excellent video.
Great to hear!
I grow Calatheas from the top of the aquarium! Like some people grow pothos and the fertilized water from my aquarium has also helped them grow amazingly! I’ve wanted to share this with others
That is awesome!
I use the water from my tank changes on my houseplants, and it works a TREAT! Pothos, philodendrons, calatheas all go NUTS submerged. My Cthenthe Grey Star has tripled in size since I changed to treated water 😂
After watching this video today I ordered API stress coat from Amazon. Thank you for the valuable and useful information. I love your channel, and always learn something new.
Glad it was helpful!
Im in the aquarium hobby also, and the water conditioner do not so much with the nitrogen compounds (ammonia, nitrit, nitrate,...), it can help fishes to survive ammonia poisoning, but its not eliminate it. When chloramine is treated, it breaks down chlorine and ammonia, so it actually make ammonia but it is not that much anyway.
Truly a great stuff :D
Cool thanks for clarifying
I was literally wondering about this a few months ago. Thank you for producing and sharing. I might get some.
Glad it was helpful!
As someone with aquariums, I’ve wondered about this for some time, but never tried it. Glad to hear it works. As to affecting fertilizer, the same companies that make the water conditioners also make fertilizers and I’ve never read where they suggest the two have any affect on each other. I’m guessing it could be tested by taking two plants and fertilizing only one, but using the conditioner in both to see if the fertilizer still has an effect. Great video.
Thank you 😊. I’m satisfied they don’t affect each now 👍
You are the best plant channel! I love your videos! They seriously help so much and are so informative. Thank you!!
Wow, thank you!
No more struggle to harvest rain water in a sunny days. I'm buying it now ❤ thank you so much ❤❤❤❤🌿🍀🌿🍀
My pleasure 😊
Been using this for several months now, and yes it makes a huge difference
Thanks to you, I know got both magic potions and a magic wand aka the Moisture Meter 👍🏻😃
Great to hear! I can't take the credit for the water conditioner though. That's the viewers on this channel 😁
@@SheffieldMadePlants There's a great and helpful community here for sure 👍🏻 It's a nice little oasis of plant lovers
Very glad the stress coat worked for you. Give it a good mix 15 minutes into the settle, just swish the jug a bit, and it will help the metals settle a bit better. For fertilizer, alternate with 75/25 distilled water and fertilizer drops. Add the fertilizer drops to the distilled water then mix with stress coat treatment that has already settled. From what I can gather this is about what my companion does for their Prayer Plant.
My buddy claims the distilled water is a more gentle delivery for the fertilizer, since the roots are stressing already, and there's nothing loss because there is plenty mineral deposit from typical watering.
I live in Fl. I have a dehumidifier in my home. I use this water, pulled straight out of the air to water my plants. They seem to like it, but I will definitely use stress relief in the water.
Thank you for all your fabulous ideas.
My pleasure 😊
I started using this as you suggested and it works well. Thank you!
Great to hear!
Hi everyone, as a fish keeper, I can confirm there is no impact on fertiliser. I use the APT 3 fert in my tanks alongside Stress Coat and CO2 and no issues at all.
Thanks for the info!
I often used peroxide when watering and it helped stopping browning edges.
Ratio, please🙏.
Thank you for this video my plants have been struggling the past year and I don't know why but will give this a go.
Hopefully this works for you
I love my rain barrel but not everyone has outdoor space for it so what a great peice of advice, very helpful.
Thank you 😊
I use the PUR (a line over the U) water purifier you attach to your kitchen tap. Seems to really help. Great video. Thanks.
Thank you for the recommendation!
I love how you are not one of these 'Look what I discovered!' but instead gave credit to the viewers who recommended the product.
I remember the original video with the comments and made a mental note to myself, but quickly forgot to get some. I've been collecting rain water and have actually written down the name of the conditioner so I remember to get it. I won't have to store gallons of rain water in my garage anymore.
Cool thanks! Gotta give props to those in the know 😁
Ived been using this for 2months now and my plants are very happy no crispy edges no brown spots very please
Thanks for sharing
This is a wonderful, very helpful video! Thank you so much. I’m so delighted to have found your channel. It’s a gold mine of great plant information! 😃🤩
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks! I have just a few plants, but we already drink and cook with distilled water so sharing with the plants will be easy.
Be careful! Your body needs those component in the water (Ca, Mg)! Also it can alter some other things thanks to high osmotic pressure (it is easily kill cells).
Sounds great!
I agree with everything in this video, but just a heads up Chat GPT will make stuff up out of whole cloth so I would double check anything you read on there.
😂 very true
I have been doing this for years. Started doing it to condition the water when making compost tea for my outdoor plants.
