New Grower Removing chlorine and chloramine with vitamin c

[Wile e Peyote]

Found this on a aquarium website

Most UK water contains 0.5mg active chlorine (either as chlorine or chloramine) at the tap. The appropriate strength of vitamin C to neutralise this is 1g in 800L.

This can be conveniently handled as 1g in 40ml water and then use 1drop per litre. I am using the powder from the health shop. Overdose will reduce the pH and partially de-oxygenate the water but so do other de-chlorinators.

Weak solutions are unstable but the above solution is probably good
for a month in the fridge.

I've just done this but I've used 1/2 a gram in 20 ml of water it should only take around 4 minutes for the chlorine and chloramine to disapate (the chlorine converts to ammonia trace amounts and salt non harmful to your plants)

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[Samwell]

Is this not something you can let evaporate out over 24 hours?

 

[Wile e Peyote]

Is this not something you can let evaporate out over 24 hours?

If it's chlorine you can leave it in the sun and let it evaporate over a couple of days but I'm in the loft growing and go through around 40 ltrs of water every 4 days also if your tap water has chloramine then no it won't evap off

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[Slater]

Get an RO filter @Wile e Peyote you will never look back. Best decision I made for my garden.

 

[Wile e Peyote]

Get an RO filter @Wile e Peyote you will never look back. Best decision I made for my garden.

I've got one mate it's a pain in the arse filling buckets from it were i just put a stretchy hose on the tap in the bathroom and bobs your uncle the water were i am is pretty good just the chlorine problem (i always remember to fill the buckets just as the res empties [emoji16])

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[MickJ]

One drop of hydrogen peroxide removes it too and it's dirt cheap. If you read many a website about conventional gardening, the minute amount of chlorine in water is negligible to plants and soil cultures anyway.

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[Wile e Peyote]

One drop of hydrogen peroxide removes it too and it's dirt cheap. If you read many a website about conventional gardening, the minute amount of chlorine in water is negligible to plants and soil cultures anyway.

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Don't use soil dude I'm in coco also peroxide cost more than vitamin c and most of the keen gardeners i know never water straight out the tap just suppling info whether people use it its up to them

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[MickJ]

It was good info, I was just adding to it.

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[SUCKINDIESEL]

I read a bit about chlormine recently , not to much about its effects on canna, though im going back for a little more research on that topic.. but did come across a guys battle with southern trent water, he was basically asking why an untested, unapproved chemical was present in his tap water, after a request under the freedom of information act.
And the involvement of various government agencies/ ombudsmen. It figures out they deny adding it as a chemical so doesn't require approval , its formed by the ammonia and chlorine combining that they add... figure that one out...
Just asking if its such an issue in watering my grow.. i know my local supply is treated with both chlorine and ammonia, so guess i can say there's chlormine coming out my tap, and two years ago they rendered the supply unusable for above 3 days with the overdose of chlorine, had to f☆☆ing laugh ..

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[Wile e Peyote]

I read a bit about chlormine recently , not to much about its effects on canna, though im going back for a little more research on that topic.. but did come across a guys battle with southern trent water, he was basically asking why an untested, unapproved chemical was present in his tap water, after a request under the freedom of information act.
And the involvement of various government agencies/ ombudsmen. It figures out they deny adding it as a chemical so doesn't require approval , its formed by the ammonia and chlorine combining that they add... figure that one out...
Just asking if its such an issue in watering my grow.. i know my local supply is treated with both chlorine and ammonia, so guess i can say there's chlormine coming out my tap, and two years ago they rendered the supply unusable for above 3 days with the overdose of chlorine, had to f☆☆ing laugh ..

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Some gardeners reckon it stunts roots growth some don't my water is fairly low ec of 100 but i can smell the chlorine if i leave a 20 ltr bucket with no airriation it can take 3 to 4 days for it to disapate but like a dozy arse stoner i only remember to refill the buckets just before my res runs out this just take airing out the water for a few days out the question

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