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[CHecker]

2 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

I found this ratio on Google

I found this ratio too salt heavy. I've been using my ratio balance and haven't, in years, had any trouble with results. Of course I'm a bit sensitive, I live by the ocean and am aware of what I put in the ground because it will be sent to the sea. Meh, just me 😉

[computerwiz]

29 minutes ago, bagwell1987 said:

I do 2 1/2 gallons vinegar, 1 cup Kosher fine canning salt, just over 1/2 cup Dawn.

 

Take 1/2 gallon water to dissolve the salt. The water doesn't need to boil just heat up to dissolve salt that's why you use FINE salt.

In your sprayer pour in dawn first then 2 1/2 gallon vinegar then the dissolved salt.

Mix all together and you're ready to go.

 

I also did my whole 3,000 sq. ft patio- on and around, in the walkways of the garden and the fence around the garden. I wont have to do this again, because I burn it when dead, until ummmmm maybe August, well, before fall anyway.

 

Hmm...I wonder if farmers can genetically modify their crop to resist that, so they can use that instead of RoundUp...  🤔

 

Wish they could.  RoundUp is the cause of many many diseases we see today.  I'd talk more about it, but don't wanna hijack another thread....  

[CHecker]

3 minutes ago, computerwiz said:

 

Hmm...I wonder if farmers can genetically modify their crop to resist that, so they can use that instead of RoundUp...  🤔

 

Wish they could.  RoundUp is the cause of many many diseases we see today.  I'd talk more about it, but don't wanna hijack another thread....  

Speaking to the choir bro! I know I can't make but small changes, show respect for Jehovah's creation as much as I can. Greed is rampant fueling the industry that kills off the population that pays for it......ok, off my soapbox.

[Qapla]

How long does it take for the ground to recover from the salt so things will grow again?

 

I know one of the reasons many do not use salt in their tractor tires to keep them from freezing is due the problem of a tire that gets ruptured and loses the saltwater leaves the ground unusable for planting for some time ... beet juice does not have this problem.

 

 

[CHecker]

I use salt to prevent weeds from coming back. It's less caustic and less harmful to the environment. 

[Qapla]

I use fire to get rid of weeds - doesn't leave residual stuff behind that is harmful and kills on contact

 

[Friends just call me Ross]

7 hours ago, Qapla said:

I use fire to get rid of weeds - doesn't leave residual stuff behind that is harmful and kills on contact

 

 

😱  What about  'residual stuff that ISN'T harmful?  Say like an entire neighborhood...or like half the state of Florida? 🙃

[ChrisW]

8 hours ago, Qapla said:

I use fire to get rid of weeds - doesn't leave residual stuff behind that is harmful and kills on contact

How do you do that? 

[Watching and Waiting]

23 hours ago, computerwiz said:

Hmm...I wonder if farmers can genetically modify their crop to resist that, so they can use that instead of RoundUp...  🤔

 

I couldn't let this topic pass without comment, though I fear it is way off the topic of Post any Picture.  And I don't mean to step on anyone's toes here, but someone's landscape could really suffer as a result of applying a vinegar/salt weed control mixture.

 

Plants need 'some' water-soluble salts for healthy growth and functions, but when it is in high concentrations, plants are injured.  Unless plants grow in salty environment, as along the seashore, and tolerate salt naturally, plants do not adapt to high levels of salt in soil.  They just grow poorly, typically are stunted in growth and their foliage yellows and can end up dying, or they are so weakened that they succumb to pests and diseases.  And BTW, there are way more toxic chemicals than Roundup used by farmers to control weeds.  When one is restricted or outlawed, the chemical companies come up with replacements.  And that is because if you're growing a crop for food or clothing i.e. cotton, unless you can control the weeds, you will not have much of a crop (translates to mean you won't have that bounty of food on the shelf of your grocery store to choose from, or clothing made from natural fibers will be limited).  Sadly the days of everyone growing their own garden and the time consuming effort of keeping the weeds down to a reasonable  amount, have long since passed in this country. 

 

21 hours ago, Qapla said:

20 hours ago, Qapla said:

How long does it take for the ground to recover from the salt so things will grow again?

 

There are a lot of angles that go into that answer and it isn't a 'one size fits all.'  For example: If you live where the rainfall is heavy and it pushes the salts down or washes them away via heavy runoff, it may be a shorter time.  But if you life in an area with reduced or nearly non-existent rainfall (read 'drought' for a lot of the western US) those salts accumulate and never get pushed down below the root zone.  

