We finally determined why my mom kills every plant she owns, even air plants! My parents have a water softener. The high sodium content actually tricks plants into thinking they’ve taken up more water than they have and they die of thirst. There is a bypass spigot in the garage, so next time, we’ll fill up watering cans from there. I guess it turns out every brown thumb may have a cure!
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Wow – good to know! I have a friend who says all her plants die and they have a water softener…makes sense!