- Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:14 pm
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I've got some containers of rainwater that I collected that has a handful of oak leaves with a few acorns sunk to the bottom. I removed a handful of floating leaves, too. Their are a couple of roughly 2-gallon pots and a ~12-gallon cooler. These have been sitting for probably a week now. The TDS to start with ranged from 2-3ppm in each container...but we got more rain (and leaves) the a couple of days ago and the TDS now reads 1ppm in all three containers. Would the TDS meter pickup the tannins? Will the oak debris in the water leach enough tannins into the water that will affect plants negatively? I've used it before like this but just got to thinking about it.
Carrying this a bit further... If there was enough oak debris to "stain" the water I would think that would show a lot of tannins. Would you use that water?
Thoughts?
Carrying this a bit further... If there was enough oak debris to "stain" the water I would think that would show a lot of tannins. Would you use that water?
Thoughts?
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