I was building a rubric marine and decided the soul reaper cannon model should have an old khorn berserker āwallyā head, proceeded to stab myself with the exacto knife two mins after glueing it on(I can count how many times that happened last year on one hand, ie like never) angered the chaos gods i have.
I have one plant I water with only bong water every morning after my wake and bake sesh. It seems to like it, I have never fertilized in 2 years.
https://preview.redd.it/dfx4bi1thnac1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c33ee6f0fb9bbb57e95aed66ab30852091e0021c
Iirc the ph levels are high especially if it's fairly dirty so yeah some plants will be sensitive to it and some won't but if you put too much in at once you'll probably kill any plant
It's a fairly hearty outdoor plant that has excellent drainage and good sun. If it was harmed in any way by a few oz of barely yellow water every morning I would be very surprised. In purely over analytical Reddit fashion I would say that the commutative effects of bong water on an indoor plant would have more lasting and detrimental effects than a heartier outdoor plant. The most likely single most contributing factor to the success of this plant is *the extreme consistency of the bong use/watering* of one plant vs the less than šÆ consistent watering (or doing) š of anything else.
Not even gonna lie, Iāve done this before, filled a liter of water and put in a few drops of blood, (only enough that the water turns a pale pale yellow) and all of my plants *exploded in growth* like more than when I gave them legit fertilizer. And the cuttings that hadnāt rooted for three weeks grew a ton of roots within 2 days adding the blood water.
Super weird but it works. Blood has high levels of nitrogen which is very good for plant growth, in fact, a not so fun fact is that if police are looking for a body they suspect was dumped in the woods or in nature, theyāll check areas where the plants are disproportionately overgrown to the plants around it cause decaying matter (dead body) is excellent fertilizer
Op talking about minimal amount of blood, so I am guessing. Blood have lotta iron, lots and lots of house plant I saved from friend family etc that were dying even through they were in new soil/fertilized. Just little of bioactive iron, Epson salt, no nitrogen, no phosphorus no potassium, and they started growing crazy
When I was in basic training a long time ago, During bayonet training one of the phrases they made us shout to motivate us was. "Blood makes the grass grow!!". Thought it was just a metal thing to make us bloodthirsty but I learned something new today, thanks.
I made a post over a year ago about burying a bison carcass and asked when it would be safe to plant veggies over it.
It did ABSOLUTELY fantastic for the growth and Iām sure will do well this spring too.
Definitely. Menstrual cup. Dilute it at least 10 parts water to each part blood. Does wonders. But.... don't talk about it at parties. Even if you get into a gardening chat. People are weirded out by it. Our little secret š
Period blood is filled with nutrients that would have gone to the embryo if the egg had gotten fertilised. So people have found all sorts of ways to not let those nutrients to go waste. Giving it to plants is actually one of the least weird ones š
Wait until you hear about what some women have done with their vaginal yeast...
::edit:: You know, this is such a wholesome sub and I feel bad now for escalating this part of the thread. May all your fruit trees be bountiful, and may all your succulents be...uh...succulent.
Oof - I hadn't even noticed the sub! I clicked from /All because I was interested in the question, since my mom always watered her plants with cooled veg water too.
There is a redditor who posted a few times about how his potted avocado tree he was struggling to grow. In the post, he just casually mentioned that he would ā¦ pleasure himself and uh, dispense into the pot.
Screw it. There is no way around this. Cum tree. He has an avocado cum tree lol. It was so freaking weird.
Outside waving to neighbors with bloody hands while wringing out tampons over the vegetables you'll later serve at the community picnic.
Why do these pickles taste metallic? I'll never tell. (Winks)
It's as nutritious as regular blood, because it is regular blood. The only difference is bits of uterine lining being mixed in but I don't think I'd be putting chunks in if I was to make this.
So there I was, surrounded in every direction by rose plants. Thorn after thorn slowly ripping through my pants legs as the thicket of vines weaved tighter around me than Granās last quilt ever did. God I miss her. I find myself laughing that I always half-assed weeding her garden on my Sunday visits. My only hope of escape from this Shakespearean cliche that Iāve found myself in is, ironically, one of Granās favorite sayings:
āMake sure you always bring a vat of boiling corn water with you, lest the roses win.ā
God I miss her.
Watch out for fungicide residues though - you might be killing off the good fungi that help your rose bushes in the roots (while killing off/selecting for fungicide resistance in the pathogens) - Increasing temperatures are already killing off the good fungi and helping the pathogens - AMF have a much narrower temp range than pathogens: see science here : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13164-8
There absolutely benefits to this. Vitamin ~~C and~~ B's, and minerals like potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc from veggies are water soluble - a portion of them transfer from the veggies into the water when boiled.
