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Water quality at the tree farm

 
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Long story short… I started noticing leaf and growth issues of trees on our container grown tree farm. I had the water tested and here are the very concerning results…

Sodium is 286 ppm while Calcium and magnesium are 3 and 1 ppm. This gives me a SAR of around 35. Yikes.

TDS is 851

pH is 6.9
Alkalinity is 245

Do I have any options here? Wife and I are in panic mode.
 
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Welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear about the panic mode.

You might try letting the water sit overnight to let things dissipate.

I basically quit gardening when I figured out that every time I watered I added calcium to the garden beds.

Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner

 
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