Proof Non -Toxic Salt Removes Cattails And Other Vegetation
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- This video demonstrates the first application for the pond in early summer till early fall - the salt works slowly but after a couple of months it shows how good it works. • How To Get Rid Of Catt...
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I'm very impressed Steve . That salt really did the trick. 👍
Ok I might have put too much on but it sure did the job. Next year I will see the results forsure.
Got to love rock salt. Many uses!
Does a great job 👍
Very cool to see your experiment worked. I’m interested to see how it works in the Spring when the heavy growth happens. This whole concept has been incredibly interesting Steve. Thanks Buddy!
I'm sure the plants are dead so next spring will reveal the long term affect . Take Care Doug.
wow Steve I might have to try this beside my barn where the popular trees grow every year! Looks a little chillie Willie!
For the cost its sure effective , just don't use too much :)
You got good results ....thanks for the tip and it works for me 2....next Spring will be the final result.....CHEERS
Yes exactly, man they dried up big time . I just picked up 200 pounds of Rock salt on sale for next year 😅😅
It seems to work well mate and the water will be nice a soft for your showers ...Super windy here in UK at the moment too ....👍
Igor I have 40klm winds most days . A wind turbine is next on my list :) Cheers
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Learned something today Steve, had no idea salt killed grass and weeds. Cheers
Thanks bud , the unintended consequences was the other side of the pond where the culvert flows out , its about a 50 foot stream of barren lands flowing thru the bush 😅😅 man did it work good but I have to cut back on my enthusiasm for the amount of salt used. LOL
Thanks for the update
Cheers Johnathan
I'm glad you did an update, it's the reason I subbed 👍I did notice some green in there too, which was awesome, I expected everything to die forever lol.
Thanks Peter 👍
Looks like it worked out great Steve !
Thanks Ron , I went big on the salt and got big results 😅😅👍
the town my mom lives in shut down everyones wells due to salt contamination from the roads. They have a municipal water system now
Wow that must have been a lot of salt being put down.
Bonjour Steve 😊 Great results in deed, do you think the snow will melt 🤣👍 Have a great one Cheers 🍻
HAHAHA good point Dave , I put so much salt in its going to be ice free this winter . No wonder I see so many moose and deer tracks in the pond . 😅
@@SteveRobReviews 🤣🤣🤣 I did not think about the wild life Yes Deer love salt for sure 👍🍻
Another successful test. I was wondering if it woild work because of it being so wet i thought it would be diluted. But it worked. More then one way to skin a cat hey
I really think I over did the amount of salt as the stalks are so brittle they just shatter if bent :) Cheers bud 👍
great video thank you I'm having a problem also but I need to dig it out also then lay clay again
Thanks Ron.
How's she goin'? Looks like the cat tails have died for sure. And spreading the rock salt on the landing there seems to be helping too. I hope it stays that way for you in the spring. Take care!!!
Interesting experiment Mike , Gator is doing the same so l will be watching his results too.
We use regular salt here during the rainy season to get rid of land slugs, We dissolve it in water and hose our gardens with it, but it never damages the grass, weird,
Hi Victor - I guess your concentration of salt is not high enough.
That worked great Steve down south people have put it around large trees to kill them and it worked.
I got this idea from watching your Army Core of engineers in a documentary showing how they diverted sea water into inland canals in Florida that were choked with cattails . Awesome idea and worked well for me too.
For good ground cover to drown out weeds etc, plant creeping thyme
Thanks , I will investigate this more 👍
That stuff tastes great on french fries too. haha
Yes and poutine 😅
Is there an update to this video now that it's July? I have cattails taking over my pond and this looks like a cheap way to take care of them.
Jason this video showed the cattails before winter so this spring there wasn't one standing , now I may have gone a bit overboard on the salt but their all gone . I will do another update in the future . The salt did a great job . Cheers 👍
Awsome results buddy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Looks like dried out chaff now LOL
We have a pond that the kids like to skate on, but now it's loaded with cattails. Do you think if we put salt in the spring, it would freeze in the winter for skating?
I can attest that I salted my pond extremely with salt , every cattail was eliminated and the winter came and it froze solid .
You're no dummy, I knew it would work. I learned about what salt can do the first time I used a lot of it on our sidewalks. Come spring time, all the grass at the edge of the sidewalks was dead and stayed dead for awhile. It looks awfully tempting to just burn off the dead stuff. But then I'd be reading about you setting half of northern Ontario on fire
I'm thinking I may have to pull out the petrified stalks next spring . Did an awesome job 👍
Peter
Thanks for great video and tips!!
