Can bath water be used to water my veg garden?

yelowee

Since I'm on a water meter and am growing some veg I wondered if I could save a little money by using bath water to water my veg, I've heard of people who use it on grass and flowers, but would it be ok to use on veg does anyone know?

zzzLazyDaisy

Personally I don't use grey water on veggies as I try to grow as organically as possible and I don't fancy eating food that has absorbed the chemicals contained in shampoo etc.

Do you have a rainwater butt? Perhaps you can use that instead for food?

yelowee

Yes I do but I'm on the south coast and I don't know about the rest of the country we here have had no rain other than a very light shower for a long time now, I'm not exactly sure but at least 3 months, and it's running very low.

Kay_Peel

I use grey water on my veg and all over the garden.

But I use soaps, shampoos and detergents that are free of Sodium Laurel Sulphate, parabens and petrochemicals.

:beer:

Orange_King

I don't put the bath water on anything. The dish water goes round the plants and the veggies get tap water or water from the storage bin.

Mankysteve

I personally wouldn't use it on edable crops but for flower beds it would ok if you do as Kay does.

greenellie

Surely it's fine as long as your shampoo etc doesn't contain anything you wouldn't want to eat. I know it sounds a bit icky to water edable plants with bath water but when you consider the rest of what goes on outside it's not really that bad, and just think what goes into fertiliser... surely it's all cyclical, no?

paulofessex

Ideal for using for the spuds...just imagine digging up 'washed whites' ....lol

Optimisticpair

We harvest rainwater especially for the veg but if we have plenty "in stock" we use it for the toilet as well.

If you are stuck could you do as we do and use the bath water for flushing the toilet and draw off fresh for the veg?

yelowee

Thanks for all your takes on the idea, I'm not sure what I'll do yet, still hoping for the April showers to start soon!