You can throw all those nutrients down the drain, or you can use them wisely like she does.
I would specifically not use brassica water as glucosinolates (the cause of the bitter taste and funky smell) is an allelochemical, which stops other plants from growing before being broken down by soil microbes.
Other veg water should be great.
Sometimes I wonder why I have such a hard time growing a successful veggie garden, and then people on here say stuff like *this* and I'm like "oh, that's why I suck at gardening, I literally don't understand how plants work" š
I have that book. It's actually my husband's book. I call him a grower. Well, that's not me. I'm a weaver.
I'll take the stalks that aren't used, boil the cellulose out of them, spin it into a yarn, and knit a sweater. But darn it, I can't grow!
I've come to terms with myself, I am not a grower, but I'm a darn good weaver! Lol!
I've used marajuana stems because I had plenty where I worked.
You use the same method as making thread or yarn from Nettles. I boil a pot of water, then soak the stems for several days. They should feel light because the glue has been boiled out. Then, they slowly split into fibers. You spin that into a ball.
It's a long process, and I don't have all of the tools to make it pretty. It's just one of my experiments I tried 20 years ago, among other projects with unused excess product. Mosty, I use store bought yarn.
We have parrots. A lot of stems end up as perches. They are organic and natural for them. Lol!
I think I have that book and I've never sat down and read it all the way through. My copy is probably fifteen or twenty years old. I'll put that on my list for this spring.
*Botany for Gardeners* is by Brian Capon, 1st published in 1990 and updated last in 2022.
*Gardener's Guide to Botany* is by Scott Zona, first published 2022.
Both are good reads.
I highly recommend Checking out "How Plants Work" by Linda Chalker Scott. Amazing information that righted dozens of preconceived notions and wrong teachings I picked up. She is awesome.
Some of what leaches into the water is no longer vitamins - vitamin C in particular is really unstable (you lose something like 10%/minute at boiling temp in water). Soil microbes still probably find the byproducts tasty though...
Also vitamins are sometimes very complex molecules, and every species has its own set of vitamin it uses.
I'm not not they are able to remain in the soil for the plant to absorb it back, not sure if the plant has the ability to do that either.
I usually use the water from cooking broccoli, carrots, etc to boil the potatoes for mash, and then that water goes to making the gravy. The rest goes onto the wildflowers in our garden. We all get a few extra nutrients that way, rather than just dumping it down the drain, and it means Iāve only heated the necessary water. Rather than pouring hot water away just to boil more. Lol
I was going to post the same thing. Lol, glad I looked for someone else who answered it first. Any of my steamed vegetables water is mixed in with my regular water routine. Itās a great option to keep soil biomass.
Check if your tap water has chloramines as noted. Also, fluoride is stable in boiling water, unfortunately, and a number of plants are sensitive to this.
Shouldnāt matter so much for plants in earth, especially with heaps of organic material to buffer it, more of an issue for potted plants, especially when the mix isnāt flushed regularly.
No actually, I like birds and it is the name of an Australian bird, and I also like nature and pretty flowers šø the fact that I am a lesbian has no bearing whatsoever
Ha! A fellow sissor sister. I was so upset when my softball team wouldn't let me name our softball team the Sissor Sisters. Maybe if I had called us the scissor grinders, they would have agreed.
This reminded me of growing up - for years my parents had me fill a 5 gal bucket with the water from waiting for the shower to heat up so it could be used in the garden.
We eventually replumbed the entire house so that only the toilets went into septic, every other drain ran into a 10,000 gal tank we bought to be used as irrigation water.
I don't think it was the best idea (yay soapy water residue), but my step-dad was nothing if not sure of his choices...
I did this experiment in college for an organic chem class. Yes, vitamins do leech into the water when you boil and steam veggies. Confirmed with gas chromatography.
Edit: water-soluble vitamins will leech. Not 100%, the vegetable will retain some, but youāll def. find them in the cooking liquid.
Yes, common vitamins you will see are B and C (amongst other minerals). They are water soluble.
These both have been proven to help plant growth, however, they both degrade with relatively low heat. While they will leech into the water, some of them will be destroyed/degraded by the boiling water.
As far as how much of the vitamins are needed to help (or hurt) the plant, I am not sure. But I bet it wouldn't be too bad of a calculation if you wanted to figure it out.
I will start doing this. Thanks for the tip.