Thank you oh so much for this great advice, sir! I’m facing the exact same problem with some of my house plants and have reached the end of my “wisdom”. So glad I found your video. Shall post back on my results :-)
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks. I have an aquarium with live plants and have found I can use the aquarium fertiliser with the water conditioner with no problems at all. However I've never thought of using the conditioner in the water for my plants. What is really good also is using the water from your aquarium to water the plants during a water change.
Absolutely 💯
Is the same as anti-chlorine solution for aquarium?
I use water filter for my tap water and I've been using the same filtered water for my plant the last 4 months. I never had such a lovely collection. no brown effect at all
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for this. My husband bought me a beautiful Calathea when we moved into our new home last year. I don't think he realized exactly what he got me into!! Anyway, I've been watching your multiple videos over the past few days. I hope i can bring her back to how she originally looked. Cheers from Beautiful British Columbia. Canada
Great stuff 👍
Indeed. And our tap water is doing the same to us, making us “brown and crispy with yellowing edges” on the inside! (Sickness, disease, cancers, etc. ). It’s not just chlorine. Heavy metals, fluoride, antibiotics, etc. etc. are there. Water filters are a must for any home in these times.
Thanks for this! I have hard water and a few fussy plants that I want to thrive :)
Great video. I’ve been using that water conditioner for a couple of weeks now and look forward to some results. I bought an eyedropper with 0.25 mL measurements so I could better control the dose for my smaller watering can.
Great idea with the eyedropper 👍🏻 I have to get one as well
Genius idea. Kicking myself for not thinking of that
@@SheffieldMadePlants I know the feeling 🤦♂😳
It's such a simple and obvious solution to the problem, but it never crossed my mind either...
Thank you @d.thomas1463
Like I said earlier, amazing and helpful community here ❤
Hey there! Great idea. Will be digging out an old dropper from somewhere. I'm sure I must have one hanging about from when my children were little. I've been meaning to purchase the water conditioner since it was mentioned, but I just haven't gotten around to it. 🙄😑
I asked at the pharmacy for a dosage syringe and was given one for free. But the eye dropper is an excellent alternative idea.
Thank you so much for this video! I just started using fish water conditioner about two months ago, and have already noticed quite a difference. I was wondering about the fertilizer thing and so thank you for looking into that. I have that orange spider plant as well and it's thee most dramatic plant that I own. I finally figured out that it doesn't like friends because mine has been doing better since I shoved it in a corner by itself.
Glad it was helpful!
I’ve been wondering about this very idea and I’m so happy you made this video!
Glad it was helpful!
Godbless u my good man. Sharing is caring
I appreciate that
Have been watching your channel for a while now and I will say it's very enjoyable and educational at the same time, I finally subscribed. Some of my plants are now over 60 years old now and I have never thought of the water conditioner trick. Until the last few years I've always had well water and I can notice the unfortunate difference with public water now, great idea. Keep up the great media information!!!
Awesome, thank you!
Great information, I used to use my fish water in watering my plants. I had always had fish. It was perfect. I only had maybe 10 plants and a 55 gal tank so when I took out about 5 gallons a week and refreshed it. Now at a much smaller home I do not have fish, but we now have a well not city water. And the out side taps are not connected to the softener. So it is still a win! I just subscribed and I am glad to find you.
That is awesome!
Great video! I glad I found you. My plants will be so grateful.
My pleasure 😊
Yes! I just received mine today! Hope that works on my calatheas and spider plants!
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OMG! I bought an orange chlorophytum too about a month ago because I fell in love with its looks online, but it has been on the struggle bus since coming through my door. If you just solved my issue with this plant then you're a saint! Canonized and everything (for whatever that means coming from a non-Catholic person lol).
😂 hope it helps!
I have a pond and use the powder to remove the chlorine. Mostly the pond water is changed by rain water. When you showed us the difference it clicked. I just ordered a bottle of the stress coat. In my area, my water pH is 8.5!!!!! God only knows what they are adding. Thank you for letting me know that the pH will rise with the water conditioner. So.. like I said, I purchased the stress coat instead.
Great stuff 👍
Thank you so much for this video! My calathea has been driving me crazy with the brown leaves. I also was getting ready to throw it away. I can't wait to try this tip. Thank you!
My pleasure 😊
I thought I wouldn’t be able to get the same conditioner as you because I live in Mexico City but I just bought it from Amazon! I’m so happy! Can’t wait to try it on both my diefenbachias, they throw brown leaves non stop…
It’s helped mine a ton!
now I know why my plants don't get brown leaves on my plants. I use the water from my aquarium water changes to water them.
Great stuff 👍
I recently started growing venus fly traps, they need pure water.
I invested in a zero water filter. I got the 22 cup filter jug and it gives me 100% pure water that registers a 0 on the TDS meter. It really removes everything.
We give it to all of our plants & pets.
I’ve taken to keeping my plastic milk bottles rinsing them, filling them up with tap water using them to water 💦 my indoor plants with it. Rotate the bottles out regularly works a treat 😂