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Take your banana peels, throw in a jug with water let sit for a couple of days. Potassium is in the peals, the plants love it. Same as rice water or coffee grounds.

I've been watering my plants with this conditioner and yes, my plants love it. My spider plant has given me flowers 😍

There should be an award for meaningful information/enrichment on KZfaq, I believe this tip is extremely valuable game changer. Thank you so very much from New York to you in Sheffield, England.

Vitamin C in your water does the exact same thing without resorting to a branded product. I just take a pinch of crushed vitamin C tablet and add to my water.

I am a retired old man aquarium hobbyist. I water my plants with aquarium water which is chlorine and chloramine free. I have city water so it is necessary to remove these chemicals because they are toxic to my fish. Your idea is great and stress-coat is a great product but with many aquariums it is a bit expensive for me to use. The main ingredient in all chorine-chloramine neutralizers is sodium Thiosulfate. I purchased a 5 Lbs. bag on line for around $35.00 and used half of it to make my own chorine-chloramine remover. It made enough to last me for decades and I still have enough left in the Crystal form to mix up that much again. Like any commercial chlorine remover you need to shake it up well before using it as the Sodium Thiosulfate tends to separate from sitting on the shelf. I keep mine in glass bottles so that I can see when it has been shaken up well. It is easy to make. Here is the recipe below. To make aquarium Dechlorinator mix 500 grams of Sodium Thiosulfate to a gallon of water. 1 drop will treat a gallon of water, 1 milileter will treat 10 gallons of water. One gallon of this mixture will treat up to 40,000 gallons of water. Pool Dechlorinator Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate 5 lbs by Cesco Solutions - Premium Chlorine Neutralizer for Pools, Aquarium, Pond - Technical-Grade Chlorine Remover for Hot Tubs - Bulk Package 4 tablespoons of Safe Power to 1500 ml of water will treat 14,400 gallons of water, The complete and concentrated conditioner for both fresh and salt water Removes chlorine Chloramine and ammonia Converts ammonia into a safe nontoxic form that is readily removed by the tank's Bio Filter May be used during Tank cycling to alleviate ammonia and nitrite toxicity; non acidic and will not impact pH nor will it over activate skimmers Safe is the dry version of prime and shares all of its advantages, however safe is even more concentrated

I live in the humid tropics with pure water coming out of the tap and had the same problems with my calathea. I put the calathea outside in a shady spot and it didn't get better, and worse, something has been eating the leaves. My solution is to never buy a calathea again. I can easily live without it.

I love how you demonstrate in your videos that you ‘throw’ your plants in the bin: before letting them go, carefully position them so they will arrive on their ‘feet’ and they will survive the trip. Disclaimer: no plant babies were harmed in the making of this video 😊💚

Definitely the kindest and most educated plant videos I've ever came across. I love all your valuable information 🌸🌹🌿🌵

I just saw this video and immediately bought this product. This seems like the solution I need for browning tips on my otherwise beautiful spider plant. Everyone on line says that’s just the way spider plants are. I mostly use rain water but I don’t always have access to that. Then I use distilled. But this seems to be the better solution. Thanks so much

As an aquarium enthusiast, I can confirm that stresscoat does not interfere with fertlizing. After all the fertilizing routines in heavy hightech aquariums require micros and macros added every day. It would be detrimental if it cancelled NPK added. Funny thing is I have API at hand, never considered using it in plants since I have mix RO water with tap. Will try it in though! It makes sense.

Nice to see the plant community discovering the aquarium community little secret about water conditioning. I water all my plants with my tank water and the all seem very pleased.

I started using this a month ago and it has changed everything...Everybody's a lot healthier and happier! 😅

It definitely helps with aquarium plants, please keep in mind that use outside of aquariums falls under off-label use so don't go using it for food plants and I wouldn't use anything other than the dosing they put on the bottles: API Tap water conditioner dosing comes out to 3 drops per gallon of water. API Stress Coat conditioner dosing comes out to 10 drops (0.5mL) per gallon. Both of these remove chlorine, chloramine, and detoxify heavy metals from tap water.

