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Re: Softened Water

>      I've always heard that softened water is hard on plants (sodium salts
>      build up).  It seems this just moves your problem to the outside
>      plants.  You won't want to use RO water outside, that will blow out
>      any budget(unless you water cup by cup as Mel demonstates in the
>      book;-)).

Agreed! We've got enough trouble producing enough RO for drinking and cooking
without worrying about the garden too.

>      Isn't it possible to tap into the pipe to the landscaping system?
>      Pipe is pipe and so long as you don't try to water garden and
>      landscape at the same time you shouldn't have a problem.  This would
>      act as just another branch of low flow water for plant watering and
>      you would still have the outside faucet for large volume uses (car
>      washing?...) Check on the possiblity and let us know.
>

The problem is the landscape pipe is on the front of the house (as is the main
 water
feed).  It's pretty much a large tangle of plumbing pipes with the landscape
 system,
a softwater faucet, and an 'untreated' faucet.  To run anything to the backyard
 in
an underground would be cost prohibitive (too rocky).  Running a hose would be a
 bit
unsightly as it would have to cross the front entrance and go over a privacy
 wall.
Since I only have one 4x4 (my first attempt at this) I'm thinking it'll be a
worthwhile effort to just carry pails of water from the front to the back.  I'll
probably do a little experimenting to see if I can mix the untreated and treated
water together to avoid some of the labor.  Once I expand to a larger garden
 (I'm
loving it already!) I may have to get a bit more creative.

Thanks for the feedback - I was hoping it wouldn't be a problem, but should have
known better!

Carol


>      Tom B
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
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> Subject: Softened Water
> Author:  <czimmer@gte.net> at internet
> Date:    10/4/97 12:28 PM
>
> I can't seem to find an answer for this question in the FAQ or book.  We
>  recently
> purchased a home that didn't have a softener loop.  The only affordable way to
>  get
> treated water was to treat the whole house and install a reverse (R/O)  for
> drinking & cooking water.  We were able to have them bypass any impact to the
>  drip
> landscaping system, since it comes directly off the main feed to the house.
> However the outside water faucet in the backyard now provides only softened
>  water.
>
> I've been told to use the R/O water for indoor plants, but don't know if
 there's
>  a
> problem with garden vegetables.
>
> Thanks for your feedback,
>
> Carol
>
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