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title: "So now upon my retirement I need to curb my spending.. does everyone…"
description: "So now upon my retirement I need to curb my spending.. does everyone use distilled water to water their plants???"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Madderdebs"
published: "2023-12-16T20:02:53.51Z"
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# So now upon my retirement I need to curb my spending.. does everyone…

_Posted by Madderdebs on 2023-12-16_

So now upon my retirement I need to curb my spending.. does everyone use distilled water to water their plants???

## 5 comments

### Abi’s Plants commented on 2023-12-17

I use distilled. Because our water is harsh. I try to collect rain water. But I only have 20 plants so it’s maybe $1-2 a week I don’t feel bad abt the spending

### iambijoux commented on 2023-12-17

Absolutely not. I rely mostly on rainwater and use tap water left out overnight when I’m out. There’s a lady in the local plant group who gives away her fish tank water, so I use her as well. I’ve never used distilled water

### Leafmealone commented on 2023-12-17

I have a rain barrel and use the rain water but with freezing temperatures coming I need to switch to another option. I think I’ll try the aquarium water conditioner.

### Beaplant commented on 2023-12-18

I use running water from the sink, add a bit of fertilizer every time I water, but you can just let the water in a bottle for 24h

### Jo Jo commented on 2023-12-18

I use tap water, but where I live we have pretty dang good tap water. I’ve been places where you barely even wanna shower because tap water is so gross lol We also have an RO system, so sometimes when watering my small plants I use that. But not every time. It would take forever to water all my plants with the RO faucet lol I’ve never bought distilled for my plants.

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