? for those who have put in water softeners

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #16  
Old 10-17-2011, 10:59 AM
drdodge drdodge is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Springdale, Fairlawn villas
Posts: 460
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default water soft. pressure

no you do not lose any water pressure
drd
__________________
drd
  #17  
Old 10-17-2011, 11:15 AM
ladydoc ladydoc is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: BUTTONWOOD
Posts: 1,019
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ooper View Post
We've watered plants with softened water for years... never had a problem. Plants always thrived! Never heard you couldn't do this. Probably my plants never heard of it either!
We were told by the salesman, our neighbors who had them and the water experts at Sears waterline to not use water that went through the conditioner on plants. What can I say...this is what the experts told me.....

Thanks to everyone for your responses. I appreciate it and I will ask about where the bipass valve is.
__________________
Chicago, Lincoln Nebraska, Rochester NY, SE Ohio, Oklahoma, California, New Mexico and BUTTONWOOD
  #18  
Old 06-06-2012, 07:23 PM
JohnN's Avatar
JohnN JohnN is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,566
Thanks: 6
Thanked 1,647 Times in 589 Posts
Default

on another thread, someone posted a Kansas State study that says there is added salt in the conditioned water. So, a couple of thoughts:

1) use potassium chloride instead, the plants and people love it. It's about $20/bag instead of the $5 bag for salt.
2) My understanding is that the outside bibs contain "non-potable" water for irrigation only. Maybe I'm wrong and that's only the sprinkler?? But I thought I'd heard you shouldn't drink from an outside hose, it's not treated (and thus not conditioned either).
  #19  
Old 06-06-2012, 09:32 PM
philnpat's Avatar
philnpat philnpat is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Clifton Park, NY and soon to be Duval
Posts: 814
Thanks: 94
Thanked 16 Times in 5 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnN View Post
on another thread, someone posted a Kansas State study that says there is added salt in the conditioned water. So, a couple of thoughts:

1) use potassium chloride instead, the plants and people love it. It's about $20/bag instead of the $5 bag for salt.
2) My understanding is that the outside bibs contain "non-potable" water for irrigation only. Maybe I'm wrong and that's only the sprinkler?? But I thought I'd heard you shouldn't drink from an outside hose, it's not treated (and thus not conditioned either).
The outside bibs are potable water. Only the irrigation system is non-potable water
  #20  
Old 06-06-2012, 09:47 PM
Bogie Shooter Bogie Shooter is online now
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 18,764
Thanks: 10
Thanked 5,301 Times in 2,369 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnN View Post
on another thread, someone posted a Kansas State study that says there is added salt in the conditioned water. So, a couple of thoughts:

1) use potassium chloride instead, the plants and people love it. It's about $20/bag instead of the $5 bag for salt.
2) My understanding is that the outside bibs contain "non-potable" water for irrigation only. Maybe I'm wrong and that's only the sprinkler?? But I thought I'd heard you shouldn't drink from an outside hose, it's not treated (and thus not conditioned either).
#2, you really got some bad information. I would go back to that person for a further explanation.
It is potable, don't drink from the sprinklers in your yard.
Closed Thread

Thread Tools

You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:24 PM.