StonedPlanet Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 I was thinking.. Yea, I know - God help us all! But really.. I was! And rain is a great way to get free water for every garden! That would have to wait for warmer weather though. So I melted some snow to test the pH and it comes out around 5.5 I thought maybe use a bucket under the gutter drains to collect what comes down and use a cone shaped filter to keep debris out.. But debris wouldn't be the only contaminates.. Birds poop everywhere! Especially roof tops! It would definately get into the mix! Main thing is, how much damage could it cause? Obviously the most extreme case would be loss of life. Anyone tried this? Free water with a perfect pH would be nice to have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Smoke Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 Water is pretty cheap. A small bottle of ph down is fairly inexpensive too. I wouldn't risk getting all that other crap in my water. Fugetaboutit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Vaped Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 One word on bird poo...it can kill you! For $230.00 you can get a pretty nice R.O. system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 I wondered about this before and then did some research and found that snow's pH won't necessarily be the same from one storm to the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knottwhole Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 I wondered about this before and then did some research and found that snow's pH won't necessarily be the same from one storm to the next. Yea, I've seen a little change from snow, but I live in the country and almost everything that falls from the sky here is within a few tenths of 7. And the stuff about bird crap being dangerous, I guess those who use chicken manure are all wrong. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingdiamond Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Don't forget all the gunk in old nasty deteriorating shingles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solabeirtan Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Don't forget all the gunk in old nasty deteriorating shingles. The Best Reason to NOT use it. Lil bird Poo's cool. Unless you have a Cedar Shake Roof, other Roofing Materials are Questionably Toxic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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