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[Potteringaround]

How do you guys store rain water? Can it be bottled and if so how long will it stay fresh for? I dont really have room for storing it outside but have collected plenty during the recent storms, with more on its way tonight!

Any help will be appreciated.

Cheers

[Tricky Utrici]

I'm guessing you don't need much water, I don't think the wife would let me turn the spare room into a water storage area. You would need to stop daylight from turning your water into green soup so store in a cool dark place. If you're storing in bottles just make sure there are no contaminants left in the bottle, in other words make sure you drink the whole bottle!

I have about 4000 litres of storage in water butts, over winter and into spring some of it must be well over six months old, but it doesn't seem to cause a problem. Just keep your containers clean and use the oldest first.

Les

[Potteringaround]

I have 9 vft's and a couple of other plants that need it at the mo.

Thanks for your advice. I will store some in the garage out of the way. Was just planning ahead for when the summer kicks in!

[Blocky71]

Garage?......... With it's own roof or is it integral?

[Potteringaround]

I was talking about keeping the water in the garage when I have bottled it up.

[Tricky Utrici]

Summer? What is that? I have a vague recollection of days when the sun came out and it got warm, was that called summer? So long ago it's hard to remember.

[Blocky71]

Yeah i got that Pottering, just thought if you had a garage it'd have a roof, bit of guttering, waterbutt,job done.?. I'm guessing this isn't the case though.....