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Originally Posted by Dollythehun
Harmful to orchids?
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I thought of that Camille. Because we have had a very dry month. And I noticed the water is much cleaner when we get regular rains.
So what thoughts do you have on how to purify that water? A tablespoon of bleach?
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Not that I've noticed.
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At the old place I used a 5 gal bucket as a combination filter/diverter. I ran the downspout through a hole in the lid of the bucket. I had a hole that I installed a bulkhead fitting in, and connected a ball valve and then an elbow that fed into the collection container. This was as low as possible on the side of the bucket. With the valve closed water would fill the bucket and exit out a hole that I cut higher up and installed a fitting that connected to standard downspout that directed water away from the house like normal. If it hadn't rained in a while I would close the valve to let the rain wash off the roof for a bit before collecting. I had some pond filter pads in the bucket, mostly to keep the grit from the shingles out. At the new place I have a metal roof, so I never bothered to reinstall the bucket.
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