| It is important that you do not soak a plant in 'used' water if it has any open wounds, say from recent repotting or pruning. Open wounds are where virus transmision takes place. Other than open wounds, I would not worry too much, unless you have some very stressed plants. Stressed plants are susceptible to bacteria and fungus, but the usual environment is pretty well filled with these organisms anyway, tho maybe less so in your environment, so I am not sure you are making matters much worse by reusing water. Something to think about. Seems like you are watering pretty often, but if it works for you, don't change. I think tho, that if you are using nearly full strength fertilizer that you are using twice a week, you may be pushing the fertilzer just a little too much, but again, if you are not seeing signs of leaf burn, it is probably OK. If you are growing in bark, the fertilizer you are using is too low in nitrogen (first number), as the break down of the bark uses up nitrogen, so balance (like 20,20,20) or a little more nitrogen would be better. Cynthia  |