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Vitamin C in your water does the exact same thing without resorting to a branded product. I just take a pinch of crushed vitamin C tablet and add to my water.
Thank you for this great tip. Will try this out.
You can buy a big bottle of vitamin c crystals too. They last so long and are so easy to use.
Do u use a pinch of vitamin c every time you water. Thanks
@@breezybest6064is this just vitamin C?
How much water to how that 1 tab of vitamin C please? 🙏
Thank you for this awesome suggestion. I’ve used this solution for only one month and have already noticed a dramatic difference in my Calathea and Spider plants. As a result, all of my houseplants are now watered with this solution added. My bamboo plant seems to have grown much more in one month than I have seen in the last six months. THANKS AGAIN for sharing.
Glad it helped!
My God your channel has grown so much since the last time I watched a video! More than double! Congrats!
Wish to your subscribers' plants the same growth! 😅
Thank you so much!! But why aren't you watching all my video? Joking of course! 😁
@@SheffieldMadePlants hahaha! 😆
I finished with all my replanting and caring projects two months ago. Enjoy the rest of the summer! 😁
So I bought this after watching your video and I'm hoping this will make a difference. Not all of my plants have a crispy leaf issue but some of the more sensitive ones do and I feel confident that this will help. It cost about $5 for a really small bottle here in Canada but it will probably last me a really long time.
Thank you for the tip.
You bet!
I used to keep fish for over a decade and used Stress coat for everything it never occured to me to let other people know about it thank you for spreading the word!
You bet!
Take your banana peels, throw in a jug with water let sit for a couple of days. Potassium is in the peals, the plants love it. Same as rice water or coffee grounds.
Only rice water is no longer recommended for the quantity of starch in it. It lowers soil’s quality and makes it smelly overtime and you do not want to smell rotten starch. It’s awful.
I literally just threw a bottle of water conditioner away because I have not had fish in over three years. What a great idea… Guess I need to make a trip to the pet store!! Thank you so much for your informative videos, my plants 🪴 and I love you! 💕
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the recommendation!
I love how you are not one of these 'Look what I discovered!' but instead gave credit to the viewers who recommended the product.
I remember the original video with the comments and made a mental note to myself, but quickly forgot to get some. I've been collecting rain water and have actually written down the name of the conditioner so I remember to get it. I won't have to store gallons of rain water in my garage anymore.
Cool thanks! Gotta give props to those in the know 😁
Thanks so much for this. My husband bought me a beautiful Calathea when we moved into our new home last year. I don't think he realized exactly what he got me into!! Anyway, I've been watching your multiple videos over the past few days. I hope i can bring her back to how she originally looked. Cheers from Beautiful British Columbia. Canada
Great stuff 👍
I just ordered the smallest bottle ($3.95) even though I have filtered water. Im just starting a new plant collection after moving back to Florida where my plants have always thrived, but because I’m not 100% certain my water filter removes all the chlorine & chlorimide, i’d rather be safe than sorry. Thanks for the tip! It can’t hurt.
I typically water my pot plants with rain water I catch in a big bucket from a leaking roof. I also add seasol occasionally for fertiliser. I still get brown spots so I think it’s related to humidity.
You bear a striking resemblance to the actor Jude Law! When you're not busy making plant videos, you could be his stand-in in movies.
I’ll get myself an agent 😁
I live in Sheffield also, Alabama that is....lol I just use spring water it's only a dollar and very worth it to see my plants happy! My spider plant and my mamosa love it the most. They all do but them two the most! 😊💖🌹
That is awesome! Didn’t know there was a Sheffield in US!
I’ve just ordered some from Amazon, thank you Mr. Sheffield, for the great info! I hope this works for my mandarin spider plant. Love your content
Thanks!
As a fish,reptile and plant keeper i have blened the three hobbies....my fishtank water feeds my plants that sre kept in a spare reptile vivarium that keeps UVB and temperature correct, now my dubia is throwing out a nee leaf every other day and loving life 😂.
Thank you so much for your advice on the water treatment. Just started it today. Looking foward to great results. Your videos are so helpful. Thanks again.
You bet!
OMG!!! I also threw away a calathea that I tried and tried to grow for months. Fussiest plant ever (well one of the fussiest). I have fish tanks and I have water conditioner already. I cannot believe this! I’ll be trying this asap. TYSM awesome guy.
You bet!
ive been using a lot of aquarium products for my plants water conditioner, aqua soil for propagation, rooting hormones for aquatic plants, aquarium fertilizer for hdyrocultures, fertilizer tabs and a lot of other stuff.
