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Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 9:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
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.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Kitt thanks, those utubes are interesting!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Dipo wouldn't the salt kill the plants? I know it kills grass outside.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 6:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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).

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
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?

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
How about soapy water? I always wonder if I could pour the dishwater on the plants.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Thanks Costa. It seems such a waste when the soil is parched I did wonder whether I could use it for watering.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
salt is salt. sodium.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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! :-)

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
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.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I am sure you meant to write "landi."

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
You are right OG! Though an anti caking ingredient is often added (some kind of yellow prussate or something...)

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
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.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
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.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 3:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
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.


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 3:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Does anyone but me think it's very odd that salt has sugar added to it?

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
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.


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Is it just me, or doesn't anyone else think it's odd that sugar is added to salt?

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Don't ask me, I am still befuddled as to why they add sugar to peanut butter. LOL

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
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!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
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!]

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
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?

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
Mak read OG's post of 3:02pm

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
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