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Old 04-07-2003, 10:44 PM
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where I live the water is hard, we have a water softener, that uses
potassium is this good for my grass?

what about watering with hard water?

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Punch wrote:

where I live the water is hard, we have a water softener, that uses
potassium is this good for my grass?

what about watering with hard water?

punch


The outside faucets should be plumbed with hard water, bypassing the
softener. If it's not, you might want to manually bypass the softener (it
has a bypass valve) so you don't cycle the softener so much. Hard water is
fine for the grass.

Bob


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Old 05-07-2003, 02:32 PM
Jeff Hancock
 
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Default grass and water softeners?

I agree with Bob. I have a sodium based softener, and *too much* sodium is
not good for the grass or the garden (neither is too much potassium), so I
bypass the softener when watering the garden. Just have to remember to
reset the bypass valve before my wife takes a shower or bath ;-)

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The outside faucets should be plumbed with hard water, bypassing the
softener. If it's not, you might want to manually bypass the softener (it
has a bypass valve) so you don't cycle the softener so much. Hard water

is
fine for the grass.

Bob



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