Re: Water

Water softeners (if sodium chloride is used) take out exactly what the plants need most:  Ca and Mg and put in what they should not have: Na.

What I suggest is to use potassium chloride for water softening however, I would not use any softened water on your plants. 

 Our bodies are just like plants. Plants hate sodium and stunt their growth so we should reject Na also.  I actually changed my diet to low sodium once I learned about my issues and what sodium does to plants.

Ben
---- beamup <beamup@charter.net> wrote: 
> 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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