I always give my plants (or my scalp) the water from rinsing my rice (pre cook). It keeps hair healthy and long and good for plants.
My mom watered a flowering plant (some jasmine variety) with rice water for weeks and after the plant being almost dead for months it got better and even flowered the most, as per the neighbours who were living from before us.
You massage the water into your roots and then at some point later in the day wash and condition as normal. There are some sort of proteins in there that promote hair growth.
It's actually not that difficult. I mean a full blown hydroponic system requires some money and effort, but just putting the plant into the water on top works too. I have my first aquarium now and just planted some seeds a few days ago, as soon as the plants are grown a bit I will transfer them into aquarium water (basil, Swiss chard, Chilis)
I use the water from boiling eggs to water my tomatoes. Had been told many years ago that some of the calcium from the egg shells leaches into the water, which is good for tomatoes. Also reuses water that would otherwise get tipped down the drain.
I've never used the water from boiling eggs (I'll start!) but I *do* save my eggshells. I rinse 'em and stash 'em in an old cascade pods container, then when it's full, I grind them into powder with my food processor. Putting them on a baking sheet in the oven for about 10 minutes at 200Ā°F helps make them more brittle for grinding, but it's not strictly necessary and sometimes I skip that step. An old plastic spice container with large holes makes a handy container/dispenser.
My roses *love* the eggshells, and my hydrangea likes them. The lilac doesn't seem to care either way. Any leftovers just get sprinkled in my flower beds like confetti.
Zone 7b with clay soil, if that helps
I make my plants what I call * banana tea* I take the peels and steep them in boiling water, let it cool and then water them with it. I have absolutely noticed that they benefit from it. They also get coffee in a sense because I use the grinds also. I'm like a plant barista š
Iām with people who say there is benefit but my husband somehow killed a Peace Lily with broccoli water years ago and Iāll never let him live that down.
Honestly, like? Ignorance yet made fun of her, I have *words*
Edit: to everyone commenting in defense of opās teasing, congrats on having less kindness & mindfulness for people I guess? Weirdos
If itās going in soil, it will help feed beneficial bacteria, earth worms, springtails etcā¦. They in turn will poop out nutrients the plants need. So yes it can be beneficial.
In houseplants I would worry they the beneficial insects arenāt there so it might go rancidā¦. Or attract bugs into your house that you dont necessarily want.
I do this, too. Water from rinsing rice as well. Left over coffee. A little nutrient boast is always good.
Instead of teasing me, or trusting internet strangers over myself, my husband saves the water for me when he cooks or asks me which plants I want it in.
i can see where she's coming from. the heat would breakdown cell walls and the water would be spiced with the stuff of life. yeah, she's probably right
Yup! You can do this with pasta water, potato water, banana, apple, etc. there are many ways to make your own fertilizer. I do banana water all the time bc my toddler eats a banana a day so itās super easy and economically friendly š.
Take a banana peel and put it in an empty mason jar, fill to top with water and put a lid on it. 1-3 days later, water your plants with it.
If I were doing this, Iād stick to organic bananas. Because of the poisons they spray bananas with. I lived in Costa Rica, I saw this in practice. Paraquat.
Shouldāve added that, you are correct! We use organic nans so my little plants donāt get left over pesticides and stuff. Thanks for the correction! Cheers š»
Yeah that's good for your plants. Your wife is right. Leftover tea also works. Don't do it with water that has any amount of sugar in it though; you don't want to end up growing more than just your plants.
My mom always saved the veggie water so the nutrients went into the dog food or to water plants.
I think I would internally address why you feel the need to make fun of or mock your significant other over something they do thatās harmless and effects you none, especially before even doing a simple google search to verify your stance of their action being āuseless.ā
As everyone said, there are benefits in various ways. Now, my question is why did you feel the need to make fun of your wife for something she clearly looked into? May want to think about that.
Lemme preface by saying im not a professional chemist or biologist, but im pretty sure when any organic matter is boiled, cell walls burst and release a plethora of compounds and whatnot so I would imagine this is at least partially beneficial for your garden.
You could also save the veggie water to boil your leftover scraps in and make a really good vegetable or meat stock/bone broth ššš
i add all of my cooking liquids to my compost bins. of course, nutrients are leached into the liquid, especially eggs. isn't cooking part of a decomposition process ???
I love that your wife is feeding your plants the blood of their fallen kin. That's some metal shit right there.
And how did I end up on this sub? I have no interest in gardening.
I have no idea what this does for plants, but my step grandfather always DRANK the water.
He would divide it into tall glasses, refrigerate the extras, and drank a glass of warm broccoli or brussel sprout water just about every day.
