Re: Water
- Subject: Re: Water
- From: &* <b*@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:37:34 -0400
While we are on the subject of "water", my wife had a water softener installed
at the beginning of our water supply which uses salt pellets. Every time I
water the garden I have been turning the valve to "non-softened" water. Which
way is best for the AG's the hard water or the soft water?
----- Original Message -----
From: Bennett Buchsieb
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Cc: Jordan Rivington
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: Water
OMG don't ever use anything with sodium in it. If you want to guarantee
lower weights, add sodium! Sodium is extremely bad for plants. Also, don't
use water from a pool. it will be too salty and plant cannot take up the
water. Salt is not table salt. Salt in water is everything that can dissolve
such as carbonates, calcium, mg, etc, etc.
Ben
---- Jordan Rivington <jordan.rivington@gmail.com> wrote:
> 4 boxes? How big are the boxes?
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:07 PM, john mcafee
<johnmcafee_99@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > I think I would put 4 boxes of baking soda in the water to balance out
your
> > acids, put in a sump with a garden hose and sprinkler and let it run
all
> > day.
> > Be sure to turn it off at 3 pm so the leaves will have a chance to dry.
> > --- On Wed, 8/20/08, DEC <dec@stratuswave.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: dec <dec@stratuswave.net>
> > Subject: Re: Water
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 10:05 AM
> >
> > Scott,
> > Pump the water a little at a time in barrels, let them sit a couple of
days
> > as the chlorine will evaporate. Then pump the water on your patch. As
for
> > using it all at once I wouldn't. I mostly use chlorinated municipal
water I
> >
> > put in barrels and let sit a day or two so the chlorine will evaporate
and
> > it works well. I also use rain water where I place these 60 gal.
barrels
> > under downspouts. If that sits for awhile I put an ounce of bleach in
that
> > water to keep disease growth out of the water. Let them sit a couple
days
> > and then put on the patch. Don
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott G. Manke" <manke@in-form.com>
> > To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:38 AM
> > Subject: Water
> >
> >
> > >I have roughly 1,200 gallons of water in a pool that needs to be
> > > drained. Question for the group is, with the chlorine and other
> > > balancing agents that have been used in this water, is it a good
> > > candidate for watering my pumpkin patch?
> > >
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