mustt65
Sapling
so where i currently live (southern California) we have very hard water in my city. there are times where in mid-summer when you turn on the kitchen faucet you'll smell what seems to be chlorine and i also have to constantly clean calcium build up on our shower and faucets. as my S/O grew up with a water softener the hard water we live with now seems to be bothering her skin. So im actually installing a water softener system in the house. landscape sprinklers will still be hooked up to hard water and i will have the option to use hard and soft water in the backyard.
my question is, can i water my trees with soft water or is there a lack of nutrients needed that are filtered out in soft water. as of now i dont see any problems or affects with the hard water im using now on my trees besides the calcium build up on the rims of my pots and the base of some trees have a white dusting over them from calcium and it really looks unappealing on lets say my Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle) with the nice smooth light brown bark then the base is all white. are there pros and cons?
my question is, can i water my trees with soft water or is there a lack of nutrients needed that are filtered out in soft water. as of now i dont see any problems or affects with the hard water im using now on my trees besides the calcium build up on the rims of my pots and the base of some trees have a white dusting over them from calcium and it really looks unappealing on lets say my Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle) with the nice smooth light brown bark then the base is all white. are there pros and cons?