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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Smart-File1450 on 2024-08-05 13:45:22+00:00.

A family member was watching our house while we were away, and let us know they watered our square foot garden veggie beds (full of seedlings just planted two weeks ago) with water from a 55 gallon barrel that we do not use. They did about 3 or 4 days worth of watering with this.

A few days before we left I threw about 8 tabs of pool bleach cubes into the water to prevent and kill any mosquitos. The rain barrel is 100% full of runoff from our asphalt roof, and has not been tapped in over two years. Ive been meaning to repurpose this into a compost bin but dont have the time until next month, regretfully. Also, if it is worth adding, there was no first flush before they watered.

Do you recommend we scrap the garden and start over or would that be overly cautious?

I meant to write trichlor/chlorine in case it makes a difference. The label is clorox brand but the ingredient is not bleach, my mistake.