Great stuff 👍
Great video! I glad I found you. My plants will be so grateful.
My pleasure 😊
Just boil the water and leave it to cool. Chlore will be gone. Plus, if ur water is heavy, it will clear the excess salts
Thank you very much for that information, I have been looking for something for my plants, mostly spider plants and my prayer plant, for quite a while now and thank you very much for this idea.🎉
Glad it was helpful!
I just threw my calathea away. I was tired of rehabbing it for several years. I wish I knew about this product earlier.
Time to try again 😁
Great info! Just getting into house plants and am using & having nice success with Super Thrive added to distilled water. But if I go to tap water will try the Stress Coat. Thanks!!
Great stuff 👍
Thank you for addressing the idea of letting the water sit out overnight-- I was wondering about that. When I change my aquarium water, I set that aside to water my plants 🪴❤😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this video! My calathea has been driving me crazy with the brown leaves. I also was getting ready to throw it away. I can't wait to try this tip. Thank you!
My pleasure 😊
Thanku for this valuable tip.
Question: I use water conditioner in the water I use for my plants, BUT I also run a humidifier right next to them. It produces visible vapor and sometimes wets the leaves of my dieffenbachia. Should I treat the water in the humidifier with the same chlorine remover?
Hmm good question. I think the issue is in the roots but might be worth doing it if it’s not too much bother
Just what I need for my calathea pinstripe. Her name is Pink Lady. Many thanks!
I have very hard tap water so I'll definitely try that. Hopefully I can find this brand in Belgium.
Hello, did you find a good alternative? They don't seem to carry it around here so I'm thinking of getting something similar at Tom&co.
Yikes! I've got problems with my house plants...and I've got API stress coat conditioner right there for my tank of guppies and my beta fish. Someone told me the water from my tanks are good gor my plants but my tanks are prettysmall and I never really had enough to try it out. Omg. Can't wait yo start doing this
Perfect!
I use filtered water for me, my cats and my plants. This makes me want to bring my betta aquarium into my room sooner than later. Steady humidity with that since I don’t have covers on my aquariums…🤔 And yes I treat my aquariums with conditioner ☝🏽so better treated than filtered is better? I use Stress Zyme for my fish…🙏🏽🙋🏻♀️👍🏽Mia
Nice 👌
Wow I’m trying that should you do all types of plants
Thank you for sharing. I saw this product at Walmart. I was thinking what it was for lol. Will try it...
My pleasure 😊
I have an aquarium and never thought to use the same water conditioner on my plants…. Starting now I’ll add it. Also there are times I take water out of the aquarium and add it to my plant water = a natural fertilizer , similar to fish emulsion 🪴🐟🐠
Happy plants 😁
Id like to collect rain water in a small plastic bin with lid to water a few potted outdoor plants to save me carrying many heavy watering cans. Would this in time attract mosquitos as im extremely alergic to them???
Might turn into a breeding spot if that’s a problem in your area
I collect rain water and find, for me, using mosquito bits in the collection tub works well for those posts. Algae is a bigger concern for me.
Thank you. Just what I needed to hear!
You bet!
I have been using R/O water on all my plants because our city water is crap ( I don’t even drink it). As you can imagine it is getting expensive to use r/o every time I water my large collection. So when your video popped up, it was right on time.
Great stuff 👍
Excellent tip but please advise how many drops per gallon of water. Thank you.
3 or 4
Thank you! Just discovered your TH-cam channel. Excellent!
Thank you so much for your video, I have been wondering about this very issue for a while now and had even purchased a product to do exactly what you are talking about. We live in an area where there is work going on that involves enlarging our water spreading grounds and I just had a feeling that my plant problems may very well be caused by added chemicals in the water. What is really frightening is thinking or wondering what said chemicals may be doing to us in the long run.
Glad you found it useful 👍
I use rain water. It rains a lot in London so I collect water and use it for my flowers. The rain water is the best and purest.
Like it!
Aquatic plant enthusiasts use these water treatments all the time in planted tanks. I believe that if you use the correct dilution, the chemicals react and are consumed within a few minutes. The truly stupid thing is that while filling my home with bowls of aquatic plants, I have never thought of using this treated water for my houseplants.
