Is any one using washing machine water for growing plants?
pantuvarali
disposing it. Due to the high price of water in BUTLER COUNTY (OHIO), I am
thinking why not use this water to drain out into flower beds.
Has any one done this? Any precautions to be taken? Do I need to 'filter'
the water?
madgardener
outlet where the pipe is. They are HUGE. 'nuff said?
madgardener
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redclay
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like alkaline conditions. Remember the washing machine also cleans out our
pipes so once in a while use it to flush your sewer lines.
Vox Humana
"madgardener" <mad...@vic.com> wrote in message
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> I have gray water going into my woods. I have planted canna's just below
the
> outlet where the pipe is. They are HUGE. 'nuff said?
> madgardener
Do you regular detergent and liquid fabric softener? How do you deal with
loads that use hot water and chlorine bleach?
starlord
my flower beds, but even my lawns and no matter what I had in the water, it
gets so deluted between the two cycles that it didn't bother anything. And
as that one user says, her canna ( what color? get seeds? ) love the water.
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pantuvarali
What zone do you live in? Do you have to dig out those cannas every fall?
PV
madgardener
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> news:40ecc89a$1...@news.vic.com...
> > I have gray water going into my woods. I have planted canna's just below
> the
> > outlet where the pipe is. They are HUGE. 'nuff said?
> > madgardener
>
> Do you regular detergent and liquid fabric softener?
softener they have cheaper. no water softener, I have well water. and my
kitchen sink also empties out this same pipe, and if I were to shower in the
teensy weensy shower downstairs for apparently the tiny little woman who
originally lived here, that would go out the pipe too, and the utility sink
water. but just the kitchen sink and washer.
How do you deal with
> loads that use hot water and chlorine bleach?
doesn't seem to affect the plants that I know of. The canna's seem to adore
cleaning this sludge and stuff up. It doesn't stink like you would think.
It's just mucky and boggy. And since my kitchen sink empties there too, I
tend to mush up the stuff and hot water it down the drain. I don't use drain
cleaner, but if I do grease, I cut it with Dawn first and that breaks it up
to rinse down the pipes and outside. So far, so good..........my next
experiment will be the Cardinal flower I got today in the trash at work. It
adores boggy places.......will let you know if it thrives.
maddie
>
>
madgardener
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> In some of the places I've lived I've used the gray water to not only
water
> my flower beds, but even my lawns and no matter what I had in the water,
it
> gets so deluted between the two cycles that it didn't bother anything. And
> as that one user says, her canna ( what color? get seeds? ) love the
water.
>
red flowers, seeds are hard enough to be fired outa a muzzle loader rifle.,
which they did back in the Civil war days) and Bengal Tiger or Praetoria
that has adjusted to my zone. Alas the Tropicanna Canna said screw you this
winter and never returned but provided some nice humusy remains to feed my
two large babies. Holler at me and I'll send you current pictures.......I'm
tempted to plant another hardy canna there just for contrast. A dark leaf
variety that has a red flower.............digging in that muck is
interesting. And I dig canna's double shovel deep.
maddie (if I get seeds, I'll holler)
madgardener
> Dear MG:
> What zone do you live in? Do you have to dig out those cannas every fall?
> PV
>
that are left in the clay soil. planted even around mailboxes. and nope,
but I did lose the Tropicanna I put in with the big boys........I'm trying
another kind that has a dark purplish red leaf named Futility? Futurity? red
flowers, AWESOME visual.
maddie
Vox Humana
I had a lot of that canna at one time, but I left them in the ground and
they didin't survive. They are increadible growers. If you are looking for
a nice red one with dark leaves, I would recommend Black Knight. Mine just
started to bloom this week. Here is link to a picture:
http://www.cannas.net/shop/product_image.asp?pid=4&catid=1&pic=fixed_4blackknightlr.JPG
Vox Humana
I have seen acres of cannas planted in the medians of freeways in Eastern
Tennessee.
madgardener
alt.bianaries.pictures.gardens for the pic of it. the website says plant
them three inches........my dad taught me to plant them two shovels deep.
