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Water softener and Garden Planning?
I'm planning a garden for NEXT spring and was wondering about irrigation....Would using the extra water from the hose require me to put MORE softener salt and iron out into my salt tank each month? Gardeners and Plumbers opinions welcome.
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- Hope ou aren't planning on watering with softened water. I can't believe that watering with salted water would be good for your plants. If you are talking about an outside source of water that doesn't go through the softener, it won't effect how much salt you put in your softener.
- If you are using the tap on the outside of your house then it doesn't or shouldn't go through your water softener so you don't have any worries. Try to buy plants that are drought hardy and you won't have to water so often. You can get some fantastic plants in that range. Be water wise and you may save yourself some work, money and the environment as well. Happy gardening
- You don't want to use salt in your softener if it provides water to your sprinkler system. I plumbed my sprinkler system in before the softener to avoid this problem. If it is tapped in after the softener you will probably want to use potassium chloride instead of salt in your softener. And since more water goes through your softener, you will see your salt (or potassium chloride) go down quicker.
