Schooner wrote:
Our water softener is connected directly after the well tank and before the
UV filter, hence softening the entire house.

"presley" wrote in message
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Most people only soften the water going to their water heaters. Soft water
is primarily of benefit in washing skin, clothes, or dishes, not for cold
water uses (unless you only wash your clothes in cold water). Therefore
the water is normally diverted before it goes out to the sprinkler system,
(assuming you irrigate only with cold water), leaving your sprinkler
system water hard. However, depending on what minerals make the water in
your area hard, there might be other issues. For instance, some hard
ground water in some areas also can make the soil alkaline or otherwise
inhospitable to plants. Maybe you want to check how things were done in
your installation.
"Schooner" wrote in message
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We just had a water softener installed in our home and I had read where
the sodium in the softened water could kill plants if used extensively.
Has anyone heard anything of this?



There should still be a tap at the pressure tank before the water
softener where you could draw hard water (use this for watering your
lawn and garden too so you don't run so much water thru your softener
and have to recharge it as often.)

OTOH, the sodium will not build up as bad as the calcium it replaced, as
long as you water until it runs out the bottom of the pot. If your pots
do not have drainage holes, I think the sodium buildup from softened
water will be worse forthe plants than the calcium buildup from hard water.

Best regards,
Bob