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Hello every one! I was doing my regular water change, and before I discarded I wonder what every other reefer does with it!??
I have been using mine on shrubs and small ornamental plants with excellent results, now this I haven't try on food plants yet since I don't own any as of yet. I really think other than make fruits and vegetables salty really wouldn't hurt anything!?! please let me know what do you think of this.
thanks in advance!!!

 

I'm sorry to tell you this , but the accumulation of salt in your soil will kill your plants. Do not use salt water to water them.

 

Salt water and other elements such as iodine being added to your plants I don't think is beneficial! Dump it down the toilet! Better to be safe than sorry!

 

thanks every one for your replies I was really curious about this I had been doing it now for the past 4 months or so on larger trees but about 2 months on smaller plants, and they seem to be thriving instead of dying, but I will stop it, could it be due to the amount of rain fall lately that they are ok?

 

once the salt builds up they will die. did you ever see the movie idiocracy? if you didnt don't ever water your plants with gatorade

 

The salt will build up and kill the plants, unless you have salt tolerant plants. Being a floridian, you will see plants that are advertised as salt tolerant for the coastal areas. If it is then there would be no problem as they are planted right next to the beach every day.

 

If your soil is deficient in MAGNESIUM, you might notice a temporary up tick in your plants because they have found a source of mag. Palms show mag deficiencies very quickly, and Epsom salt is recommended if they start yellowing.

HOWEVER:
Throw some rock salt on the grass. Once it dies, you will not be able to get ANYTHING to grow there until it all leaches through to below the root line. This is essentially what you are doing. You've simply haven't passed the threshold YET. Trust me, though, you will.

 

Something else:
Your soil is a microcosm, just like your reef. While your trees might take fairly high salt, the worms, nematodes and beneficial bacteria in the soil probably won't.
It simply isn't worth the risk

 

Cool thanks for the info, I just thought maybe wouldn't hurt, since there is always some sand in the water and I was afraid to calcified my house drain system...lol I can do plumbing but I dread it!

 

I keep thinking of reasons why your plants seem to like the water, but here is my last thoughts on this(I promise!!!).
They might be reacting to the pH, your soil might be acidic, (most tend to go acidic from leaf decomposition) and your plants want some more alkalinity.