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Has anyone ever tried watering houseplants or indoor pumpkins with melted snow? My gardens and potted plants always seem to favor rainwater rather than hosewater. I was wondering if snow has the same yummy stuff that the plants like... How do snow water and rain water compare to each other? (I know I've heard of Nitrogen in snow...anything else?) I have a few 5 gallon buckets of it melting in my basement right now.

1/14/2004 4:21:13 PM

Indiana

Brigitte
There was a post somwhere on "heavy water" somwhere in the past few months it said somthing about it being good. seems like Tremor and Joze were discussing it.
Steve

1/14/2004 4:29:58 PM

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Snow picks up atmospheric Nitrogen on the way down. Houseplants should like it just fine. Just make sure it's room temperature first. Some housplants prefer dry foliage too. So it doesn't hurt to let the pot sit in water a while rather than dropping it over the leaves of this option works.

1/14/2004 5:38:35 PM

Webster, NY

My bonsai are frozen right now and you can't water them. Sometimes I put fresh snow around them, then when the temperature rises, the snow waters them for me. It works fine for that.

Dave

1/14/2004 7:46:51 PM