Name: Lily
Status: other
Grade: K-3
Location: Outside U.S.
Country: USA
Date: N/A
Question:
How do you clean up a salt water spill near trees
so that the trees won't die?
Replies:
Hello,
It depends upon the amount of salt water spilled compared to the
area of soil. If a small amount, then using fresh water to
irrigate the soil would dilute/minimize the concentration/amount
of salt water in the soil near the trees. Some tree species would
be more tolerant of salt water than others.
Sincerely,
Anthony R. Brach, PhD
Missouri Botanical Garden
c/o Harvard University Herbari
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