I don't know the science of rainwater, but our drinkable tap water goes through several processes in order to make it drinkable.....this obviously affects both the quality and taste. I too see a huge difference after garden has been rained on when compared to being watered by hose, also, we don't directly pay water charges, so I really drench the garden. Also, I find some 'natural' bottled water quite salty.
Not being a tea or coffee or milk drinker, I can even taste the difference in local tap water as it comes from two different reservoirs. I have definite preferences in bottled water too.
@B3 I love water from wells, a couple of friends of mine have sunk their own wells, the water is very 'fresh' and 'clean' tasting. I suppose we should count ourselves lucky that we can drink our tap water, unlike a lot of other countries.
Well water is lovely, but so many are neglected now. I remember as a child when we stayed at my grandad's, going down to the well for a bucket of water.
I have 250 seedlings which I think could benefit from the rain. Have been hardening them off gradually for about 6 days now and rain is forecast from tomorrow and for the next few days. Rain showers here seem to be getting heavier and shorter the last few years and I am wary of putting such small plants out in the rain. Am I being overprotective? Should I just go ahead and plant them out and hope for the best? Same dilemma each year. Basically because what I am carrying in and out of the house on trays each day would cost me about £1,000 to buy in a garden centre here in Norway. I kid you not. What would you do?
@ki-buxt if you are hardening them off then presumably they are almost ready to brave the world and rain anyway. Plants are remarkably resilient to heavy rain, it always amazes me how some of the most delicate looking just stand upright completely unbothered by the rain and the rest soon spring back up as they dry off.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
So is it better to water your seedlings grown in doors band your houseplants with rainwater instead of tap water? I always thought that seedlings especially needed tap water as it was more sterile.
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