Ah well now you know 😁
Absolutely true! I used to have a house full of beautiful plants and I had freshwater aquariums. I was on our well water back then and everything was great. I didn't treat the water and my plants were watered with the water from my aquariums containing fish emulsion. Then we switched to rural water (treated water) and my husband got into salt water aquariums. That added the chemicals to our water and reduced the freshwater aquariums, thus less fish water for all my plants. The plants all went downhill with browning leaves once tap water was introduced even though they were still getting watered at least half the time with aquarium water. So, it's important to condition your plant water every time. With the aquariums our humidity was good for the plants except in the summer heat when the air conditioner was running. The saltwater reef aquariums required us to put in a larger R/O unit among other things to make the tap water healthy for the fish and corals. Using that for the plants worked well and I didn't have to add conditioner to it, but after awhile I noticed that I needed to feed my plants more often to keep them at their best. I assumed that either the tap water was lacking nutrients or the R/O took out the good with the bad?
I think that's what R/O does. I like the simplicity of water conditioner
I will try that, thank for greay tip.
You bet!
what's better? Watering from the bottom up or the top down?
I prefer bottom but top is fine too
Enjoy your plant videosl
Thanks!
I can't seem to find the answer, but is this safe to use for vegetables in my garden as well?
Yep no problem
I just let my water sit out the day before or store water in jugs over time, chlorine is a gas and will bubble off, however not a few other toxins mentioned. But this process works well for me…
Won’t work for chloramine however
Just wondering if it would be ok to use this on my flowering plants outside
Yep
I use the same Brita-filtered water that I drink to water my plants. Do you have an opinion about still needing a water conditioner if I use this filtered water for my plants?
If it gets rid of chlorine then should be fine
Great video, going shopping tomorrow! Thank you 👌
Thanks!
Thanks so much for sharing this!
My pleasure!
Bought this product after watching your video and it turned my prayer plants leaves brown. I added one drop to one gallon of tap water. Is there something I’m missing because my marantas are now brown? I switched back to paying for distilled water and gave half my plants away to afford it. This product sucks.
If I fertilize, can I still use this together with the fertilizer?...
Yep
Amazon currently has buy one get one 50%off I just ordered
Perfect!
That’s brilliant 👍 What fertiliser do your plants like best?
I’m using houseplant focus
thank you so much will try
My pleasure 😊
Good tip personally I stopped drinking tap water a few years ago, but if you have to water your plants with it Try filling up a bucket of water and leaving it stand for a few days this allows the mentioned chemicals to evaporate ps Fluoride is also added to tap water
Thanks. That’s true for chlorine but not chloramine 😞
Should we put a drop of API to our filtered drinking water for us to drink?
I don't think so 😅
Re affecting fertilizers, it really shouldnt have any noticeable effects. These products are used in combination with a wide gaaamut of additives from water buffers to medications and up to sea salt compositions which contrain 50+ elements, as well as plant foods and coral nutrients.
Water conditioners are really just a specific element neutralizer that renders toxic heavy metals inert. Has no effect on nitrites or nitrates or nutritive compounds.
Cool thanks for the info
Can we use this for humidifier
Not sure
Chloride and fluoride are also toxic to humans. Not "just" plants and fish. There are better, safer ways of purifying tap water e.g. ozone.
I have well water, both at home and at work (there are no added chemicals), so I've just been assuming that using water conditioner doesn't apply to me. Now I'm thinking I should give it a try. What could it hurt?
Worth a go 👍
Would this treatment be equivalent to just filtering the water? Thanks!
Yes same idea
1 drop of water conditioner to take out chlorine in tap water.
I use rain water and I still get the brown tips... should I add the conditioner to the rain water also?
Might be worth a go
I use Ascorbic acid to treat my garden tap water.
Thanks for the tip
Is it safe to mix in this fluid with a liquid fertilizer?
Yep
Use filtered water at tap & boli water, how much conditioner should be used?
For a litre of water just a drop
Awesome!!! So did you have to re-pot your plants with brown edges and then started using water conditioner or did you just start using the water conditioner and saw improvement after a few months? And is this good for all plants?
I pruned away all the damaged leaves and started using water conditioner. New growth came out much better
Awesome! I will have to try!
Hello Shefflield! I've been using distilled water which I get for super cheap and I basically only use it for my calatheas. If I just buy that thing and pour a drop inside distilled water and not tap water, do you think there might be a difference in growth and crispy edges comparing to using it to distilled water?
Worth a try 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlantscan we combine it with fertilizer too?
@@nenashawnautumn5494 yep
I bought this brand here in the US and after 2 months the product started smelling so bad I had to toss it. Did you have this problem?
