anyone using their grey water for their vegetable garden?

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I know there are risk with water born disease but I am using drip irrigation to dispense the water and I put a cup over each emitter so there are no water splashing on anything. just curious if anyone is doing something similar to what I am doing.

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Personally I don't think I would use in my vegetable garden. It would probably be okay for shade and shelterbelt trees as long as it doesn't have harsh chemicals in it.

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just to be clear, i am only using biodegradable product for my grey water (soap nut, Castile soap, etc)

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The biggest issue in my opinion is the soap and “grey stuff” plugging up the drip emitters. Not worth the hassle of cleaning and replacing them all the time.

I am 110% for using grey water to grow plants, just not through drip irrigation

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