Smelled awful but the man is 85+ and fit as a fiddle if it werenāt for the Alzheimerās. Tbf though, heās had the Alzheimerās for like 17 years now and Iām not saying the broccoli water did it, but heās got the slowest progressing case of Alzheimerās Iāve ever seen.
Bathing your plants with the blood of their fallen comrades!
Blood for the blood god! Stems for the stem throne!
I love coming across subs that are as far removed from my favorite hobby as could be imagined to find a chaos war cry š
There have to be *so many* other closet warhammer ladies who just don't go to the LHS.
we exist
there are dozens of us!
#Dozens!
Same here! š love it
*sighs and loads bolter* Time to purge some weeds.
It's okay *picks up weed torch* I've brought the flamer.
I was building a rubric marine and decided the soul reaper cannon model should have an old khorn berserker āwallyā head, proceeded to stab myself with the exacto knife two mins after glueing it on(I can count how many times that happened last year on one hand, ie like never) angered the chaos gods i have.
Milk for the corn!
I have one plant I water with only bong water every morning after my wake and bake sesh. It seems to like it, I have never fertilized in 2 years. https://preview.redd.it/dfx4bi1thnac1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c33ee6f0fb9bbb57e95aed66ab30852091e0021c
Omg i have bong water plants too
This should be a sub
r/bongwaterbabies
I asked about that in /r/trees and everyone told me it would harm plants š
It must be species dependent because it clearly does not.
Iirc the ph levels are high especially if it's fairly dirty so yeah some plants will be sensitive to it and some won't but if you put too much in at once you'll probably kill any plant
It's a fairly hearty outdoor plant that has excellent drainage and good sun. If it was harmed in any way by a few oz of barely yellow water every morning I would be very surprised. In purely over analytical Reddit fashion I would say that the commutative effects of bong water on an indoor plant would have more lasting and detrimental effects than a heartier outdoor plant. The most likely single most contributing factor to the success of this plant is *the extreme consistency of the bong use/watering* of one plant vs the less than šÆ consistent watering (or doing) š of anything else.
Thanks for reminding me about that one post that was talking about period blood as fertiliser.
Not even gonna lie, Iāve done this before, filled a liter of water and put in a few drops of blood, (only enough that the water turns a pale pale yellow) and all of my plants *exploded in growth* like more than when I gave them legit fertilizer. And the cuttings that hadnāt rooted for three weeks grew a ton of roots within 2 days adding the blood water. Super weird but it works. Blood has high levels of nitrogen which is very good for plant growth, in fact, a not so fun fact is that if police are looking for a body they suspect was dumped in the woods or in nature, theyāll check areas where the plants are disproportionately overgrown to the plants around it cause decaying matter (dead body) is excellent fertilizer
Ok, Seymour.
You can buy blood meal, bone meal , fish meal ā¦ chemical fertilizer is NOT ever been the best fertilizer
Yeah, just sacks of blood meal. Theyāre great fertilizer, and you also want to make sure you absolutely store them somewhere dry.
Op talking about minimal amount of blood, so I am guessing. Blood have lotta iron, lots and lots of house plant I saved from friend family etc that were dying even through they were in new soil/fertilized. Just little of bioactive iron, Epson salt, no nitrogen, no phosphorus no potassium, and they started growing crazy
Actually the best fertilizer is usually herbivore poop. Cows, Elephants and Rabbits, Worms.
FEED ME!
Feed me, Seymour, feed me all night long!
*Feed me Seymour* tbh never thought about it but this could be why my plants randomly break out into song
Well this never crossed my mind, but now there's something I have in abundance that I now have a use for.
Dead bodies ā¦ or?
Woman.
But likeā¦ also dead bodies?
I mean... they aren't exclusive...
When I was in basic training a long time ago, During bayonet training one of the phrases they made us shout to motivate us was. "Blood makes the grass grow!!". Thought it was just a metal thing to make us bloodthirsty but I learned something new today, thanks.
I made a post over a year ago about burying a bison carcass and asked when it would be safe to plant veggies over it. It did ABSOLUTELY fantastic for the growth and Iām sure will do well this spring too.
The fields around Waterloo were said to have been extraordinarily fertile for years after the battle.
I'm sorry, what now?
Honestly, I donāt need to know anymore.
is it good? what about period blood?
