Does different types of water have an effect on plant growth?

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The answer previously posted is semi-correct. The question or questions being asked of this type are mainly will a plant grow better in sugar water, salt water, tap water, lemon juice, soda, coca cola, pepsi, apple juice- and the list goes on. A plant needs rainwater, sunlight and nutrient rich soil. It doesnt need refined sugars, salt, or even milk. Even miracle grow can be harmful to a plant. It contains large amounts of nitrogen. Too much can be toxic and kill the plant. Its like steroids on a human, youre all big and buff but the side effects are low testerone levels in men and mental side effects. The result: fewer offspring. You grow twice as fast but live half as long. Tap water has chlorine in it which is deadly to plants. Stormwater contains road grime or oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, radiator fluids, brake fluids and the list goes on and on, again. All of these things are harmful to plants and humans as well. As to changing the color of hydrangea blooms, you can do this by adding minerals to the soil and not the water as well. Just add some iron, zinc or copper to the soil and the blooms will change color. Salt water in large quantities will kill a plant, but a plant also needs salt to survive, just like humans. Sugar water will kill a plant if the sugar level is too high. It causes unneccessary bacterial growth that can kill the root system. It can cause diabetes in humans as well, but our bodies need sugars to convert food into energy. Plants are similar to humans in the fact that if we are given what we require like clean air, sunshine, clean water souces, protection from the elements and diseases but when any of these things are tampered with or removed, we suffer as a result.

Many of the questions of this type are for school science projects. Instead of asking will a plant grow better in solution A or solution B, and your answer is 'my plant died', consider doing more detailed research on what is actually happenning that causes the plants to suffer or die. What are the reasons behind the harmful effects of different solutions on different plants. There are so many answers to be found.

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