If you leach your soil, make sure you replace
the mineral/nutrient content afterwards with an
additive or fertilizer.
Hard water provides your garden with useful
mineral content and doesn’t have the excess
sodium of treated soft water. Calcium and
Magnesium are vital to a plant’s growth but can
be harmful in large doses. Too much can cause
chlorosis – a yellowing of the leaves which is a
symptom of sickness. To prevent sickness like
chlorosis, use a raised garden bed that provides
better drainage. Excess minerals will leach from
the soil naturally, be rebalanced with
the minerals in your hard water, and
your garden will be much happier.
Hard water provides your
“
garden with useful mineral
content and doesn’t have
the excess sodium of
treated soft water.”
WHICH SHOULD I USE
FOR MY GARDEN?
This is a trick question because the best
option for your garden isn’t hard water or
soft water, but rain water. Rain water, while
technically soft water, lacks the sodium of
treated water and won’t lead to that excess
mineral build-up hard water can bring. Rain
water is friendly to plants and, conveniently,
can be collected in rain barrels for use in
your garden. If you don’t want to collect and
use rain water, the next best option for
your garden is hard water.
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