When backwashing a salt water pool will the water kill plants and flowers?

Answer ok the answer is yes depending on what plants you are talking about. . if you are talking about epsom salts that is a good thing for some plants. magnesium. try to direct your pool discharge away from your landscape. the art of pool water discharge is easy. pvc pipe is very helpful.otherwise the rubber flat hose is an alternate.

No, salt is actually good for plants believe it or not. I know for my tomato plants, I put a little bit of epson salt in the hole where I plant my tomatoes, unless of course you were to flood your plants completely.

I agree some salts are necessary for plants however the type of salt used in most swimming pools is Sodium Chloride or Common salt, while a bit of this stuff is not necessarily going to do too much harm you could end up with a build up of salt that will harm the soil and some of the plants. Salt contamination of the soil is a big problem throughout Australia. However a new salt water system system using Magnesium and potassiums chloride is actually good for the plants, but this stuff is only just coming onto the pool market.

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