Not at all
How about you boil the water? Is that a budget way of doing it? I boil water for my coffe, then i pour the water after it is cold on my plants. No brown spots or edges so far.
Not sure it evaporates chloramine
@@SheffieldMadePlants Maybe it clumps up and floats down? I never use the last bits of water with gunk for anything. Could be a slight improvement at least i think.
omg!!! i did not know about chloramine, will get it quick!thanks
Glad to help!
There should be an award for meaningful information/enrichment on TH-cam, I believe this tip is extremely valuable game changer. Thank you so very much from New York to you in Sheffield, England.
Wow, thanks!
@@SheffieldMadePlantsI wish there was a badge that was community controlled
I've been watering my plants with this conditioner and yes, my plants love it. My spider plant has given me flowers 😍
Great stuff 👍
Mild toxins…. Imagine what all this stuff does to humans.
I live in the humid tropics with pure water coming out of the tap and had the same problems with my calathea. I put the calathea outside in a shady spot and it didn't get better, and worse, something has been eating the leaves. My solution is to never buy a calathea again. I can easily live without it.
It's a shame but I get it 😅
Have you considered rain water doesn’t contain minerals? It doesn’t.
Check it out. I've heard all rain still carries pollutants.
Same here my clathea gives me hard time I m just beginner when I bought my kids were so happy because it looks so good but now I’m fed up 😢
Not only does rain dissolve and carry pollutants it passes through in the air on its way to earth, if you collect it off a roof or other similar surface it'll pick up all the nitrates, phosphates, bacteria etc. from the rotting moss, algae and bird and insect poo that's covering it. For most plants that shouldn't be a problem but it absolutely does contain 'minerals'. Whatever you do, don't drink it without boiling it first just in case!
Nice to see the plant community discovering the aquarium community little secret about water conditioning. I water all my plants with my tank water and the all seem very pleased.
😁
All this time i threw it away 😮 not any more😂
Yeah, in addition to any conditioner you may use, it's also full of nitrogen from the fish waste. The best stuff to use should be the murky stuff you get when you "vacuum" the junk out of the gravel/bottom filter.
Definitely the kindest and most educated plant videos I've ever came across. I love all your valuable information 🌸🌹🌿🌵
Wow, thank you!
As an aquarium enthusiast, I can confirm that stresscoat does not interfere with fertlizing. After all the fertilizing routines in heavy hightech aquariums require micros and macros added every day. It would be detrimental if it cancelled NPK added.
Funny thing is I have API at hand, never considered using it in plants since I have mix RO water with tap. Will try it in though! It makes sense.
Cool thanks for confirming
When I do water changes for my aquarium, I use that water for my plants - they love it! (don't use aquarium water if you have salt water tank)
I also have been using the "stress coat" or another version of that (for aquarium) for my plants when I don't use the aquarium water. I have not had any issues.
Awesome!
Thanks a lor for this info
@@abernathymonsoon4638 I gave my son a propagated HOYA. Mine was 15 years old and had never flowered. He was giving his water from his fish tank, and it flowers all the time. Grrrr. I also gave him a Sambach Jasmine not doing well, and it went nuts flowering and scenting up his apt. from fish water.
Tap water: bad for fish
Tap water: bad for plants
Tap water:bad for humans?...🤔
I reckon we’re not as sensitive but who knows
@@SheffieldMadePlants surely we're not, but that could mean it would only take longer for adverse effects to show in humans. Not fear mongering or being a conspiracy theorist, just be aware of what it is we put in our bodies and subject ourselves to. Physiologically we are not THAT different from animals and plants. We all need food, water, and oxygen to support life.
That is, if you're not some alien from a different planet trying to take over our world!! 😎👉👽
I love how you demonstrate in your videos that you ‘throw’ your plants in the bin: before letting them go, carefully position them so they will arrive on their ‘feet’ and they will survive the trip. Disclaimer: no plant babies were harmed in the making of this video 😊💚
I’m reasonably careful 😅
I am a retired old man aquarium hobbyist. I water my plants with aquarium water which is chlorine and chloramine free. I have city water so it is necessary to remove these chemicals because they are toxic to my fish. Your idea is great and stress-coat is a great product but with many aquariums it is a bit expensive for me to use. The main ingredient in all chorine-chloramine neutralizers is sodium Thiosulfate. I purchased a 5 Lbs. bag on line for around $35.00 and used half of it to make my own chorine-chloramine remover. It made enough to last me for decades and I still have enough left in the Crystal form to mix up that much again. Like any commercial chlorine remover you need to shake it up well before using it as the Sodium Thiosulfate tends to separate from sitting on the shelf. I keep mine in glass bottles so that I can see when it has been shaken up well. It is easy to make. Here is the recipe below. To make aquarium Dechlorinator mix 500 grams of Sodium Thiosulfate to a gallon of water. 1 drop will treat a gallon of water, 1 milileter will treat 10 gallons of water. One gallon of this mixture will treat up to 40,000 gallons of water.
