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Using saline well water

Author: Jim Kennard

Q. Can I still plant a veg. garden even tough I have well water (salt water)? Its not very salty but still I'm worried. A. You can certainly use well water if it's not too salty to drink. If it is somewhat salty you may need to flush your ground thoroughly after each crop. Do this by flooding the soil-bed thoroughly 3 times. This will drive concentrated salts down below the root zone of your next crop.

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