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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 9:03 pm
New question: Is there any reason why I can't use cooled, salted corn-on-the-cob water to water my plants? I hate to just pour it down the sink.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 9:08 pm
Kitt thanks, those utubes are interesting!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 9:36 pm
Dipo wouldn't the salt kill the plants? I know it kills grass outside.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 6:21 am
Dipo, do not ever pour salted water on any plants. Unless it's something like beach grass, most plants are not salt-tolerant. You'll end up burning the plant (leaves will turn yellow then brown).
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 11:36 am
Thanks so much for telling me! I never knew that salt was bad, darn, I would have not salted the water. does it change anything if it is kosher salt?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 11:42 am
How about soapy water? I always wonder if I could pour the dishwater on the plants.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 12:53 pm
Soapy water is actually good in small doses. Even better is to pour it OVER the plants, as the soap will kill any insects (white fly, aphids). But you don't want a high percentage of soap to water, and you don't want to do it often (every couple of weeks). But soapy dishwater isn't all that great on plants as it contains food particles and other bacteria-laden bits. Better to just let it go thru the sewer system (if you are in the city), especially if your water/sewer system reclaims water.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 1:27 pm
Thanks Costa. It seems such a waste when the soil is parched I did wonder whether I could use it for watering.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 1:47 pm
salt is salt. sodium.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:33 pm
LOL Landi. Are you answering Dipo's question? Which is, no, it doesn't matter if it's kosher salt, sea salt, iodized table salt, or Hawaiian salt. As Landi so succintly puts it... salt is salt! 
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:46 pm
Costa, not quite right. If you'll look on your salt carton, Morton's etc., you'll note that it contains calcium silicate, dextrose (sugar) and potassium iodide. I believe sea salt contains no additives.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:46 pm
I am sure you meant to write "landi."
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:51 pm
You are right OG! Though an anti caking ingredient is often added (some kind of yellow prussate or something...)
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:56 pm
I agree that there are different types of salt, so in one sense all salt is not the same. Any type of salt or sodium is bad for plants, whether it has additives or not.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 3:03 pm
Dipo as far as the dish water goes, if you have grass outside you can throw the water there. My grandma did that all the time and it never killed the grass. As a matter of fact it was the greenest grass in the yard so she had to start rotating where she threw it.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 3:37 pm
actually Julie, it doesn't bother me in my old age what people call me. that is no longer something that i take the time to point out and too difficult with the board's setup. and what i meant by "salt is salt", is that to a plant, it does not matter which version of "salt" is whether it has additives or not.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 3:53 pm
Does anyone but me think it's very odd that salt has sugar added to it?
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:00 pm
Table Salt contains sodium (pure salt) it also contains Potassium Iodide a form of salt, which was added to salt to give people this essential nutrient to prevent goiter (a thyroid issue). Potassium Iodine sublimes (evaporates) out of pure sodium, the addition of sugar (and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), sodium carbonate, and sodium thiosulfate) all work to stabilize the Sodium/Potassium Iodine combination, meaning that the Potassium Iodine will not evaporate out of the salt. The amount of sugar added (usually in the form of corn syrup) is about (0.04%). Another ingredient used is Calcium Silicate this is to prevent clumping. Salt is hygroscopic - that means it absorbs water from the air. In humid areas if there was not calcium silicate in the salt the salt would cake or form clumps of hard crystals over time - much like the granulation of honey if it sits on the shelf. Unlike honey adding a wee bit of heat does not dissolve salt crystals, one would need to grind the salt again.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:27 pm
Is it just me, or doesn't anyone else think it's odd that sugar is added to salt?
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:30 pm
Don't ask me, I am still befuddled as to why they add sugar to peanut butter. LOL
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:35 pm
OG, I have no idea! Seems they add sugar to everything. And have you seen the commercials attempting to convince one that high fructose corn syrup has its virtues! It's natural you know!!! The commercial practically advertises that HFCS is healthy!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:51 pm
Peanut butter w/o surgar? EWWWWWWW! [I gotta have my creamy Jiff! It's got less sugar than Peter Pan so that should count for something!]
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 5:00 pm
Last year, I started eating natural, no salt added peanut butter. Ingredients: peanuts It was really easy to get used to, and now I don't like the peanut butters with sugar and salt added. My dq: How does sea salt differ from regular salt?
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 5:09 pm
Mak read OG's post of 3:02pm
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 5:17 pm
Serate, my dh says the same and refuses to use my kind. It ticks me off because I don't want my girls eating it when there is no reason so for the last year and a half now I have been buying the non-sugar and filling his jar then throwing my jar away and he cannot tell the difference. I know if I told him he would swear up and down that he knew all along that something was different. LOL
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