What If I use the washers water to water my garden?
2007-05-07 04:55:30 · 12 answers · asked by haridis 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes and No.
Some plants will react with leaf damage if a soap is too alkaline. Avoid getting the water on the plants, just let it run on the ground. Only use washing machine water, NOT Dishwasher water.
My mom waters her garden with washing machine water, however she has a valve in the hose-line that goes to the garden so she can direct the water to the septic tank when she uses certain soaps or bleaches.
Do not water plants with any products that contain borax.
I don't use washer water for that reason since my favorite laundry product does. Borax is deadly to plant roots and will remain in the soil to inhibit future plant growth.
2007-05-07 05:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by SAV 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soapy Water On Plants
2016-11-12 02:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Site Might Help You.
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Is soapy water harm full for plant life?
What If I use the washers water to water my garden?
2015-08-05 21:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regular Dish Detergent and water is beneficial to most plants. A few drops of Joy in a gallon of water makes an excellent spray for bugs. I would not recommend laundry detergent which is too strong.
2007-05-07 07:26:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to do the grey water conservation for my lawn also, but found that I had to go to warm or cold water, hot (very hot) was hard on the plants. The plants and grass did okay. never lost my back lawn. Cant figure why there is a fine on doing this, unless it is because you get charged for sewer charges for the amount that goes back thru the sewer line. Grey water is not contiminated by human waste products. esp. coming from the washing machine.
2007-05-07 05:19:07 · answer #5 · answered by silver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dishwater shouldn't be harmful to your plants. Soapy dishwater put on leaves is one means of controlling insect infestations.
2007-05-07 05:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure of washer water but my fiance fills a bucket of warm water, adds a little Dawn dish soap to it, stirs it a little with his hand, then pours it around the base of his rose bushes & palm trees. They are doing really well. The phosphorous is good for the them.
2007-05-07 05:07:48 · answer #7 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chemicals can react and stunt your plants growth um or it can give it an alergic reaction and you got your self a plant with fungus or the little worm that you can pick off but has more ebeded in it so you may want to think would I drink it if you say no well plants give us air and what you put on a plant is what you may inhale so it may damage the plant and in turn harm you
2007-05-07 05:15:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah it appears that you could in a system called "grey water" where you reuse all of your household's used water except water from the toilet. according to this site it will not harm plant life
2007-05-07 05:05:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many homemade fertilizers and pest killers contain dishsoap. I see nothing that would hurt the plants.
2007-05-07 05:14:50 · answer #10 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