{"id":4270,"date":"2016-12-13T09:49:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T14:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteaderdepot.com\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2016-12-13T09:49:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T14:49:20","slug":"does-tap-water-kill-garden-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/2016\/12\/13\/does-tap-water-kill-garden-bacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Tap Water Kill Garden Bacteria?  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some people believe that the chemicals used in treating tap water, namely chlorine, will kill or harm the bacteria in their garden soil.\u00a0 Since bacteria are the base of the food web in your garden it\u2019s important to keep them healthy and happy.\u00a0 Because of this some gardeners have resorted to filtering their water with costly filtrations systems, or letting it sit out for hours or even days in watering cans to allow the chlorine to evaporate.\u00a0 But is any of this necessary?\u00a0 In this video we are shown the painstakingly scientific evaluation of this hypothesis.\u00a0 The experiment takes place in Alberta Canada, and other areas will have slightly different treatment levels in their water, but the results are not likely to be drastically different from the ones shown in the video.\u00a0 Hope this helps.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Does the Chlorine in Tap Water Harm Beneficial Bacteria?\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tgvlE8YM1xI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you liked this, you might also enjoy\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/8ef9flvm5e266ovn2ep3m6oq5q.hop.clickbank.net\/?tid=NEWADS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Become A Master Healer With This Revolutionary\u00a0Course\u2026<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/e8b96k8k-h4z5h3w15ex3osldj.hop.clickbank.net\/?tid=NEWADS\">Traditional Hindu Yoga for Weight Loss<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/e8b96k8k-h4z5h3w15ex3osldj.hop.clickbank.net\/?tid=NEWADS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2026<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/ada15qviw9433p1qt9umz2sf8f.hop.clickbank.net\/?tid=NEWADS\">Improve Your Carpentry Skills Quickly and Easily&#8230;<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Some people believe that the chemicals used in treating tap water, namely chlorine, will kill or harm the bacteria in their garden soil.\u00a0 Since bacteria are the base of the food web in your garden it\u2019s important to keep them healthy and happy.\u00a0 Because of this some gardeners have resorted to filtering their water<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-grid-button\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/2016\/12\/13\/does-tap-water-kill-garden-bacteria\/\">Read More <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[249,411,573],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}