Salt (sodium) messes with the ability of plants to absorb certain nutrients from the soil, so if that soil wasn’t very rich to begin with it can easily starve whatever is nearby.
I personally tried to kill weeds with salt in certain spots of my backyard and failed because it has plenty of nutrients and good drainage and salt doesn’t last long after a couple rains.
affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 month ago
And it’s just as bad / good as glyphosate?
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
No, salt is not toxic.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The handy men did manage to kill one of our roses by salting our sidewalk against weeds.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Salt (sodium) messes with the ability of plants to absorb certain nutrients from the soil, so if that soil wasn’t very rich to begin with it can easily starve whatever is nearby.
I personally tried to kill weeds with salt in certain spots of my backyard and failed because it has plenty of nutrients and good drainage and salt doesn’t last long after a couple rains.
marcos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s way worse than glyphosate. Nothing grows until it washes up, what can take many years.