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@DaddyPrime2, I'll try and find the article.I do remeber it saying the difference when growing with soil compared to hydro was that the soil held onto chloramines so it didnt effect the plant but I doubt they're growers and only saw it over the trial period.They did test it but how well.If I remeber they said the tested it with something 70ppm and it had no effect and the tap water is under 5ppm.

@DaddyPrime2, They say that half the chloramine will still be there after boiling but they also say that neither are a real problem to soil microbes as tap water is always under 5ppm with either. They say that it needs to be over 150ppm so neither are a real problem but I don't know how far they looked into that and considering we know about 1% of whats happeneing with the soil food web I'll carry on standing my water.We know nothing about it.I think the last count of different types of microbes came out at over 1000 which is why I always rip a couple of handfuls of soil out of my pots to add to the tea as theres less than a dozen types in great white inoculant.Its think with roots so will have no end of microbes in it.5 days after giving my plants a brewed compost tea you can see lots of brand new furry roots on the surface off the coco,soil but it does die bacvk after a week or so which I guess is down to the dry backs and that's done with 2 day old water.I recently read that info but can't remember where, and I don't believe everything I read but this was very detailed so I am inclined to believe it.