Comment on Can't stop till brimstone

• quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No, salt is not toxic.

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  • ryedaft@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The handy men did manage to kill one of our roses by salting our sidewalk against weeds.

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    • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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      • alternategait@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It also changes the osmolarity of the water in the soil, changing how water can move into their root system.

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• marcos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s way worse than glyphosate. Nothing grows until it washes up, what can take many years.

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