Drosophyllum tolerance of hard water
Has any had any experience using hard water for Drosophyllum? I don't have one now but when I was mixing the substrate of peat, sand, perlite, and vermiculite for mine a few years ago, there was so much to mix that my RO system wouldn't be able to supply it so I used hose water and planted the plant in that. The water in southern California (at least the area I live in) is very hard and I'm pretty sure most carnivores would not be able to take it for very long but the Drosophyllum didn't seem to have any reaction to it. Granted I did top-water it with RO water but definitely not enough to flush out all the minerals since it was a 3 feet tall pot. The plant survived about a year and flowered but I lost it after that. I am tempted to get another one and try watering it with hose water to see if it will survive.
Has any had any experience using hard water for Drosophyllum? I don't have one now but when I was mixing the substrate of peat, sand, perlite, and vermiculite for mine a few years ago, there was so much to mix that my RO system wouldn't be able to supply it so I used hose water and planted the plant in that. The water in southern California (at least the area I live in) is very hard and I'm pretty sure most carnivores would not be able to take it for very long but the Drosophyllum didn't seem to have any reaction to it. Granted I did top-water it with RO water but definitely not enough to flush out all the minerals since it was a 3 feet tall pot. The plant survived about a year and flowered but I lost it after that. I am tempted to get another one and try watering it with hose water to see if it will survive.
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