Photo of the week: table salt on grass

Did you know table salt (sodium chloride) can be an effective weed control? But don't try this on most species of turf. Seashore paspalum is the exception. Application of salt to seashore paspalum turf can control some weeds. The photo at right shows granular salt applied to wetted paspalum leaves.

Research led by Dr. Jim Brosnan, now at University of Tennessee, found that granular sodium chloride, applied to wet leaves so the salt will stick to the leaf, can be…