air conditioning water?

[vegie chicken]

can you apply this type of water to plants etc

i only put it on trees nothing that produces food

is it okay to use this water or is it poisonus

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

Reading a couple sites it says its safe to use on non-edible plants. The water has dirt particles and can also harbor bacteria and mildew organisms.

ETA; I found this site but I still dont know if I would use it for veggies or greens.

http://wvgazette.com/Life/201007310201

 

[Ridgerunner]

In my opinion, it should be safe. It is water that condenses out of the air, so that part is no different than rainwater. It condenses on a metal surface. I do not know if it dissolves any or enough of the metal to cause a problem. It depends on the metal. Think of it like distilling moonshine. (Moonshine is home-made pure grain alcohol.) With some piping, the moonshine can dissolve certain metals and cause blindness or death. With other piping, it does not dissolve any metals to cause those problems. It just makes you think you are going blind.

I admit, I have no idea where the idea of this being especially dangerous concerning a virus came from. Any water that is stored, expecially stagnant water, can get growth in it. Anything that stays wet can get growth on it. Algae is one common growth. There are others. I personally don't have a problem watering plants with water in my rain barrels that have algae growing in it, even plants that produce stuff I eat. I don't specifically like getting it on the parts of the plants I eat, but that is different than organic matter being put in the soil, decaying, and nutrients being used by the plant ot produce my food. I look at it that water that has growth in it is probably pretty safe. If it has a poison in it, stuff would not be growing in it. When I am camping and filtering my drinking water, I like to use water that has things swimming in it.

The only other possible concern I might have would be the water getting metal salts in it. Salt is not good for most plants. It is a commom problem in heavily irrigated areas. I'm not a metalurgist, but I think the metal would have to corrode to form the salts. Again, I think the posibility of this is pretty low and I would not hesitate to use this water on non-edible plants. Maybe someone with a metalurgy background could comment.

As someone who has had the drain in the attic get plugged and water from the air conditioned overflow the drip pan, then come down through the ceiling, I can see this could be a source for a decent amount of water.

Good luck! I think it is a good source of water for you.