Currently SLAMing the pool and backwashing into the backyard. I'm not concerned about the grass; the weeds took over long ago. But I am concerned about two 60-80 year old oak trees. Is highly chlorinated water (>=15 ppm) damaging to mature oak trees? For what it's worth, we've had heavy rains in the last month and I've been spraying fresh water into the backwash area to hopefully dilute the chlorine content.
Is Highly Chlorinated water bad for trees?
- Thread starter JABRY5
- Start date
- May 23, 2015
- 24,403
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Not at all. The chlorine in the water will react with the organic material in the soil and be instantly neutralized before the deep roots of this trees ever see it. You likely get more than enough precipitation to compensate for the higher salinity of the water.
There is zero concern with what you are doing.
There is zero concern with what you are doing.
My backwash hose has been emptying into a hollow between 4 trees that I want GONE!
Unfortunately, it seems to have had the opposite effect, and the trees are thriving. ?
Unfortunately, it seems to have had the opposite effect, and the trees are thriving. ?