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 fantasy2reality
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 water softener?????? 
#90416 - 07/22/08 06:28 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I have a well, with a water softener, will this water harm my plant?
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Yrat
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 Re: water softener?????? (moved) [Re: fantasy2reality]
#90421 - 07/22/08 07:40 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yrat
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Re: water softener?????? (moved) [Re: Yrat]
#90422 - 07/22/08 07:43 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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hard water is water that has a high amount of dissolved minerals. these minerals are removed and lessened to lower levels to "soften" the water. this probably won't be a problem, the only issue that might arise is that sodium levels go up as water is softened. i highly doubt they would raise to such a level to present serious problems. how does the water taste? you may want to do a pH test
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Re: water softener?????? (moved) [Re: Yrat]
#90493 - 07/22/08 11:44 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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fantasy2reality said:
I have a well, with a water softener, will this water harm my plant?
Cant you go out and tap the faucet on the well before it goes into the softener? The good thing about using hard well water is you won't need to use Cal Mag+ on your plants.
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fantasy2reality
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Re: water softener?????? (moved) [Re: Yrat]
#90627 - 07/22/08 04:32 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yrat said:
hard water is water that has a high amount of dissolved minerals. these minerals are removed and lessened to lower levels to "soften" the water. this probably won't be a problem, the only issue that might arise is that sodium levels go up as water is softened. i highly doubt they would raise to such a level to present serious problems. how does the water taste? you may want to do a pH test
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Yeah, I understand how it all works, I just wasn't sure if it would harm my plants. My water tastes great. It hasn't shown any bad effects as of yet... just that my friend had mentioned it to me, and we both weren't sure what everyone else thoguht about the idea.
Thanks
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fantasy2reality
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Re: water softener?????? (moved) [Re: Chronicbs]
#90628 - 07/22/08 04:36 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Chronicbs said:
fantasy2reality said:
I have a well, with a water softener, will this water harm my plant?
Cant you go out and tap the faucet on the well before it goes into the softener? The good thing about using hard well water is you won't need to use Cal Mag+ on your plants.
I can redirect the flow of the whole system so that it does not go into the softener. I do that for my vegetables during the hotter months when we don't have as much natural watering
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