I hate buying salt. So anything that would use the salt up faster is bad by
my thinking....On the other hand, washing the car with soft water is soooooo
nice.

Can't speak for outside plants but all my house plants get watered with
sof****er (NaCl) and I have no problems. HAving said that, all my plants
have drain holes in their pots so I can flush out any accumulated salts/

Water softners also reduce rust stains which may also be a reason to run
soft water outside. My side walk has plenty of rust spots where the hose
dripped over night.

My vote: I wouldnt run soft water to the outside spigots


"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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When our house was built, it was plumbed in such a way that we can't
add a water softener w/o also putting softened water through the outside
faucets. I am getting conflicting information on whether or not this is
a good idea from the standpoint of watering flowers, etc. The main
sprinklers for the grass are in-ground and between the meter and the
house, so they aren't impacted. It would mainly be watering the flowers
in the planters around the house and one small grassy area that the
in-ground sprinklers don't get to.
So, comments? Also, we would use the outside faucets (spigots,
whatever) to put water in the pool when opening and occassionally during
the rest of the season.