--- title: "How to prepare water? Hi green fingers, I have a question on water. I…" description: "How to prepare water? Hi green fingers, I have a question on water. I live in city center apartment and tap water is all I got, no rain water or distilled…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/PUG_YkZQTDS7RXc-trFspA?language=ja" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Sophie" published: "2024-05-10T08:51:32.663599Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/everythingHousePlants.jpg" --- [コミュニティ](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ja) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ja) # How to prepare water? Hi green fingers, I have a question on water. I… _Sophieさんが2024-05-10に投稿しました_ How to prepare water? Hi green fingers, I have a question on water. I live in city center apartment and tap water is all I got, no rain water or distilled water available as suggested by planta. Is there anything I can do to reduce the harm to plant caused by tap water? ## 17件のコメント ### Jessさんが2024-05-10にコメントしました Tap water conditioner! It’s a liquid used to remove all of the bad stuff from tap water. It’s made for doing water changes for fish but I’ve also used it for my plants which need distilled water #### Sophieさんが2024-05-10に返信しました I’m today-year-old to learn there is such a thing! #### Jessさんが2024-05-10に返信しました I didn’t know until I got fish! A bottle costs like £8 an you only need 1ml for 2litres so lasts ages ### Christineさんが2024-05-10にコメントしました Yeah use the water conditioner that people use for their fish tanks. It removes all the bad! And it’s pretty cheap. #### Sophieさんが2024-05-10に返信しました Clever! ### Lulu! (Cactus fam)さんが2024-05-10にコメントしました Boiling the water could also work #### Sophieさんが2024-05-10に返信しました I sometimes use leftover boiled water (at room temperature of course) to water plants…. So I was accidentally doing the right thing? #### Lulu! (Cactus fam)さんが2024-05-10に返信しました Yeah 👍 ### Jbear13さんが2024-05-10にコメントしました I’ve read somewhere that just letting tap water sit for a few days can also help to remove like chlorine and fluoride 😄 ### NewerHorizons777さんが2024-05-10にコメントしました I’ve always used straight tap water. But I’ve also usually done easier propagations, so that might be why it works so well. ### Kristaさんが2024-05-10にコメントしました Why no distilled water? I buy mine from Walmart. I get the Parent’s Choice gallons from the baby section because it is cheaper than the other gallons of distilled water in the drink section. It is only $1.26/gallon here, and I get 3-5 gallons a week (I have reptiles and tarantulas I use the water for as well so that is why so much). I probably go through 2-3 gallons of water per week for my 60+ smallish houseplants. So $4 a week isn’t a bad investment for good water. You could also look at an under sink RO system. I think you can get a decent one for $100-$200. #### Sophieさんが2024-05-10に返信しました Thanks for the suggestion! I’m in the UK and there are no Walmart in my city … but I’ll check baby section of my local supermarket next time! I did checked drinks section before and there were only two drinking water: spring water (which contain natural minerals ) and, sparkling spring water! ### Adamさんが2024-05-10にコメントしました Tap water works for most plants except the sensitive ones like calatheas. For my calatheas I use a brita pitcher and it’s worked for me so far. #### Sophieさんが2024-05-10に返信しました Thanks for the reply. Good to know Brita works! I have a Brita pitcher for my own drinking water. After reading all the comments I decided to combine two methods: Brita filtering the tap water to get rid of hard water minerals, also set the water still for few days to get rid of fluoride and chlorine ### StringofMonsterasさんが2024-05-10にコメントしました You could add chlorine remover! It takes out all the bad stuff in tap water and makes it into distilled water ### Manic1さんが2024-05-10にコメントしました I’m in London UK 🇬🇧 a very herd water area. I predominantly use tap water that’s been sitting (uncovered) for a few days and had no problems except for a Prayer Plant that couldn’t handle it. Distilled water is an option but it’s an expensive way of watering your plants and has NO nutritional benefits and you’d have to use a plant food supplement as well to get any growth. ### JAYさんが2024-05-10にコメントしました I use a Brita water filter. --- _Plantaコミュニティ (https://getplanta.com)。閲覧はどなたでも可能です。投稿、コメント、いいねをするには、Plantaアプリをダウンロードしてください: https://getplanta.com/download_