 

So one really needs to access their own situation, climate, soil, etc.  If you're not in an area that can mitigate salt being sprayed on weeds (therefore it accumulates in the soil) you can do some real harm to your growing environment.  Of course if you never intend to grow anything in that area, or you prefer the 'scorched earth' look, it might work for you.  But the next person might try to garden in your space and not understand why nothing will grow right.  

 

There is no scientific basis for using vinegar/salt/dish detergent as a weed control.  (I know, "But I read it on Google, or better yet, Wikipedia" which abounds with all kinds of misinformation. It is definitely not recommended.  The dish detergent is only in the mix as a 'spreader' or 'sticker' as some call it; also called a surfactant which causes the mixture to adhere to the leaves of the plant being sprayed.  It kind of makes me giggle when I think about putting vinegar and salt on weeds, like am I trying to pickle them?? "But, it works!" you might say.  A lot of things 'work' but they are not advantageous in the long run.

 

Apologies, this is loooonnnng.

Edited May 15, 2023 by Watching and Waiting
Tried to undo the underlining, which I did not do, but it won't let me. Sorry.

[Watching and Waiting]

 

And back on topic, took this today.  We noticed them about a week ago in our pond, but they have really grown in just a week:  A mama and 11 charges (one was camera shy) and they keep her busy swimming around.  So cute! ❤️

[Qapla]

15 minutes ago, Watching and Waiting said:

If you live where the rainfall is heavy and it pushes the salts down or washes them away via heavy runoff, it may be a shorter time.  But if you life in an area with reduced or nearly non-existent rainfall (read 'drought' for a lot of the western US) those salts accumulate and never get pushed down below the root zone.  

 

I live in Florida - not exactly a reduced or nearly non-existent rainfall area - we get quite a lot of rain. However, when one of these tires ruptures

 

 

it can disgorge several gallons of water used as tire ballast on the ground. Florida does not usually have a tire freezing issue, so many fill their tires with plain water. However, some who have moved here from climates that need some sort of antifreeze in their ballast fluid have tried salt. They find that, when a tire dumps that much salt water on the ground, they suffer damage to the soil even with substantial rainfall - that is one of the reasons many use beet juice

 

In North America, beet juice is perhaps most well-known under the brand name Rim Guard. Beet juice is a recent addition to liquid ballast choices. The advantages of beet juice are it is nontoxic and non-corrosive to wheels. It is freeze resistant down to minus 35 F. Weighs about 11.0 pounds per gallon. It is often better than adding weight to your tractor than many other liquid ballast choices

[Old]

While operating a John Deere for my FIL I got a large punture in one of the big tires. I shut down and walked bact to the house. My FIL got upest when I told him I just parked it with the water streaming out, He had me go back and move it to where the hole was on top to save the calcium chloride. I the 1950s it cost about seventy dollars yto replace chemical in one tire. That was 40 hours of ranch wages.

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

My trip today.

[dove]

6 minutes ago, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

My trip today.

Lol I expected it was going to be in space 🙃

[CHecker]

8 minutes ago, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

My trip today.

Where are you?

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

Netherlands

Old (Downunder) Tone

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

Lol I expected it was going to be in space

The prices for those trips are 'sky high'...lol

Old (Downunder) Tone

[ijsvogel]

16 hours ago, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

My trip today.

 

Enjoy your trip! 

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

Met some friends in Amsterdam

Old (Downunder) Tone

(Actually we have met the friends on carts in many places, but this is the first one i posted.)
 

Edited May 18, 2023 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

[ijsvogel]

53 minutes ago, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

Met some friends in Amsterdam

You’re going to visit the Rijksmuseum? You’ll love it 🥰. There is much more to see than just Rembrandt's famous Night Watch ☺️. 

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

Heading home via Sunset Bvd on Santorini 

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

More friends in Athens!!!

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

I could not find this chap...
He should be right here!
Old (Downunder) Tone
 

Edited May 27, 2023 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

[Tortuga]

Okay folks, its time to get out of the house....😁

 

[Pabo]

On 5/27/2023 at 10:32 PM, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

I could not find this chap...
He should be right here!
Old (Downunder) Tone
 

 

Was it a Saturday? If so, he may have been in a synagogue. Or he may have been ay work making tents if it was a weekday.

Edited May 29, 2023 by Pabo