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High Sodium Well Water
#26998407 - 10/22/20 05:53 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just moved into a new house that draws its water from a well that has high sodium content (I believe 234mg/litre if im reading that report right). Is this something that could potentially hurt my yields?
Edited by Nibs (10/22/20 11:17 PM)
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Re: High Sodium Well Water [Re: Nibs]
#26998555 - 10/22/20 07:25 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't know the answer, but it may depend on what forms (sodium sulfate/phosphate/etc) and what the pH is. Do you know what the levels are?
My water is hard AF and grows barnacles on everything so I use reverse osmosis filtered water for the important things. Might be an option. I haven't had to descale my tea kettle in two years of using RO water.
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pH is neutral between 7 and 8
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Re: High Sodium Well Water [Re: Nibs]
#26999161 - 10/23/20 06:12 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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If i were you, and i basically am because i have horrible well water stinks like egg fart cuz of the sulphur in it, thank me later and go buy some water jugs and find a local free clean water filling station. I shower and wash dishes with my well water and maybe water my gardens with it but other than that its all from my water cooler or poured out of a jug if its more than what i feel like standing at the water cooler for
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Are you sure itβs not your water softener? My last house I was in had a well. I always thought it was bad because it had a slight sulfur smell. But come to find out we had some of the most coveted water in the area. I think most people assume well water is a bad thing because of the bottled water fad which is actually bad for the environment. Good for you on getting a water test done though. Iβm just wondering if this is straight from the well or after treatment. Your treatment may be the problem.
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Re: High Sodium Well Water [Re: NOS4A2]
#26999860 - 10/23/20 02:38 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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My understanding is that Sulphur in well water can actually benefit mushrooms, so im not worried about that, just the high salt content. There is a whole house filter that the main water line runs through first but it's not treated. I don't drink it but do everything else with it. With the amount of tubs I'm growing, using jugs of fresh water is far too labour intensive unfortunately.
Edited by Nibs (10/24/20 01:13 AM)
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Re: High Sodium Well Water [Re: Nibs]
#27000049 - 10/23/20 04:38 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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234 is just barely over the AO of 200, but sodium has a habit of being more readily uptaken than other minerals which can cause issues at least in plants. My gut feeling says to install a small undersink RO system for the fungi/drinking.
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Aesthetic Objective - The Aesthetic Objective (AO) is established for parameters that may impair the taste, smell, or colour of water; or which may interfere with the supply of good quality water. They do not cause adverse health effects.
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