Approximately how much salt did you use For your pond?
Did you try control burn to remove dead catttails?
Thanks Kent
200 pounds of salt . I wouldn't try a burn it's might not stay in control 😅
I have a half acre pond in Ohio and the cat tails are on 3 of 4 sides now. I was able to keep them at bay up until last year and 3 ankle surgeries. My pond is not spring fed just from run off. How do you think the salt would effect the fish?
Hi Joe
I know exactly what your experiencing. My pond started off with a few and thought ok that's not a problem, and they look good in the background untill they took over the pond . I'm confident if you started off with 200 pounds of salt placed at the base of the plants you would definitely see them turning brown in 60 days and dead by the fall. I just let them decompose on their own then you can lay down pond liner to prevent them from coming back. Or just put the salt down when you see more . It's definitely harmful to fish as the other amphibians can go elsewhere.
Great job done hope it works out for you
Thanks Wallace 👍
Make sense when you consider that glyphosate is also a salt.
Did the job real well .
Would it hurt the fish in the lake?
Absolutely it would . I have a fresh water spring , no fish .
How often do you apply the water softener? I have a big cattail problem in my pond.
Hi Joey
Well their all dead forsure after the first application but it's best to put down some pond liner the next year after they all compose to prevent more from coming back .
What are your plans for all of the dead vegetation now? Will you let it just naturally decay? Or are you planning to remove it all?
Good question so I am going to find out in early may after the snow is gone and see . Theirs still 3 feet of snow . I'm thinking of trying to put a rubber pond liner down to prevent it from growing back over time.
Any updates 2 years later? Did they return at all, did you have to reapply the salt at any point?
Did not come back after one year but I then put in a pond liner to prevent any more coming back. The salt worked better than I thought but I'm sure I used twice as much as needed 😉
Hey Steve. Have you tried it to prevent or stop Alders from growing? I might try that.
Hi Adam
I have not , I cut them with my brushcutter constantly. Might be worth a try .
Me too!! I'll give it a shot
Did they come back this summer?
No they did not .
can you put the salt in a lagoon to get rid of the cattails
It will kill everything green including the cattails that's for sure . If the lagoon has fish and such its not a good idea as the salt will kill wildlife too. My pond had very little water flow so it worked great but if you have a steady water flow it may not work so good . Cheers 👍
What does that do to the wildlife? Wouldn't it be too salty for them to drink?
Hi Rick , by the looks of the traffic beating down them cattails that were so thick they must love the salty water. There was moose and deer tracks through out the pond . Went over the top on salt but the animals love it eh 😅
@@SteveRobReviews Well, there you go. Another great success by Steve Rob!
Buy the way, I'm lucky enough to get back surgery in the morning. Looking forward to returning to a normal function humanbeing.
I'm sure your back surgery will be successful too Rick. All the best and a speedy recovery bud 👍
Did you do anything to remove the stalks after they died?
No , after the winter they were all decomposed in the pond.
The lagoon is for my septic system for the house I'm wondering if it isn't good for the septic system because it pump it out to the lagoon
Not sure about that but one call to a septic specialist will answer it.
@@SteveRobReviews ok thank-you very much
Are you going to get rid of the cattails? They just look dead. Wouldn't the idea be to remove the cattails?
The salt killed the cattails for good. Over the winter they fell , decomposed and never came back
@SteveRobReviews Did you do any subsurface exploration to prove the roots were dead? Or are the roots of the cattails just dormant? How long did it take for the cattails to die, decay and subsequently wither away? Did you have to go out and pick up dead cattails?
@keithowens2554 I never pulled any out , they just dissolved into the water the following spring. None came back since so the salt worked great.
Great it’s what I needed to know, I’ll throw away my lawn mower. I intend to use Atlantic water instead.
Sea water works great too but for me it's 2000 miles away 😅😅
@@SteveRobReviews Download it off the internet :) I have some nasty things growing on far side of the house that need major love like murder.
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Seems to have worked, I may try it on my weeds. I heard you say you were going to drop one right over there. hmm Don't you have an outhouse? lol
Yes I do two of them :) Buzz I see you are invaded with what looks like bamboo at your place , didn't think Massachusetts was that warm . I'd use the rock salt and watch it shrivel up to nothing like the cattails did. Might be a great experiment to show the before and after. Just be careful of the runoff or you may not have any lawn next year 😅😅
@@SteveRobReviews I'm in CT. but this bamboo is native to this area, cold weather.
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