Plants???

[les_smith]

I've been using Pristine Blue. I'm switching to BBB next week, got a kit and have been practicing taking readings. I spray my pool water right on the yard when I backwash. I do mean spray. I hold the hose, squeeze the end, and walk around the yard watering it. We use to much water, watering the front yard, the front yard landscaping, and keeping the pool filled. So I don't water the back yard except when I backwash. I hope someone has an opinion on chlorine. I'd love to keep spraying the yard after we convert.

[poolmom06]

What I did was to put a 1 foot border of mulch around the perimeter of my 18 foot ag pool, I then went and purchased a bunch of good sized pots and planted some container plants in it( marigolds, periwinkles, petunias) and put them around my pool in the mulch, it looks great!!I round up'd around the edge of the mulch so no grass growing to the pool!! The only problem i have is my cats digging in my mulch and making'deposits'!!
It looks really good in my opinion, you could get some bigger pots and put some small shrubs in there also!!

[duraleigh]

Folks,

If you and your kids can ingest the pool water (you can), you can be assured whatever plants you put there will do fine. If they don't, it won't be because of the chlorine.

[Gracy101]

I don't know whether any of these will be ok in your zone - check 'em out. My sister has them 3 feet from her IG pool and they get alot of splashing and overflow, hasn't killed them yet.

Plumbago (flowering)
"trinette schefflera" or dwarf arborcola (trained as hedge or bush)
variegated ginger
lantana (flowering)
eugenia myrtifolia (trained as hedge or bush)

[les_smith]

Hey wipple, Finally got a digital camera. So, here are some photos of our pool and the plants that we have around it.



Here are some links to some more:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...h/ca5b4a8e.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...h/IMG_0231.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...h/e63ff108.jpg

Here are my tomato and pepper plant located behind the pool:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...h/d4721a28.jpg

From previousally, we just switched to BBB. The Gulf Stream Nandina next to the flag got some high chlorine water on it and it damaged it to a certain degree. You can sort of see it on the leaves at the top (3rd link). The water dripped on it when I was taking a sample out of the pool after I added some chlorine. The water was probably 7-8 ppm. So, I know now not to let the high chlorine concentration water get on the plants. I haven't noticed any problems with the lower concentration water.

[KurtV]

The tap water that you use to water the landscape often contains 3 or even more ppm chlorine. Most plants won't be at all affected by normally chlorinated pool water. Salt, on the other hand, can be pretty tough on many plants.

[sevver]

So can the chemicals in the drop based kits, my hosta doesn't like them anyhow. lol