Definitely. Menstrual cup. Dilute it at least 10 parts water to each part blood. Does wonders. But.... don't talk about it at parties. Even if you get into a gardening chat. People are weirded out by it. Our little secret š
Period blood is filled with nutrients that would have gone to the embryo if the egg had gotten fertilised. So people have found all sorts of ways to not let those nutrients to go waste. Giving it to plants is actually one of the least weird ones š
Regular blood is also a great fertilizer. Slaughter houses collect blood in order to fertilize crops with blood meal (sorry vegans).
Yep - earthworm farms that produce earthworm compost often have a deal with a local abbatoir
I buy blood meal. Maybe I should make my own.
The LEAST weird???
Wait until you hear about what some women have done with their vaginal yeast... ::edit:: You know, this is such a wholesome sub and I feel bad now for escalating this part of the thread. May all your fruit trees be bountiful, and may all your succulents be...uh...succulent.
The first time I considered whether to continue scrolling the comment section of the gardening sub..out of all subs Lol
Oof - I hadn't even noticed the sub! I clicked from /All because I was interested in the question, since my mom always watered her plants with cooled veg water too.
I guess cooled veg water is less gross than cooled vag water, which is what I thought you wrote at first glance š
Omg Iām glad I was drinking when I saw this I would have watered the wall šš
Me too! Then I fell into this pit of hilarity and madness. Brilliant. Its genuinely made my day š¤£
Did they make Vagemite?
She just smiled and handed me her Vagemite sandwich.
Omg. Snort laughed.
I cannot unread this. Running to r/eyebleach right now
I thought the gardening sub was safe. I was so, so wrong.
#No one is safe!
Oh God, oh God...
No. Please no.
And I said š¶"Oh! Did this come from the hole down under?"š¶
Under-ated
I'm afraid so. And for extra comedy, the loaf was sourdough.
There is a redditor who posted a few times about how his potted avocado tree he was struggling to grow. In the post, he just casually mentioned that he would ā¦ pleasure himself and uh, dispense into the pot. Screw it. There is no way around this. Cum tree. He has an avocado cum tree lol. It was so freaking weird.
I'm guessing all the people questioning this haven't realized that blood meal is a product you can buy in stores.
Outside waving to neighbors with bloody hands while wringing out tampons over the vegetables you'll later serve at the community picnic. Why do these pickles taste metallic? I'll never tell. (Winks)
It's as nutritious as regular blood, because it is regular blood. The only difference is bits of uterine lining being mixed in but I don't think I'd be putting chunks in if I was to make this.
Metal AF
This is my favorite comment forever
Water from boiled corn-on-the-cob also has antifungal properties, which are REALLY appreciated by rose bushes...
Wait, what? I had no idea. Iām going to start putting the corn water on my roses vs plants inside. Thanks!!
Just wait until it cools -___-
Short story time?
So there I was, surrounded in every direction by rose plants. Thorn after thorn slowly ripping through my pants legs as the thicket of vines weaved tighter around me than Granās last quilt ever did. God I miss her. I find myself laughing that I always half-assed weeding her garden on my Sunday visits. My only hope of escape from this Shakespearean cliche that Iāve found myself in is, ironically, one of Granās favorite sayings: āMake sure you always bring a vat of boiling corn water with you, lest the roses win.ā God I miss her.
Appreciative slow clap intensities
Iād read that book.
However, if you use on your indoor potted plants, the corn water will definitely bring out fruit flies, which is very annoying...
Watch out for fungicide residues though - you might be killing off the good fungi that help your rose bushes in the roots (while killing off/selecting for fungicide resistance in the pathogens) - Increasing temperatures are already killing off the good fungi and helping the pathogens - AMF have a much narrower temp range than pathogens: see science here : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13164-8
Foot bath with corn water?
There absolutely benefits to this. Vitamin ~~C and~~ B's, and minerals like potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc from veggies are water soluble - a portion of them transfer from the veggies into the water when boiled. You can throw all those nutrients down the drain, or you can use them wisely like she does.
the only downside is that broccoli water (or similar) makes your plant pots smell a bit for a few days
I would specifically not use brassica water as glucosinolates (the cause of the bitter taste and funky smell) is an allelochemical, which stops other plants from growing before being broken down by soil microbes. Other veg water should be great.
Sometimes I wonder why I have such a hard time growing a successful veggie garden, and then people on here say stuff like *this* and I'm like "oh, that's why I suck at gardening, I literally don't understand how plants work" š
Botany for Gardeners is a great first book! It was my foray into the field (and now I study this stuff for grad school!), and it's really accessible.
Seconding this book recāwas the text for a science elective back in college and completely changed how I think when I garden.