That'd be around 20 or more inches.......wow. what a difference, eh? I
think the Tropicana just froze. Given a really cold winter with long bouts
of freezing, I'd possibly lose my Bengal Tigers and possibly my dad's old
green Indian shot (I hope not, I brought it 13 years ago from my childhood
home)
madgardenernews:nenHc.195150$DG4....@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
madgardener
> I have seen acres of cannas planted in the medians of freeways in Eastern
> Tennessee.
>
maddie
Vox Humana
> I think mine is red Futurity............look on
> alt.bianaries.pictures.gardens for the pic of it. the website says plant
> them three inches........my dad taught me to plant them two shovels deep.
> That'd be around 20 or more inches.......wow. what a difference, eh? I
> think the Tropicana just froze. Given a really cold winter with long
bouts
> of freezing, I'd possibly lose my Bengal Tigers and possibly my dad's old
> green Indian shot (I hope not, I brought it 13 years ago from my childhood
> home)
> madgardener
I had yellow futurity and it grew like crazy, multiplying four-fold in a
year. I dug them but failed to get them out of the garage before a very
early cold snap occurred and killed them.
starlord
summer, and send me your address is personal e-mail, I'll send you a start
of the Omega canna I sell.
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>
> >
> Old fashioned Indian shot canna (green leaves, gets up to 15 foot high
with
> red flowers, seeds are hard enough to be fired outa a muzzle loader
rifle.,
> which they did back in the Civil war days) and Bengal Tiger or Praetoria
> that has adjusted to my zone. Alas the Tropicanna Canna said screw you
this
> winter and never returned but provided some nice humusy remains to feed my
> two large babies. Holler at me and I'll send you current
pictures.......I'm
> tempted to plant another hardy canna there just for contrast. A dark leaf
> variety that has a red flower.............digging in that muck is
> interesting. And I dig canna's double shovel deep.
> maddie (if I get seeds, I'll holler)
>
>
starlord
on the drain, send the water to another part of the garden so the canna
rhizomes don't freeze. Out here I cove'm with leaves,straw,steer manure and
come spring and good warm temps they reach for the sky.
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/canna
"madgardener" <mad...@vic.com> wrote in message
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> I think mine is red Futurity............look on
> alt.bianaries.pictures.gardens for the pic of it. the website says plant
> them three inches........my dad taught me to plant them two shovels deep.
> That'd be around 20 or more inches.......wow. what a difference, eh? I
> think the Tropicana just froze. Given a really cold winter with long
bouts
> of freezing, I'd possibly lose my Bengal Tigers and possibly my dad's old
> green Indian shot (I hope not, I brought it 13 years ago from my childhood
> home)
> madgardener
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len gardener
trees and pumpkin vines etc.,. we have found that even wioth normal
wash detergents we can cut down the recommended rate of use to about
1/3. we now make our own pure soap based detergent that works very
well indead. but from our experience you don't need filters, i would
suggest that you not run it in the same place all the time move it
about to share it around.
len
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madgardener
Bengal tiger which is Praetorie, or the old Indian Shot, or the red
Futurity) let me know. I can lift a piece of Bengal tiger and cut the stem
off and ship it to you. Or same thing with the old Indian shot. The Futurity
needs to mature.......first year. my e-mail is real. you can holler at me
and I'll give you me addy if you'd like.
maddienews:LJSdndRtoO4...@inreach.com...
starlord
good plant of BT and after the first hard week of our desert sun, it was
toast. I might have the dark one, some where sent to me last year and they
bloomed. This year the high winds we had ripped them up a lot and they are
just starting to show life again. That green with orange flowers I don't
have.
My addy is real too, it's just a 3rd party spam filter/good mail forward
outfit that's free.
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redclay
Lint is part of the discharge so every once in a while you have to pick it
up. One thing to remember is washing machines flush out your sewer lines so
reconnect it every couple of weeks to flush the lines especially the kitchen
line.
Vox Humana
"redclay" <reddc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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My washer is in the basement. Can you discharge the water up to ground
level or does everyone who is using washing machine water have their
equipment on the first floor?
Jan Flora
"pantuvarali" <pantu...@carnatica.com> wrote:
I use a bio-d laundry detergent without phosphates and water my whole
garden with the rinse water from the washing machine.
Jan, in Alaska