2 months late for this video, but I have a freshwater planted aquarium, and I've never heard or seen mentioned in aquarium keeping communities that water conditioner could affect fertilizers. My tank is a 3-year-old walstad (use potting soil covered by a layer of aquarium substrate), and now that the soil is depleted I've been using liquid and tablet fertilizer along with Seachem Prime water conditioner and I have never seen any adverse reactions. From what I've also seen, aquarium water is also good for plants. I use the dirty water from cleaning my filters and tank water change to water the little piece of lawn outside my back door, and boy does the grass grow like crazy. That water has all the fish waste and a bunch of filtering microbes and other biomedia, so it does wonders to plants

Thank you started using conditioner about 4 weeks ago . And it's amazing. No brown anywhere on any of my plants . Thank you 😊

I really like your videos because you get to all the points quickly and without a lot of fluff.

I bought a 2.5-gallon beverage dispenser with a tap from Amazon. I fill it with water, add the conditioner, and fill my watering can from the tap. It's clear, so it doesn't look bad on my counter.

You are by far, my favorite plant person.. thank you..

I have just started using a water conditioner to water my alocasia black velvet! there was no reason I could find for some of the tips on her leaves to turn brown, and after some research found out that the chlorine might have been the issue. It's doing very well now and perfectly happy! super cheap and quick solution

Thank you for this awesome suggestion. I’ve used this solution for only one month and have already noticed a dramatic difference in my Calathea and Spider plants. As a result, all of my houseplants are now watered with this solution added. My bamboo plant seems to have grown much more in one month than I have seen in the last six months. THANKS AGAIN for sharing.

I’ve been using this water conditioner for a couple months now. I purchased from Amazon after seeing the suggestion on your channel. I’ve only a few sensitive plants but I’m looking forward to healthy new growth. I certainly have not had any adverse reaction. I use on all my plants. Thanks for this tip from all who suggested it. 🌱❤

As a spider plant lover I needed to hear this. Im gonna try this for my babies ❤

Tried it. It works. Better than plant food. Yahoo. Thank you

I have been struggling with this issue with my peace lilies for like 10 years and I thought it was hopeless. Thank you! Such a great tip!

You had mentioned using water conditioner before, and so I took your advice and it has been working well so far. Thank you for making this separate, more in depth video that clarifies some concerns I have thought of. Your content is fantastic! 💖🌱💖🌱💖🌱

My calathea hates tap water but thrives with supermarket bottled still water 😊. When seeing what a huge difference it made, I started using it for all my plants and all of them are doing even better 😊

This video came along at the exactly right time. I was just googling water distillers last night and trying to determine the time needed to process so much water and the counter space I would need for the equipment. I just received another African Mask and very much want it to flourish so thank you, thank you. I am so happy to know there is something that will improve my plants water,Sheffield never fails

Oh that's for my fish tanks! Bonus tip, if you have a fish tank and then change the water about 1 x a month take the old fish tank water and use it for the plants. 😍

Based on your videos I recently bought a bottle of this and shared it out with my daughter - i decanted it into two dropper bottles - so can count one drop, two drops etc depending on size of watering vessel.

Chloramine and chlorine can be also neutralized by one or two drops of very cheap absorbing acid/ vitamin c ( even lemon juice)per liters.

Thanks for the tip. For watering my plants, I also use water droplets from my window air conditioning unit. Since I live in a tropical country, it only takes overnight to fill my 16 liter bucket.

Spot on! I use a aquarium dechlorinator for all of mine and sometimes aquarium water as it has fish waste in it.

I just ordered the smallest bottle ($3.95) even though I have filtered water. Im just starting a new plant collection after moving back to Florida where my plants have always thrived, but because I’m not 100% certain my water filter removes all the chlorine & chlorimide, i’d rather be safe than sorry. Thanks for the tip! It can’t hurt.

As an aquarist I take the proses one step farther by only using ex-fish tank water. I take it one step farther still by syphoning/concentrating my filter cleaning water down to mud that I can selectively use on my plants.

I have now been using this for several months, and he is right. This works quite well.👏🏽👍🏼💡

Very glad the stress coat worked for you. Give it a good mix 15 minutes into the settle, just swish the jug a bit, and it will help the metals settle a bit better. For fertilizer, alternate with 75/25 distilled water and fertilizer drops. Add the fertilizer drops to the distilled water then mix with stress coat treatment that has already settled. From what I can gather this is about what my companion does for their Prayer Plant.