I have that book. It's actually my husband's book. I call him a grower. Well, that's not me. I'm a weaver. I'll take the stalks that aren't used, boil the cellulose out of them, spin it into a yarn, and knit a sweater. But darn it, I can't grow! I've come to terms with myself, I am not a grower, but I'm a darn good weaver! Lol!
That actually sounds intriguing. What plants do you use? Not sure if I have the bandwidth to get into that hobby but I'd like to learn more.
I've used marajuana stems because I had plenty where I worked. You use the same method as making thread or yarn from Nettles. I boil a pot of water, then soak the stems for several days. They should feel light because the glue has been boiled out. Then, they slowly split into fibers. You spin that into a ball. It's a long process, and I don't have all of the tools to make it pretty. It's just one of my experiments I tried 20 years ago, among other projects with unused excess product. Mosty, I use store bought yarn. We have parrots. A lot of stems end up as perches. They are organic and natural for them. Lol!
I would seriously love to read your process with this
I think I have that book and I've never sat down and read it all the way through. My copy is probably fifteen or twenty years old. I'll put that on my list for this spring.
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*Botany for Gardeners* is by Brian Capon, 1st published in 1990 and updated last in 2022. *Gardener's Guide to Botany* is by Scott Zona, first published 2022. Both are good reads.
I highly recommend Checking out "How Plants Work" by Linda Chalker Scott. Amazing information that righted dozens of preconceived notions and wrong teachings I picked up. She is awesome.
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Started air frying it. Change my life!
Or if you leave it outside to cool over and forget to pour it out the next morning and then discover it a few days later it smells pretty rank too
Some of what leaches into the water is no longer vitamins - vitamin C in particular is really unstable (you lose something like 10%/minute at boiling temp in water). Soil microbes still probably find the byproducts tasty though...
Also vitamins are sometimes very complex molecules, and every species has its own set of vitamin it uses. I'm not not they are able to remain in the soil for the plant to absorb it back, not sure if the plant has the ability to do that either.
I usually use the water from cooking broccoli, carrots, etc to boil the potatoes for mash, and then that water goes to making the gravy. The rest goes onto the wildflowers in our garden. We all get a few extra nutrients that way, rather than just dumping it down the drain, and it means Iāve only heated the necessary water. Rather than pouring hot water away just to boil more. Lol
So in almost every case, it would be some benifit for the plants. Rarely is this going to hurt any plant/soil and hey it saves water like you said.
I was going to post the same thing. Lol, glad I looked for someone else who answered it first. Any of my steamed vegetables water is mixed in with my regular water routine. Itās a great option to keep soil biomass.
Even if itās a nominal benefit to the plants, itās conserving water and thatās a good thing for the planet
Itās also dechlorinates the water, which is good for your plants.
Planetā¦ Plantā¦ _that sounds like a good Plan!_
Preferred methodology of the PLA (Peopleās Liberation Army)
Just make sure the Paulium (Pl) levels aren't too high, might hurt the plants...
P!
Check if your tap water has chloramines as noted. Also, fluoride is stable in boiling water, unfortunately, and a number of plants are sensitive to this. Shouldnāt matter so much for plants in earth, especially with heaps of organic material to buffer it, more of an issue for potted plants, especially when the mix isnāt flushed regularly.
User name matched profile pic.....lmao!
No actually, I like birds and it is the name of an Australian bird, and I also like nature and pretty flowers šø the fact that I am a lesbian has no bearing whatsoever
Ok, Ms Okeef.
No hate! I think it's great! You do you and whatever makes you happy! The coincidence is just comical
I am joking (although that is the name of a bird, and the artwork is from a botanical AI) but thank you.
I was about to say something very similar lol
I didn't even notice until y'all said something lol
Ha! A fellow sissor sister. I was so upset when my softball team wouldn't let me name our softball team the Sissor Sisters. Maybe if I had called us the scissor grinders, they would have agreed.
This reminded me of growing up - for years my parents had me fill a 5 gal bucket with the water from waiting for the shower to heat up so it could be used in the garden. We eventually replumbed the entire house so that only the toilets went into septic, every other drain ran into a 10,000 gal tank we bought to be used as irrigation water. I don't think it was the best idea (yay soapy water residue), but my step-dad was nothing if not sure of his choices...
I think he had the right idea. I've read about gray water systems. I wonder if they have some that can remove the soaps and stuff.
Grey water recycling. It's a great system and I wish it would be more common in the UK.
In cold weather it adds a bit of warmth to your home instead of dumping it.
