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Bromeliad Garden Brown Leaf Tips: Not Water Amount—Must Use Distilled or Rain Water; Tap Water Salts/Chlorine Cause Tips, Distilled Reduces but Doesn't Eliminate

Brown tips not from over/underwatering but from salts/chlorine in tap/human water. Use distilled or rain water. Expert uses distilled for all plants — still gets ~2 brown tips/plant/year.

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