I literally just threw a bottle of water conditioner away because I have not had fish in over three years. What a great idea… Guess I need to make a trip to the pet store!! Thank you so much for your informative videos, my plants 🪴 and I love you! 💕

This video and your whole channel is so helpful, thank you! I don't have a great track record with plants. I live in an apartment with no outdoor workspace and I inherited 5 houseplants in February. It's been almost 6 months and they haven't croaked!

I appreciate your frankness cuz it makes you more trustworthy.

Great video and sound advice. I keep tropical fish and have 3 aquariums, I'd have more is space allowed ;). All my plants are watered from the tanks and have the benefits of conditioned water, fish waste products within the water and a stable temperature of around 25deg C. The aquariums benefit from regular water changes, so it's a win win. I even use the same water to mist spray plants and air plants, they seem to love it.

So I bought this after watching your video and I'm hoping this will make a difference. Not all of my plants have a crispy leaf issue but some of the more sensitive ones do and I feel confident that this will help. It cost about $5 for a really small bottle here in Canada but it will probably last me a really long time. Thank you for the tip.

Im in the aquarium hobby also, and the water conditioner do not so much with the nitrogen compounds (ammonia, nitrit, nitrate,...), it can help fishes to survive ammonia poisoning, but its not eliminate it. When chloramine is treated, it breaks down chlorine and ammonia, so it actually make ammonia but it is not that much anyway. Truly a great stuff :D

I used to keep fish for over a decade and used Stress coat for everything it never occured to me to let other people know about it thank you for spreading the word!

Hi everyone, as a fish keeper, I can confirm there is no impact on fertiliser. I use the APT 3 fert in my tanks alongside Stress Coat and CO2 and no issues at all.

I always refill my indoor plant jugs with tap water after I water. Then let the water in the jugs dissipate the chlorine naturally for a couple days or more before watering my indoor plants again. My outdoor plants get water from my rain water collection. Works great.

I’ve taken to keeping my plastic milk bottles rinsing them, filling them up with tap water using them to water 💦 my indoor plants with it. Rotate the bottles out regularly works a treat 😂

Just bought a bottle I don’t have a water softener but never thought of the water treatment chemicals I learned something today Thank you

As a fish and plant lover I have no need to buy great advice so I'll do the same from now on

Amazon has a deal right now on API stress coat. Just $8.46 U.S. for a 16 ounce bottle. I just ordered mine :) Thank you so much for the tip! Maybe my spider plant will behave now :). I really enjoy your channel. I’ve learned a lot!

My God your channel has grown so much since the last time I watched a video! More than double! Congrats! Wish to your subscribers' plants the same growth! 😅

Tip: check if your tap water contains chlorine and chloramine first! I live in the Netherlands and I’ve seen people around me filter water and/or add conditioner to it, while the tap water in NL is extremely pure and contains no chlorine or chloramine whatsoever.

I grow Calatheas from the top of the aquarium! Like some people grow pothos and the fertilized water from my aquarium has also helped them grow amazingly! I’ve wanted to share this with others

Never heard of this, I’m so glad to learn about water conditioner . It makes perfect sense!

Thank you for this video! You mentioned this stuff in one of your previous videos and I've had it in my amazon basket since then but only after watching this one I finally ordered it. I also bought a soil moisture meter following your advice and it was money well spent. I used to think that plants are not for me as I'd always kill them but it just takes some time and research (videos like yours!) to be a good plant parent. I've got lots of plants now, I've been also rescuing poorly plants and they all seem to be happy with me 🙂 thanks once again.

I live in south australia. I have calatheyas and they are thriving. Massive leaves, no browning, and im just watering them, and every so often feeding them

I recently started growing venus fly traps, they need pure water. I invested in a zero water filter. I got the 22 cup filter jug and it gives me 100% pure water that registers a 0 on the TDS meter. It really removes everything. We give it to all of our plants & pets.

Indeed. And our tap water is doing the same to us, making us “brown and crispy with yellowing edges” on the inside! (Sickness, disease, cancers, etc. ). It’s not just chlorine. Heavy metals, fluoride, antibiotics, etc. etc. are there. Water filters are a must for any home in these times.

I will fill up a bucket of water and leave it outside for 24 hours. The chlorine will evaporate without any further treatment. The only issue it that it needs to be left outdoors.