Pool Dechlorinator Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate 5 lbs by Cesco Solutions - Premium Chlorine Neutralizer for Pools, Aquarium, Pond - Technical-Grade Chlorine Remover for Hot Tubs - Bulk Package
4 tablespoons of Safe Power to 1500 ml of water will treat 14,400 gallons of water,
The complete and concentrated conditioner for both fresh and salt water
Removes chlorine Chloramine and ammonia
Converts ammonia into a safe nontoxic form that is readily removed by the tank's Bio Filter
May be used during Tank cycling to alleviate ammonia and nitrite toxicity; non acidic and will not impact pH nor will it over activate skimmers
Safe is the dry version of prime and shares all of its advantages, however safe is even more concentrated
That’s very interesting thanks for the tip
So interesting…🤗
I do the same thing. I only water my plants with aquarium water or my carnivorous plants with reverse osmosis. I use Seachem Safe (powder) vs Seachem Prime (liquid) because it's so concentrated I'll maybe never get through a $10 bottle in my whole life.
I do the same mate. And it's healthy for the plants due to the fish waste etc so they kinda get a mini fertilise each time 😊
Water conditioner
Thank you started using conditioner about 4 weeks ago . And it's amazing. No brown anywhere on any of my plants . Thank you 😊
Wonderful!
It definitely helps with aquarium plants, please keep in mind that use outside of aquariums falls under off-label use so don't go using it for food plants and I wouldn't use anything other than the dosing they put on the bottles: API Tap water conditioner dosing comes out to 3 drops per gallon of water. API Stress Coat conditioner dosing comes out to 10 drops (0.5mL) per gallon. Both of these remove chlorine, chloramine, and detoxify heavy metals from tap water.
Fertilizers that provide metals (think supplementing iron) will become chelated by the use of conditioners like this. Chelated metals from fertilizers will precipitate out of the water but will still be available in the soil.
Don't trust chat GPT lol
If you use a conditioner that says it removes/detoxifies ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate - you will absolutely remove the available nitrogen to the plant, reducing its fertilization. So avoid conditioner products with that wording/feature
And don't use any conditioner that says that it removes/detoxifies ammonia,nitrites, or nitrates as that absolutely will mess up your macro fertilizers
Very helpful as I make my mozzie tea in one gallon jugs and wasn't sure on Stress Coat dosage.
So if I understand you correctly, if using the stress coat we can use up to 10 drops per gallon of water. According to Mr Sheffield we should use
@@KatarinaS.the dosage is flexible. According to the label of API stress coat it’s 5ml(1 tsp) per 10 gallon but can be used up to 10ml per 10 gallon which would benefit the fish even more. So let’s say we use 5ml(1 tsp) per 10 gallon. I use a 0.5 gallon pitcher most of the time, and my smallest measuring spoon is 1/4 tsp. I put my stress coat in a dropper bottle, using that dropper bottle to fill my 1/4 tsp measuring spoon I need 14 drops. 1/4 tsp is roughly 1.25ml, to get 0.5ml you’ll need 5.6 drops, round that up that’s 6 drops for half gallon(2 quarts) of water. There you go, use 6 to 12 drops for your 2 quarts of water. I use 6 drops.
I really like your videos because you get to all the points quickly and without a lot of fluff.
Awesome thank you 😊
Yesss!
seemed to take awile for me
2 months late for this video, but I have a freshwater planted aquarium, and I've never heard or seen mentioned in aquarium keeping communities that water conditioner could affect fertilizers. My tank is a 3-year-old walstad (use potting soil covered by a layer of aquarium substrate), and now that the soil is depleted I've been using liquid and tablet fertilizer along with Seachem Prime water conditioner and I have never seen any adverse reactions. From what I've also seen, aquarium water is also good for plants. I use the dirty water from cleaning my filters and tank water change to water the little piece of lawn outside my back door, and boy does the grass grow like crazy. That water has all the fish waste and a bunch of filtering microbes and other biomedia, so it does wonders to plants
Thanks for confirming 👍
You had mentioned using water conditioner before, and so I took your advice and it has been working well so far. Thank you for making this separate, more in depth video that clarifies some concerns I have thought of. Your content is fantastic! 💖🌱💖🌱💖🌱
Fantastic!
