See, stuff like this..."water tension"...?!?!? You don't make any sense dude. Tap water has much good stuff in it but will build up crystals...any water except distilled will cause this. (not sure why I'm trying to explain this too you as you kinda like a trool and I'm violating my own rule about feeding trolls so I'm out of here....maybe someday you will see the light...the light green leaf...lol!
No fried plants here...only the dank!
No see. You don't even understand what I'm talking about and call me stupid.
Go google water tension. All water has tension. So much so that if you are careful you can float a paper clip on water. It's how water spiders walk across water.
Now go google the definition of hydrophobic. It means fear of water on in this case unable to absorb water.
Never once did I mention water tension to you about your plants.
I explained that chronic under watering can cause soil to become so dry it will not absorb water. That's where the water tension comes in. You use a drop of soap to break the water tension and allow the soil to absorb water quicker.
It is worse in peat bases like pro mix or bacto. Seed starters are peat a lot of the times.
This is how I know you have never dealt with large bales of soil that come dry and compacted. You get more for your money but you have to break it up and water it several times.
Now. Maybe you should just abstian from this conversation if you don't understand a simple concept like water tension.
Like I'm talking out my ass here. Go google it.