[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

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Ann
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aehaber at cox.net

We recently planted three new trees (California pepper, bottlebrush, and ironwood), and dutifully watered them every day for two weeks.  Now we are on the every other or every third day watering schedule, and the trees were planted about a month ago.  I became worried that the water from our back hoses (the ones we use for the trees) is soft water, so I tested it.  Sure enough, this water has passed through the softener, and undoubtedly is high in sodium. Some of the leaves on the new trees are turning yellow, which makes me fear that we have done irreperable harm to our new trees.  I have two question.  First, "Is there a way to chelate out the sodium from the trees and the soil at this point?  I have started watering the new trees with hard water from the front hoses."  Second, "Have we permanently harmed our trees?  Will they be ok?"  I guess that was three questions.  Thanks for your time!  
Ann