Actually, fluoride is not good for us ❤ with the heavy metals and fluoride does to the plant does to the human great video
I just saw this video and immediately bought this product. This seems like the solution I need for browning tips on my otherwise beautiful spider plant. Everyone on line says that’s just the way spider plants are. I mostly use rain water but I don’t always have access to that. Then I use distilled. But this seems to be the better solution. Thanks so much
Great stuff 👍
Could you please share with me the link to purchase?
@@jdprasad2489 . I’m in the U.S. I bought it on Amazon. Less then $10 for 16oz but it may have been on a markdown price.
As an aquarist I take the proses one step farther by only using ex-fish tank water.
I take it one step farther still by syphoning/concentrating my filter cleaning water down to mud that I can selectively use on my plants.
Pro moves 👌
Same here. 7 running planted fresh water tanks. I water with top water throughout the month and once a month I water with the dirty gravel vacuumed or filter cleaned water with all the black gunk. Inhabitants are small fish (tetras, a betta in each tank, various snail species).
@@legaltenderradfem Yes ,the mixture of tap water treatment ,"fish tank plant fertilizer", un eaten food and fish poo can't be beaten.
I also suspect that as I have verry deep substrate made of plant growth soil, sand etc I get anaerobic filtration which finishes the proses of organic backdown to the Elementary level .
I only use distilled water in my fish tank. All these people say "never use distilled water!"...but my fish never complain and the tank sure stays clear! The same as me, only drink distilled water for over 40 years! The so-believed "needed" minerals in tap water, or anything besides distilled for that matter, is dissolved stone...the same thing that creates stalactites and stalagmites in caves! Is there any possible way we could use THAT in our bodies?! We do though...in the form of bladder and kidney stones, and cataracts in our eyes. I'll pass on that, thank you! It was recently discovered that ONLY distilled water forms crystals (think snowflakes!) and they tested every water known to man! If you have ever owned and run a water distiller, in only one 24 hour run, the distiller is coated in a thick lawyer of minerals that must be soaked overnight in straight white vinegar to remove, and it comes off in sheets. I had this book about water, and it had a picture of a man standing next to a pile of dirt as tall as himself, and it said, "This is the amount of dirt and minerals your kidneys will have to deal with in a lifetime." ...not a very pleasant thought! I'm an expert on bought distilled water too, and I've found that Target brand distilled water is the very BEST! (And no, I do not work for Target!) Well, take this information seriously, as it's meant to be taken, and save your eyes, your kidneys and your bladder...and oh, your veins from hardening of the arteries! (I forgot to add that one!) For Big TRUTH! kristi
@@kristilindley7849 for yourself distilled water is grate, but for your fish it comes with a danger .
It's Kh and Gh are both 0, which means it has 0 buffering capacity.
In other words any acid or alkaline can dramatically change the ph. of your water. Having said that my water is like that naturally so although it comes out of the tap with a ph of 6.8 it naturally sits in my tank at 5.3 ph due to fish, plants, etc
without going into the exponential nature of the ph scale that is huge.
Tried it. It works. Better than plant food. Yahoo. Thank you
Great to hear!
You are by far, my favorite plant person.. thank you..
Wow, thank you!
Spot on! I use a aquarium dechlorinator for all of mine and sometimes aquarium water as it has fish waste in it.
Perfect 👌
Everybody listen up!!!!! I bought the tap water conditioner and not the STRESS COAT. I'd had new leaves on my Fiddle Leaf and then instantly after using the water conditioner, I lost several of my perfectly matured leaves. I'm going to purchase the STRESS COAT NOW. Just a cautionary tale and hoping to save this community some leaves and plants by using the Stress Coat, and not the water conditioner.
Thanks and Happy Planting everyone!
I agree with everything in this video, but just a heads up Chat GPT will make stuff up out of whole cloth so I would double check anything you read on there.
😂 very true
I started using this a month ago and it has changed everything...Everybody's a lot healthier and happier! 😅
Everybody? 😁
Amazon has a deal right now on API stress coat. Just $8.46 U.S. for a 16 ounce bottle. I just ordered mine :) Thank you so much for the tip! Maybe my spider plant will behave now :). I really enjoy your channel. I’ve learned a lot!
Fantastic!
I also bought mine from Amazon. My plants are happy. I don’t have to buy any water. Thanks