Icy walkways, steps, and
sidewalks are dangerous. Snow on
sidewalks can also be slippery and
makes difficult walking for both
you and your neighbors. However,
getting rid of snow and ice can be a
problem to plants.
Even if it’s deep, says Paul N.
Reber, Montgomery, County
agent, snow is not usually a
problem for your lawn and land
scape plants. However, as you
shovel or blow snow from walks
and drive, watch where you throw
it. Snow is heavy and too much
piled over shrubs may cause in
jury.
The major concern this time of
year is the type of melting
materials some people use to
remove ice and snow used in
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correctly, these materials can
injure lawns, shrubs and ground
covers along walks and drive.
The most common melting salt is
probably sodium chloride, sold as
table salt, rock salt, ice cream salt,
or water softener salt. Calcium
chloride, the salt generally used by
the highway department, is also
available commercially in some
places. Applied at excessive rates,
both of these melting materials
can injure plants. The sodium in
sodium chloride will also damage
soil structure.
The U.S. Department of Interior,
Park Maintenance Division,
recommends one-half pound of salt
per square yard as a safe rate for
plants. Interpret this as total
application per season. If most of
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the salty water runs off your
property onto the street, you might
be able to go with slightly higher
applications it’s the salt that
enters the soil that does the
damage.
A safer alternative for melting
ice might be to use garden fer
tilizer. Run-off water mixed with
fertilizer will help plants and lawn
as long as you don’t use too much.
Excessive levels will harm plants
and lawn as long as you don’t use
too much. Excessive levels will
harm plants in the growing season.
When you use a fertilizer like 5-10-
10, the muriate of potash or KCI
does most of the melting. Any
super-phosphate in the fertilizer
probably adds traction and skid
resistance rather than increases
melting.
Nitrogen fertilizer urea is a good
melter at temperatures down to 11
F, and is best applied at tem
peratures between 25 F and 30 F.
Urea can be used at rates of 10
pounds per 100 square feet. If you
make a mixture of urea and sand
Vh to 3 pounds of urea per 100
pounds of sand you can melt ice
and increase surface traction in
the same process.
For a longer lasting control of ice
on sidewalks, mix sawdust and
calcium chloride. The sawdust
absorbs some of the melter and
slows its run-off rate. Mix at a rate
of one part calcium chloride to
three parts sawdust. If you are
using this mixture or garden
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Before a demonstration can be
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Being an expert in any given field
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Once the background work is
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fertilizer to control ice, have a
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Public speaking is a matter of
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demonstrations are often
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Since public speaking requires
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group.
The 4-H’er is the star of the show.
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