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title: "*This picture is not an accurate representation.* For a while,…"
description: "*This picture is not an accurate representation.* For a while, whenever I watered my plants, I used filtered water. Whether it was fertilizer or regular water,…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Tallplantdude"
published: "2023-06-10T14:29:08.2Z"
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# \*This picture is not an accurate representation.\* For a while,…

_Posted by Tallplantdude on 2023-06-10_

\*This picture is not an accurate representation.\*

For a while, whenever I watered my plants, I used filtered water. Whether it was fertilizer or regular water, I made sure to filter it. Lately I haven’t been using filtered water because it’s time consuming. I think my plants could be responding to it negatively. There’s still new growth happening but not nearly as much as when I used filtered water. I’m going to switch back to filtering my water but I guess I just wanted to vent to people who get it. Thanks plant peeps.

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## 6 comments

### Mon commented on 2023-06-10

We drink filtered water, but I BUY reverse osmosis for my orquids…people think I’m crazy 😅

### Plant mamaZ commented on 2023-06-10

I fill up tons of clean milk gallons and apple juice containers and let the water sit out a day before I use the water on my plants to filter out the chemicals and they have been responding well to that, less money but time consuming to make sure I always have water waiting for them! You got it girl ❤️

#### Danika replied on 2023-06-10

Leaving tap water out overnight is for sure a good thing to do (i do it), but fyi, it only allows off gassing of the chlorine in the water… the rest of the bleep bleep in there will remain. 🤓

### Danika commented on 2023-06-10

Yup. Water quality makes a HUGE difference in surviving vs thriving! Tap water is absolutely terrible in most places. I just bought a PH testing \& up/down solution for my water too, cause I just learned that if your PH is off from what the plant likes, it won’t be able to absorb the nutrients you are giving them! Geeezz… lol. Turning into such a plant geek! Love it. And I feel your pain!

### Ammie commented on 2023-06-10

When I do my water changes on my aquarium i save that water for my plants.

### JN commented on 2023-06-13

I used distilled water - it’s not as expensive as filtered and my plants really respond better to it.

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