Using Caustic Soda to Kill plants ?
Kay Easton
<edd...@AOL.com> writes
>Surely this would be a good way to destroy a plant that it proving
>hard to get rid of.
>Maybe salt ,sodium chloride is another way instead of using chemical
>weed killers.
erm ... in what way does a chemical used as a weed killer differ from a
chemical weed killer? ;-)
>Would regular doses of salt water kill off a plant ?
Probably.
>
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Kay Easton
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Nick Maclaren
Kay Easton <k...@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <d5497vg9vjq6lsrim...@4ax.com>, eddy
><edd...@AOL.com> writes
>>Surely this would be a good way to destroy a plant that it proving
>>hard to get rid of.
>>Maybe salt ,sodium chloride is another way instead of using chemical
>>weed killers.
>
>erm ... in what way does a chemical used as a weed killer differ from a
>chemical weed killer? ;-)
Quite. But salt, sodium chlorate and even caustic soda are not things
that will cause long-term pollution when used in small quantities.
>>Would regular doses of salt water kill off a plant ?
>
>Probably.
You might have to use quite a lot on things like asparagus and thrift!
Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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Email: nm...@cam.ac.uk
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cbw
<edd...@AOL.com> writes
>Surely this would be a good way to destroy a plant that it proving
>hard to get rid of.
>Maybe salt ,sodium chloride is another way instead of using chemical
>weed killers.
>
with salt (?100BC??)
There are more effective chemicals and methods.
--
cbw
Martin Brown
eddy wrote:
> Surely this would be a good way to destroy a plant that it proving
> hard to get rid of.
It's a lousy choice. Caustic soda is an aggressive corrosive chemical
that will take your flesh off.
Sodium chlorate will work a lot better against plants if you don't mind
its persistence.
Cheap industrial ways to make caustic soda have a tendency to cause
mercury pollution. Kitchen sink chemicals are not necessarily enviro
friendly. Glyphosate would probably be less environmentally damaging all
round.
> Maybe salt ,sodium chloride is another way instead of using chemical
> weed killers.
> Would regular doses of salt water kill off a plant ?
If you use enough then yes. But don't expect to grow much there for a
long while afterwards.
(much more effective and persistent in dry countries)
Regards,
Martin Brown
Nick Maclaren
In article <gnniOAAVSNd+Ew$v...@coalole.demon.co.uk>,
Sowing fields with salt would not harm ones in the UK for more
than a season. In the near east, there are many places where
the rainfall is never enough to drain into the groundwater, and
there salt accumulates. In the UK, that is not so by a large
margin.
Helen Deborah Vecht
> Sowing fields with salt would not harm ones in the UK for more
> than a season. In the near east, there are many places where
> the rainfall is never enough to drain into the groundwater, and
> there salt accumulates. In the UK, that is not so by a large
> margin.
And there was I thinking Cambridge had similar overall rainfall to
Jerusalem...
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Helen D. Vecht: helen...@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.
Nick Maclaren
In article <200303191...@zetnet.co.uk>,
Helen Deborah Vecht <helen...@zetnet.co.uk> writes:
|> Thus spake nm...@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren)
|>
|> > Sowing fields with salt would not harm ones in the UK for more
|> > than a season. In the near east, there are many places where
|> > the rainfall is never enough to drain into the groundwater, and
|> > there salt accumulates. In the UK, that is not so by a large
|> > margin.
|>
|> And there was I thinking Cambridge had similar overall rainfall to
|> Jerusalem...
See the climate FAQ :-)
Yes, it does, but it has a rather lower evaporation.