Mild toxins…. Imagine what all this stuff does to humans.

I use a de-chlorinator with my watering, as well as I also bought water testing strips because mostly our water comes from a reservoir, but it switches occasionally to treated water, which has completely different chemistry. (I learned this from years as a serious aquarium hobbyist, and a time working in an aquarium specialty shop.) I appreciate that you pointed out the difference between chlorine and chloramine, because people don't realize that almost all treated household water has chloramine instead. It honestly never occurred to me to use the StressCoat version of water conditioner, I'm still using the basic kind that we used to use for all of our tanks. We have very neutral water with almost no hardness (either KH or GH,) so our fish didn't really need stress-coat unless they were sick and had to be treated, but it's a good point, and I think I'll switch when I run out of this one. Pro-tip: get a 50ml dropper bottle and transfer some of the product to that, so you can drop in the small amounts needed for your watering pitcher. Then store the larger bottle in a cool dark place, so you're not constantly opening and closing it. Less contamination to the main bottle that way.

I’ve switched to filtered water for watering thanks to you, it’s helped immensely….thanks!

I agree with everything in this video, but just a heads up Chat GPT will make stuff up out of whole cloth so I would double check anything you read on there.

Excellent presentation !!! Now I can stop throwing my plants away 😉

I have always used my left over coffee & my plants grow like weeds😀

We have a well so we pump in into our home and it runs through a coal filter and tastes fine, there is a natural bubbling spring that water tastes better the from the well we dug but it’s to far from the house to pipe in in. I just walk over with a wagon and a few empty jugs . That’s the water I make coffee from or drink straight up. Well water for all my plants they look great ,no problems.

I have a pond and use the powder to remove the chlorine. Mostly the pond water is changed by rain water. When you showed us the difference it clicked. I just ordered a bottle of the stress coat. In my area, my water pH is 8.5!!!!! God only knows what they are adding. Thank you for letting me know that the pH will rise with the water conditioner. So.. like I said, I purchased the stress coat instead.

Thank you so much Mr Sheffield, I am amazed and happy that you’ve shown us all about the importance of the water conditioners for our plant water. It’s so very helpful and useful too. And I for one have just brought a Calathea and I’m going to spread the word to everyone who has a lot of p,ants too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤

Thanks! This is a great tip. About a year ago I started watering exclusively with spring water. That made a huge difference. I live in a totally different world over here in Miami Florida. My plants live year round on my balcony, and from what you’ve described I probably have to water them twice as often as they get near constant 80°F (26°C) and 80% humidity here. We moved in March and a month ago we got a dehumidifier to supplement the air conditioning in our new apartment, and I started saving the runoff water and using it for my plants. I think they’re even more healthy now. I might have to try this stress coat stuff come November when the humidity drops off here and my supply of dehumidifier water dwindles.

I have been doing this for years. Started doing it to condition the water when making compost tea for my outdoor plants.

now I know why my plants don't get brown leaves on my plants. I use the water from my aquarium water changes to water them.

I use the PUR (a line over the U) water purifier you attach to your kitchen tap. Seems to really help. Great video. Thanks.

Thanks. I have an aquarium with live plants and have found I can use the aquarium fertiliser with the water conditioner with no problems at all. However I've never thought of using the conditioner in the water for my plants. What is really good also is using the water from your aquarium to water the plants during a water change.

Ived been using this for 2months now and my plants are very happy no crispy edges no brown spots very please

I use water filter for my tap water and I've been using the same filtered water for my plant the last 4 months. I never had such a lovely collection. no brown effect at all

As someone with aquariums, I’ve wondered about this for some time, but never tried it. Glad to hear it works. As to affecting fertilizer, the same companies that make the water conditioners also make fertilizers and I’ve never read where they suggest the two have any affect on each other. I’m guessing it could be tested by taking two plants and fertilizing only one, but using the conditioner in both to see if the fertilizer still has an effect. Great video.

Thank you for the recommendation! I love how you are not one of these 'Look what I discovered!' but instead gave credit to the viewers who recommended the product. I remember the original video with the comments and made a mental note to myself, but quickly forgot to get some. I've been collecting rain water and have actually written down the name of the conditioner so I remember to get it. I won't have to store gallons of rain water in my garage anymore.

