Questions about water quality...

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by flexdc

NY let me put it this way, Paphs will never flower here using out tab water.
I have RO at home and reserve that for my paphs
Andrew

Is water that bad there?

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Originally Posted by james mickelso

Out here in SoCal you can buy good RO water right out of a machine in front of grocery and drug stores. Here in company is called Glacier Water. $.25 to $.35 per gallon. Not cheap but then I blend and dip my orchids in a bucket full of that.

Oh, I didn't know that. that's convenient then.

0.35 per gallon is still much cheaper than bottled water, but I guess for those with quite a few orchids, it can add up.

[james mickelso]

That's why I blend it along with needing the minerals it carries. Otherwise I'd have to add them. I get all the trace in the fert I use.