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Botany

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2. Yes salt is very tough on equipment and the environment but nothing "cracks ice" like rock salt.

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Sat Jan 8, 2022, 10:16 AM

Jan 2022

We have some products that are safer for concrete, plants, the soil, and water but it is a trade off
clean non pitted concrete or slipping on ice and then falling and cracking your head?

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Road Salt Works. But It's Also Bad for the Environment. [View all] douglas9 Jan 2022 OP

I guess waiting for it to melt naturally is best for the environment jimfields33 Jan 2022 #1

Yes salt is very tough on equipment and the environment but nothing "cracks ice" like rock salt. Botany Jan 2022 #2