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Watering seedlings.

19carolf19carolf Posts: 2
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Monty advises using tap water to start off seeds rather than water from a water butt. At what stage in the plant’s growth is it safe to introduce water from garden water butts?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2022
    Hello @19carolf and welcome to the forum :)
    I'm happy using water from the butts once the plants are sturdy enough to plant out in the veg patch.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • 19carolf19carolf Posts: 2
    Thanks, Dovefromabove. I will wait until my plants have a strong root formation. Just trying to use as little tap water as I can!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I suppose it depends on the seedling,  think of the amount of self seeding flowers in the garden,  they get rain water which is what’s in the water butts. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think the difference for me is that seedlings in seed trays in a greenhouse or indoors are in a warmer enclosed where bacteria as well as plants thrive ... once plants are outside the conditions are a bit less conducive to soft growth which makes plants susceptible to bacterial infection.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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