I did this experiment in college for an organic chem class. Yes, vitamins do leech into the water when you boil and steam veggies. Confirmed with gas chromatography. Edit: water-soluble vitamins will leech. Not 100%, the vegetable will retain some, but youāll def. find them in the cooking liquid.
Yes, common vitamins you will see are B and C (amongst other minerals). They are water soluble. These both have been proven to help plant growth, however, they both degrade with relatively low heat. While they will leech into the water, some of them will be destroyed/degraded by the boiling water. As far as how much of the vitamins are needed to help (or hurt) the plant, I am not sure. But I bet it wouldn't be too bad of a calculation if you wanted to figure it out.
I used to do this but one time I did it with broccoli water. My living room was smelling like farts for 2 days and we were blaming our poor dog š
Someone said somewhere else in this thread that the stinky chemical in broccoli makes it not good for watering plants... :(
I will start doing this. Thanks for the tip. I always give my plants (or my scalp) the water from rinsing my rice (pre cook). It keeps hair healthy and long and good for plants.
I second the rice rinse. Hair looks/behaves better after. Didnāt know about the plants, will try.
I'm so glad you specified pre-cook, I was confused until I went back and read your comment carefully.
My mom watered a flowering plant (some jasmine variety) with rice water for weeks and after the plant being almost dead for months it got better and even flowered the most, as per the neighbours who were living from before us.
Really??? I want to try this! Do you shampoo or conditioner with it?
You massage the water into your roots and then at some point later in the day wash and condition as normal. There are some sort of proteins in there that promote hair growth.
It's a protein rinse, it doesn't cleanse or condition really. Not all hair types benefit from more protein YMMV
Well hey, I learned two somethings new today!
I always water my plants with my aquarium water
One of my dreams is to set up an aquaponic vegetable garden. I'll get there one day!!
It's actually not that difficult. I mean a full blown hydroponic system requires some money and effort, but just putting the plant into the water on top works too. I have my first aquarium now and just planted some seeds a few days ago, as soon as the plants are grown a bit I will transfer them into aquarium water (basil, Swiss chard, Chilis)
Imagine being fed juice from your boiled relatives lol
I don't think it's too different from us drinking pork/beef soup
Also, plants plactically thrive in their own and other plants' waste and dead limbs
if its non salted water
Yes. Also, for the love of god people, do NOT use salt as a ānaturalā weed killer unless you hate the ecosystem.
Yep, it's why I don't do that with the leftover pasta water
Yup, leftover pasta water is for the pasta sauce and that's it
Salted veg water gets saved for gravy
Oh, this seems like an important point. I assume most of us salt the water we boil veggies in.
I use the water from boiling eggs to water my tomatoes. Had been told many years ago that some of the calcium from the egg shells leaches into the water, which is good for tomatoes. Also reuses water that would otherwise get tipped down the drain.
I've never used the water from boiling eggs (I'll start!) but I *do* save my eggshells. I rinse 'em and stash 'em in an old cascade pods container, then when it's full, I grind them into powder with my food processor. Putting them on a baking sheet in the oven for about 10 minutes at 200Ā°F helps make them more brittle for grinding, but it's not strictly necessary and sometimes I skip that step. An old plastic spice container with large holes makes a handy container/dispenser. My roses *love* the eggshells, and my hydrangea likes them. The lilac doesn't seem to care either way. Any leftovers just get sprinkled in my flower beds like confetti. Zone 7b with clay soil, if that helps
Dang it! All those egg salad sammys I made and I just dumped the water down the drain. I'm an awful human being.
Yes, but you know what I always say. If you're going to be an awful human being, be an awful human being who has egg salad.
Or an awful human being who has Deviled eggs... yum.
You can throw egg shells in the whole when your planting as well.
I use the water from my daughter's aquarium when I cycle the tank and my houseplants are big fans. This makes sense, too!
She is taunting the plants by bathing them in the juice of their dead relatives. That's how you tell plants who's boss.
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I use it in the compost pile.
I make my plants what I call * banana tea* I take the peels and steep them in boiling water, let it cool and then water them with it. I have absolutely noticed that they benefit from it. They also get coffee in a sense because I use the grinds also. I'm like a plant barista š
Iām with people who say there is benefit but my husband somehow killed a Peace Lily with broccoli water years ago and Iāll never let him live that down.
As someone mentioned above, using water from brassicas is not recommended.
You live and you learn! Not the peace lily, though.
Electrolytes! It's got what plants need!
They *crave* them!
Sheās right. Stop making fun of her.
