AboutSarracenia Northwest Expertise Got a carnivorous plant problem? The growers at Sarracenia Northwest can help! Carnivorous plant experts Jeff Dallas and Jacob Farin have helped thousands of growers around the world, and they can help you too. When you submit your question, they will diagnose your situation and offer a solution to help you get your carnivorous plant back on track.
Experience With over 40 years of combined experience, Jeff and Jacob has definitely taken a straight forward approach to growing carnivorous plants. Get the straight facts from the guys who grow and propagate thousands of these plants every year.
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I have seen that lots of people use reverse osmosis units to make pure water for their carnivorous plant, but I have a reverse osmosis de-ionizing unit that I use to make water that is about 0-3 ppm for my coral reef fish tank. I just want to make sure that carnivorous plants are ok with de-ionized water, it probably dosent make a difference, its just that I haven't seen anyone else use a RO/DI unit for this purpose. Thanks
-Joe
Answer Hi Joe,
That water is great. With readings like that you practically have distilled water. Our water coming out of our RO unit is closer to 20ppm, so that is fine. The deionizer just takes out any additional mineral ions that make it through the membranes.
