Might Grass Growth Be in Inhibited by Salt?
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Might Grass Growth be in Inhibited by Salt?
American InterContinental University
By
Sandra Brewer
February 21, 2016
Might grass growth be inhibited by salt?
Introduction
Salt may melt away the ice and snow in the winter time, but the effect of using salt is very damaging to your grass. Not only does it damage your lawn it also can prevent your grass from growing for years after the damages are done (Harris,). The salt dehydrates the soil by keeping the water or moisture away from the roots of your grass (Edition Broad, 2012).
Hypothesis
The grass will slowly stop growing due to the overdose of salt; it causes the lawn to become unhealthy.
Controlled experimental method
In this experiment we use four samples of grass and soil and add the same amount of salt to each one and used different types of salt to each one. The first sample we used regular table salt. The second sample we used sea salt. The third sample we used Epson salt and the fourth sample we used rock salt. We started out with fifteen pounds of salt for a week. After a few weeks you could already see the damage it has on the soils.
Results
Salt test | Week1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 |
Table Salt | Add fifteen pounds | Just left it to set | Check on to see if any changes | By the fourth week the table salt grass was still light green and the soil wasn’t too dry still at some moisture in it |
Sea Salt | Add fifteen pounds | Just left it to set | Check on to see if any changes | By the fourth week the sea salt grass had start to turn a little brown but still really no effect on the soil |
Epson Salt | Add fifteen pounds | Just left it to set | Check on to see if any changes | By the fourth week the Epson salt grass was greener and look healthy then before the soil still had almost all of the moisture let in it |
Rock Salt | Add fifteen pounds | Just left it to set | Check on to see if any changes | By the fourth week the rock salt grass had died roots and all, the soil was an extremely dehydrated |
Conclusion
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