Title pretty much describes what happened. I fed my outdoor plant water and didn’t realize it had algae growth (slight green tint) in it. I thought it might have been my nutes because they are a green color, but when I opened the tank up, it was much cloudier and greener than it had been before. Should I re-water (same day) with fresh water and then again with fresh clean nutrient water? Or is it safe to just let the algae water stay and resume normal clean water watering for the next feed? I can give more info on the set up too if needed, just let me know.
I’m currently doing indoor grow with collective rainwater. Mine sometimes is brown or green due to pollen and algee… I mix my nutrients and test ppm. As long as it’s natural not clean tap water I think you should be fine to resume normal feeding.
The water im using is just Los Angeles City Tap Water and am growing in soil, but sounds good. I will keep an eye on the plant and soil to see where it goes and adjust as needed. I figure that one feed wont ruin the grow.
Algee shouldn’t really be a problem its going to more or less die once the soil drys out a bit if anything it’s organic fertilizer at that point you should be good I would try to avoid it in the future if possible though
Algae is harmless to higher plants and won’t affect your plants. Most types of algae are harmless to people and animals too, and you can drink water with algae in, although if there’s fertilizer in the water it’s probably not that good for you.
Algae grows anywhere there is water, nutrients and light. If you get it in a water holding container, you can cover it with something dark to stop the light getting in and the algae won’t grow.
About the only issue is algae uses nutrients. If you have a lot of algae in a container of water, then it might have used some or all of the nutrients in the water and you will have to mix up a new batch of fertilizer or add more fertilizer to the algae water.