Can bottled water serve as distilled water for a spider plant?

I was told that I should only use distilled water for this plant but I don't want to buy a machine just for my plant.

Can bottled water serve as distilled water for a spider plant?
I'm not sure who gave you this advice but if it's a true spider plant - long skinny draping leaves? - it can be given any type of water. This plant is one of the most efficient air and water cleaning plants I know of. Regular water at least has some minerals for the plant - distilled does not. Although it would still get minerals from the planting medium (dirt) when the water is drawn up by the roots.





I have a lovely healthy spider plant at least 5 years old that gets tap water - and a little fertilizer once in a while. In the summer it goes outside in my screened in porch.





If you are still stuck on giving your plant distilled water any bottled water that is labeled "reverse osmosis" is similar to distilled. Spring water has minerals in it.
Reply:As you have read, you don't need distilled water. However if you don't believe that, you can rid tap water of dissolved gasses, like chlorine by (1) heating it- you don't have to boil it; and (2) just letting it sit out in a pan over night and put it on in the morning.
Reply:There is no need to use distilled water for your spider plant. Go kick whoever told you to do that. :-) In fact it would probably not be a good thing to do so. Plants need nutrients that come in our water.





The only plants I know that WANT distilled water are carnivorus plants. They adapted to eat bugs because there were NO nutrients in their water. So, one needs to replicate their environment when growing them at home.





So, no worries, water your spider plant with the hose!
Reply:Spider plant is one of my favorites. I have always just given them tap water after it has sat in the jug for 24 hrs. They just keep on growing. Good luck.
Reply:I live in California, and water my spider plants with whatever comes out of the tap or the hose. They do just fine. No need for bottled water.
Reply:why buy. Leave ur water sitting out for 24 hours and whatever is in it will dissipate. and it will be good to use