"grey" water

[stevepj]

I was just wondering whether any of you use "grey" water on your plants? I'm particularly thinking of washing up water which may contain a little "Fairy Liquid" nothing too nasty. I'm asking because I don't seem to have collected much rain water this winter (has it been particularly dry?)and since my water is metred using tap "fresh" water might prove to be a little expensive.

[JazzFool]

Use it on the garden but haven't tried on succulents/cacti. It's a good question though.

May spurn me into testing it out on some of the more robust plants like Opuntias. Always a bit worried about chemicals but I use Ecover, which is supposed to break down. The only other possible content would organic matter in solution. Should be like soup to most plants but bot sure about cacti?

[iann]

How many cubic metres of tapwater are you planning on using on your succulents? One good session with a hosepipe on your garden would be enough to water my entire collection for a year. Use the grey water on the garden and clean water for the pots.

[Hob]

had enough rain here in the last hour to water my whole collection for the rest of the year

[iann]

Got a big bucket, Hob?

[Bill]

Well my butts were nearly empty beginning of the week and are still not half full now. I wouldn't use grey water in the greenhouse, too much risk of build up of goodness knows what.

[Hob]

Bill Wrote:
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> Well my butts were nearly empty beginning of the
> week and are still not half full now.


i could fill my bucket for you, it's been raining for 8 1\2 hours without a break now

[Bill]

You're joking it's been like a summers day here, had to have the aircon on in the car on the way home tonight, it's that warm.

[Sue]

Lovely day here in Stoke too. Mowed all the lawns and edged them then weeded all the borders. Just need a replacement back, knees, ankles, oh what the heck a full body transplant would be better.

Sue

[Hob]

weather here

East of England

Headline:
Rain tonight. Mainly dry and becoming brighter on Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:
Generally cloudy with outbreaks of rain this evening heavy and thundery in places. The rain mostly dying out during the night.

strangely enough it just stopped