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Dude, Excellent video!!! I've been reading about using salt to kill weeds & from what I've read, magnesium sulfate is not as effective as sodium chloride, yet some say those types of salts can be used, so im a little confused 😵💫& my big question is can i just sprinkle this salt in dry form & let it set to kill weeds or does it have to be mixed in a sprayer with water & if so what 3 gallon sprayer will withstand the salt without it being ruined??? Btw, i know not to put it on anything i don't want dead. Thx.
Besides our passion for grass, we have a snow removal division. We typically go thru 150-200 tons of bulk rock salt and 30-40 pallets of ice melt. I absolutely dread snow removal. That’s all I could think about during this video, haha!
I love the snow but I sure don't like clearing tons of it off our dive, a few times a month is good for me. We actually get tons of ice buildup in front of our garage which is shaded 100% of the day in the winter so we go through this stuff too.
yeah, I should have at least mentioned it in the vid too but even if you don't spill it on the grass if you always put ice melt on your driveway and always shovel it onto the grass you can build up salt right there on the edge of the driveway and never even think about it. I've seen pictures of people with winter grass loss along their driveways and this is a possible cause for that.
Great video on explaining what and how salts damage our grass. Do you think stepping on the ammonium sulfate had anything to do with the concentrated brown spot?
no I don't, I just wanted to make sure I got it worked under the grass blades as good as I could so I stepped on it. Didn't want to track Am Sul over the lawn so I rinsed it off. Off camera I took a handheld garden trowel and "raked" it into both spots a bit so maybe I spread the ice melt out more than I did to the fert.
I have a ton of salt damage, the soil is incredibly dry and holds water for about 5 min. Considering applying heavy gypsum and soil looseners/wetting agents. Have you used gypsum?
Experiment idea: In early spring, put down nitrogen in a similar manner, but in a long line with gradually decreasing rate. The reason I’m asking, is that during the spring, roughly around at the end of the dormancy, my dog leaves interesting marks. The middle is burnt out, but then there is a ring around it with very green dense lawn, while the rest of the lawn is still brownish. So there mist be an idea amount of dog pee. What is the idea amount of nitrogen which is no not burning yet. The recommended amount is significantly lower than that I assume.
I've got a few ideas similar to that that I'm considering doing, chunks of lawn with more or less fert, more or less iron, hydretain/ no hydretain, etc. I'm also going to be waking tge lawn up from winter in Feb, 6 weeks early, lots of experiment ideas in addition to regular edu style vids.
I'm wanting to kill the grass that is growing in my gravel driveway. Will putting down rock salt keep the grass out of the driveway? How long will a salt application usually last? Will this be something I have to reapply all the time?
Interesting idea you have there. It will probably work well for a few months at least unless you get tons of rain or unless a very salt tolerant grass or weed is trying to grow. The salts will eventually leech out over time but dry weather will probably keep the area a dead zone for a good long while.
That has the lowest melting temps but it doesn't last long, that's why salt is usually added because the mag or cal chloride will start the melt at lower temps quick while the sodium chloride will keep things melted for a while. Calcium chloride on its own shouldn't affect the grass like salts but that product also is usually not packed on its own. Ice melts don't always have ingredients easily identified on the label so you have to usually do some digging to find the actual ingredient mix.
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Dude, Excellent video!!! I've been reading about using salt to kill weeds & from what I've read, magnesium sulfate is not as effective as sodium chloride, yet some say those types of salts can be used, so im a little confused 😵💫& my big question is can i just sprinkle this salt in dry form & let it set to kill weeds or does it have to be mixed in a sprayer with water & if so what 3 gallon sprayer will withstand the salt without it being ruined??? Btw, i know not to put it on anything i don't want dead. Thx.
Besides our passion for grass, we have a snow removal division. We typically go thru 150-200 tons of bulk rock salt and 30-40 pallets of ice melt. I absolutely dread snow removal. That’s all I could think about during this video, haha!
I love the snow but I sure don't like clearing tons of it off our dive, a few times a month is good for me. We actually get tons of ice buildup in front of our garage which is shaded 100% of the day in the winter so we go through this stuff too.
Excellent description. I think of it like eating pumpkin seeds. One or 2 won't hurt your tongue but a full bag will.
yeah, I should have at least mentioned it in the vid too but even if you don't spill it on the grass if you always put ice melt on your driveway and always shovel it onto the grass you can build up salt right there on the edge of the driveway and never even think about it. I've seen pictures of people with winter grass loss along their driveways and this is a possible cause for that.
Great video on explaining what and how salts damage our grass. Do you think stepping on the ammonium sulfate had anything to do with the concentrated brown spot?
no I don't, I just wanted to make sure I got it worked under the grass blades as good as I could so I stepped on it. Didn't want to track Am Sul over the lawn so I rinsed it off. Off camera I took a handheld garden trowel and "raked" it into both spots a bit so maybe I spread the ice melt out more than I did to the fert.
Good Morning Brian. ☕
Good morning, coffee time sounds nice! Cheers ☕
Don't do it. Don't kill it. Oh, you killed it.
I have a ton of salt damage, the soil is incredibly dry and holds water for about 5 min. Considering applying heavy gypsum and soil looseners/wetting agents. Have you used gypsum?
Great content Brian my spots are due to my 28 pound westie 🐶 that found a favorite spot 😎
Always a problem but you can't get rid of the family friend 🤷♂️😃
Experiment idea:
In early spring, put down nitrogen in a similar manner, but in a long line with gradually decreasing rate.
The reason I’m asking, is that during the spring, roughly around at the end of the dormancy, my dog leaves interesting marks. The middle is burnt out, but then there is a ring around it with very green dense lawn, while the rest of the lawn is still brownish.
So there mist be an idea amount of dog pee. What is the idea amount of nitrogen which is no not burning yet. The recommended amount is significantly lower than that I assume.
I've got a few ideas similar to that that I'm considering doing, chunks of lawn with more or less fert, more or less iron, hydretain/ no hydretain, etc. I'm also going to be waking tge lawn up from winter in Feb, 6 weeks early, lots of experiment ideas in addition to regular edu style vids.
Damn, great content, once again.
Grass was harmed in the making of this video
Lol, yes it was, it's cool though, kbg will take over the area in Spring...or I'll use the spots as a "prop" for a spring vid or two. 😉
@@TurfMechanic yep. Parlay it into another vid.
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I'm wanting to kill the grass that is growing in my gravel driveway. Will putting down rock salt keep the grass out of the driveway? How long will a salt application usually last? Will this be something I have to reapply all the time?
Interesting idea you have there. It will probably work well for a few months at least unless you get tons of rain or unless a very salt tolerant grass or weed is trying to grow. The salts will eventually leech out over time but dry weather will probably keep the area a dead zone for a good long while.
How about calcium chloride?
That has the lowest melting temps but it doesn't last long, that's why salt is usually added because the mag or cal chloride will start the melt at lower temps quick while the sodium chloride will keep things melted for a while. Calcium chloride on its own shouldn't affect the grass like salts but that product also is usually not packed on its own. Ice melts don't always have ingredients easily identified on the label so you have to usually do some digging to find the actual ingredient mix.
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