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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
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I would think the filter on a water softener would be good. It removes a lot more bad stuff than the tiny amount of salt that is left in.
We have such hard water that I can put a plant in a terra cotta pot and have crystals built up on the sides in less than a month. Our tap water and irrigation water are actually very high in salt and calcium. I would think that's worse than the tiny bit of salt from the water softener. I used the water from the softener on my seedlings this year and they seemed to like it just fine. I use gypsum in my potted plants and all my garden beds because of the salt. I don't use lime. I'm beginning to wonder if I should add some Epsom salts since I'm not adding lime? I have no idea if Things are magnesium deficient but I do wonder if the high calcium ties up the magnesium. I do know I feel better if I take magnesium everyday! |
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Tomatoville® Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Tracy:
I am in El Paso, and we have super high salt and other solids in our water. I had a lot of salt damage on my plants. Because of that, I bought a 200 gallon per day reverse osmosis system. That feeds the ro water into a 65 gallon tank, that then goes out to my container plants and my greenhouse during the fall/winter. I get my ppm down to 10, whereas the tap water runs from about 450-550 ppm. You have to have a pump to push the water from the 65 gallon tank, but it works great.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: asdf
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MDVPC!!! your PPM from the tap is at 450? That is wild. Where I live its one of the few places that they greenlit recycled water
![]() Although from what raybo posted it doensnt seem to be an issue. I've been leaving my water out in the sun for a in of 24 hrs to let it evaporate some of the crap. Is it worth it? On my seedlings I use nothing but distilled water. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
Location: NY
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The more important question is:
Are the toxins in the feed water absorbed into the plants and passed on to the person eating them? |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E
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Crandrew, I remember the water down at Balboa Island
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Tomatoville® Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Cran
450 sometimes higher, have seen it up to 550 at times. I use a hydrologic stealth 200 GDP or. Google stealth 200 gpd ro and take a look. They have the 100 and 200 gpd models.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: asdf
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Ok, thanks.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Santa Cruz New Mexico
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There are chloramine specific RO/DI systems. Bulk Reef Supply is where I got my RO/DI that I use for my reef tank. I didnt need the Chloramine one because I'm on a well. I have the 75GPD and it works great.
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/7.html Quote:
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