Posted by Linda on March 26, 2009, 7:10 am
Greetings to all :-)
I have bought about 4 Lassiandra Tibouchina 'Jazzie' all within 2 weeks of
each other.
Not long after I brought the first one home I watered it and saw it die
before my very eyes!
This pattern continued until the last one I bought. Then I had a light bulb
moment... I finally clicked that maybe the tap water
needs to sit for a while.
Three weeks on and Jazzie is alive and well!!
BTW I live in Perth.
Does anyone know of any other plants that are sensitive to tap water?
Happy gardening :-)
Linda
Posted by Loosecanon on March 26, 2009, 7:54 am
> Greetings to all :-)
> I have bought about 4 Lassiandra Tibouchina 'Jazzie' all within 2 weeks of
> each other.
> Not long after I brought the first one home I watered it and saw it die
> before my very eyes!
> This pattern continued until the last one I bought. Then I had a light
> bulb moment... I finally clicked that maybe the tap water
> needs to sit for a while.
> Three weeks on and Jazzie is alive and well!!
> BTW I live in Perth.
> Does anyone know of any other plants that are sensitive to tap water?
> Happy gardening :-)
> Linda
Tap water in Perth is alkaline, high in chlorine and Floride all killers of
plants.
Posted by len gardener on March 26, 2009, 2:18 pm
g'day linda,
in the past here in brissy, (only chlorine in the water at that time)
i've noticed that plants stay alive when watered with town water but
don't realy thrive. nowadays i have a rainwater tanks so no problems
ever.
wrote:
snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,
len & bev
--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."
http://www.lensgarden.com.au/
Posted by Linda on April 9, 2009, 3:53 am
Many thanx to all .....so it IS the water!!!
Damn! well at least now I know *shrug*
Linda (now watering from the bucket *sigh*)
> g'day linda,
> in the past here in brissy, (only chlorine in the water at that time)
> i've noticed that plants stay alive when watered with town water but
> don't realy thrive. nowadays i have a rainwater tanks so no problems
> ever.
> wrote:
> snipped
> With peace and brightest of blessings,
> len & bev
> --
> "Be Content With What You Have And
> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
> A World That You May Not Understand."
> http://www.lensgarden.com.au/
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> I have bought about 4 Lassiandra Tibouchina 'Jazzie' all within 2 weeks of
> each other.
> Not long after I brought the first one home I watered it and saw it die
> before my very eyes!
> This pattern continued until the last one I bought. Then I had a light
> bulb moment... I finally clicked that maybe the tap water
> needs to sit for a while.
> Three weeks on and Jazzie is alive and well!!
> BTW I live in Perth.
> Does anyone know of any other plants that are sensitive to tap water?
> Happy gardening :-)
> Linda