You always have the most helpful tips! I’ve been getting a little sick of always having to harvest rainwater, will be trying this out right away

You can get small bottles of stress coat for £3 ish, I also spoke to a fish breeder and he said the effect is instant once in the water, no need to stand. Thankyou very much for this tip, I've been using for a couple of months and plants are thriving. 👍👍👍👍🥰

I often used peroxide when watering and it helped stopping browning edges.

OMG! I bought an orange chlorophytum too about a month ago because I fell in love with its looks online, but it has been on the struggle bus since coming through my door. If you just solved my issue with this plant then you're a saint! Canonized and everything (for whatever that means coming from a non-Catholic person lol).

Thanks so much for this. My husband bought me a beautiful Calathea when we moved into our new home last year. I don't think he realized exactly what he got me into!! Anyway, I've been watching your multiple videos over the past few days. I hope i can bring her back to how she originally looked. Cheers from Beautiful British Columbia. Canada

If you let your water stand overnight the chlorine dissipates.

Great video. I’ve been using that water conditioner for a couple of weeks now and look forward to some results. I bought an eyedropper with 0.25 mL measurements so I could better control the dose for my smaller watering can.

Been using this for several months now, and yes it makes a huge difference Thanks to you, I know got both magic potions and a magic wand aka the Moisture Meter 👍🏻😃

I used a friend's aquarium water for a couple of years and my plants flourished without adding fertilizers. Unfortunately, I moved away and my plants suffered/died as I used tap water aired 24 hours. I am now using ZeroWater filter but my plants are still not as healthy as before. I was contemplating setting up a 30 gallon fish tank but your timing is perfect.🤗 I'm excited to try your chlorine/chloramine remover. One drop a liter is easier than keeping an aquarium! It's brilliant!

I bought this 2 weeks ago and really just started using it, your review has convinced me this was the right choice for my plants!

Have been watching your channel for a while now and I will say it's very enjoyable and educational at the same time, I finally subscribed. Some of my plants are now over 60 years old now and I have never thought of the water conditioner trick. Until the last few years I've always had well water and I can notice the unfortunate difference with public water now, great idea. Keep up the great media information!!!

I have Aquatic plants in my aquariums and need to fertilize them every week. API stress coat doesn't break down fertilizer. I have bamboo and Pothos plants 🪴 (just the stems and roots, no leaves in the aquarium) on the top of my aquariums. They are very helpful in absorbing the nitrate in my aquariums. The plants are so healthy. I wish I could send you a picture 📸.

I typically water my pot plants with rain water I catch in a big bucket from a leaking roof. I also add seasol occasionally for fertiliser. I still get brown spots so I think it’s related to humidity.

I have a dehumidifier in my basement, and it produces around 1.5 gallons of water a day. I collect it in a small barrel and use it for my plants.

I’ve found that watering my plants with well filtered water has solved the brown leaf issues. I use the Zero water filter which is very affordable.

Tap water is crazy. I used a bucket of rain water and couldn’t believe the difference it made. It’s amazing but not always easy to gather. I just have a 5 gallon bucket I throw outside when it rains and then put the rain water into jugs but that can be far and few between at times

I live in Fl. I have a dehumidifier in my home. I use this water, pulled straight out of the air to water my plants. They seem to like it, but I will definitely use stress relief in the water. Thank you for all your fabulous ideas.

I keep betta fish. I use water conditioner and I use fertilizer for the plants in my tank. So yeah it won't harm the fertilizer at all

I purchased API after you recommended it a few months ago. It really seems to be helping my plants. Excellent video.

I live in a tropical country and all I need to do is store water overnight to dechlorinate it.🤞 So far it's working, but I will try that water conditioner. Thanks a lot!!

After watching this video today I ordered API stress coat from Amazon. Thank you for the valuable and useful information. I love your channel, and always learn something new.

I have Phragmipediums. They have the same kind of leaf tip browning issues, but I started to give them RO water. I was a bit more worried about too much heavy mineral load. I am sure if I lived where the pH was 6, but the pH here is nearly 8. It also takes a bit more time to "fix" leaves because the old "crispy" leaves do not come back, you have to wait for them to grow back.

Thanks to you, my plants are thriving with this 😊