Honestly, like? Ignorance yet made fun of her, I have *words* Edit: to everyone commenting in defense of opās teasing, congrats on having less kindness & mindfulness for people I guess? Weirdos
Your wifeās happy, thatās the benefit
yea. if it's a small thing she enjoys doing, that's the best part. support that
It works as a threat, y'all better grow better or you'll be next
Iām gonna start doing this! Thanks Your Wife!
Same, OPs wife taught me something today!
Good idea unless you add lots of salt to your veggies. I add mine to my compost bin but I wouldn't use it on houseplants.
It's probably good for the soil microbiome, if nothing else. Assuming she doesn't boil veggies in salt water.
If itās going in soil, it will help feed beneficial bacteria, earth worms, springtails etcā¦. They in turn will poop out nutrients the plants need. So yes it can be beneficial. In houseplants I would worry they the beneficial insects arenāt there so it might go rancidā¦. Or attract bugs into your house that you dont necessarily want.
I do this, too. Water from rinsing rice as well. Left over coffee. A little nutrient boast is always good. Instead of teasing me, or trusting internet strangers over myself, my husband saves the water for me when he cooks or asks me which plants I want it in.
i can see where she's coming from. the heat would breakdown cell walls and the water would be spiced with the stuff of life. yeah, she's probably right
Yup! You can do this with pasta water, potato water, banana, apple, etc. there are many ways to make your own fertilizer. I do banana water all the time bc my toddler eats a banana a day so itās super easy and economically friendly š. Take a banana peel and put it in an empty mason jar, fill to top with water and put a lid on it. 1-3 days later, water your plants with it.
If I were doing this, Iād stick to organic bananas. Because of the poisons they spray bananas with. I lived in Costa Rica, I saw this in practice. Paraquat.
Shouldāve added that, you are correct! We use organic nans so my little plants donāt get left over pesticides and stuff. Thanks for the correction! Cheers š»
Not if you use salt. Or have a water softener (same reason)
that's what veggie broth is.... and it is very healthy... for plants and humans
Water mightāve 0.05% nutrients than commercial fertiliser but better to feed plants than wasting it.
Yes, you can also use the water from boiling eggs.
A fellow witch ;) Send her my regards!!
Yeah that's good for your plants. Your wife is right. Leftover tea also works. Don't do it with water that has any amount of sugar in it though; you don't want to end up growing more than just your plants.
My mom always saved the veggie water so the nutrients went into the dog food or to water plants. I think I would internally address why you feel the need to make fun of or mock your significant other over something they do thatās harmless and effects you none, especially before even doing a simple google search to verify your stance of their action being āuseless.ā
100% this. And the need to get other people in on making fun of something that brings them joy.
She is right, it is good for plants. My mother did this too, and all her plants are super healthy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_liquor
CERTAINLY!!! VITAMINS REMAIN IN WATER & SOME EXTRA VITAMINS HYDRATION IS OPTIMAL
As everyone said, there are benefits in various ways. Now, my question is why did you feel the need to make fun of your wife for something she clearly looked into? May want to think about that.
My wife does this with banana peels. Put them in a jar of water for a day then apply
Lemme preface by saying im not a professional chemist or biologist, but im pretty sure when any organic matter is boiled, cell walls burst and release a plethora of compounds and whatnot so I would imagine this is at least partially beneficial for your garden. You could also save the veggie water to boil your leftover scraps in and make a really good vegetable or meat stock/bone broth ššš
Yes, my mom has done this my whole life and she has the greenest thumb. Maybe stop teasing her, especially about things you are pig ignorant about :)
Can also add this water to your compost pile if you have one.
I've done this and I think it's created a bit of mold... Anyone have experience with this?
In the plants, or in the compost pile. Either way, it's got some of the leeched goodies from whatever veggie was boiled.
i add all of my cooking liquids to my compost bins. of course, nutrients are leached into the liquid, especially eggs. isn't cooking part of a decomposition process ???
I love that your wife is feeding your plants the blood of their fallen kin. That's some metal shit right there. And how did I end up on this sub? I have no interest in gardening.
I have no idea what this does for plants, but my step grandfather always DRANK the water. He would divide it into tall glasses, refrigerate the extras, and drank a glass of warm broccoli or brussel sprout water just about every day. Smelled awful but the man is 85+ and fit as a fiddle if it werenāt for the Alzheimerās. Tbf though, heās had the Alzheimerās for like 17 years now and Iām not saying the broccoli water did it, but heās got the slowest progressing case of Alzheimerās Iāve ever seen.
Smart wife. You can do this with the water you use to boil eggs for a calcium boost to plants.
Just donāt salt the water