Six Shooter Early Spring

May 13: planted in 7 gallon grow bag. Sodium rich well water messes up the cation ratio and starves plants of Ca, Mg and K. Cal-Mag works but is a super expensive option compared to my “water hardener” which exchanges Na in water for Ca from limestone. The trick is to first spray the limestone with vinegar to release CO2 which leaves exchangeable calcium ready to be swapped with sodium from the water. Checked calcium concentrations using an aquarium test kit (Red Sea) that is quite accurate and all sodium in the well water can easily be exchanged for calcium. Ta-dah. 😎