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Water Butts
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I have three water butts, one in full sun, one in semi shade and one in full shade, in case the position makes a difference.
The one in full shade attached to the down pipe on the north facing wall was very smelly, so I emptied it out, hosed it down and left it to air all through the winter. I re attched it to the connector in the spring and it filled up again. I am just startung to use it now on my vegetable garden only to find the water to be frothy and pretty foul smelling. The other two are fine, what can be wrong?
The one in full shade attached to the down pipe on the north facing wall was very smelly, so I emptied it out, hosed it down and left it to air all through the winter. I re attched it to the connector in the spring and it filled up again. I am just startung to use it now on my vegetable garden only to find the water to be frothy and pretty foul smelling. The other two are fine, what can be wrong?
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Thank you both, I did scrub it well and it is covered with a proper well fitted lid. It has only had water in it a couple of months now, and from the same roof as the other one. I suppose I should find a way to check the downpipe and make sure its not got debris stuck down it? Although it does have a filter grate in the gutter.
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