What affects does salt have on plant growth?

Answer 1

Salt is killing most of the plant at least because of the osmotic pressure wich make the plant 's cells explode.
That's why the roman empire used to spread salt on the soil of the cities the conquered like Cartagen (to avoid soils to be usable for agriculture)

Few plants likes salt (in som proportion) like the prés salés around le mont St Michel in France, les prés salés are grass lands wich are under the sea level when the sea is high and above when the sea is low. sheep are grown in thes areas.

Answer 2

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What affects does salt have on plant growth?

Answer 3

affects salt plant growth

Answer 4

If you live near the coast, or live in an area that salts their roads in the winter, you can see salt damage all over the place. The edges of the leaves look crispy and dry, later on the whole leaf is affected. Plants can also become stunted and deformed. Evergreen plants look brown and dry.

Sodium accumulation blocks the plants ability to take up phosphorus and potassium, so the plant can look 'off' because it isn't photosynthesizing like it should be.

Answer 5

Epson salt helps a plant make more blooms and bushyer they sell so much a Wal Mart in south La that they started putting it in the garden section regular salt not to good guess it would kill most plants.

Answer 6

Salt (sodium chloride) in high amounts is harmful to most plants.
Exceptions
are certain plants that are adapted to salty soils or high soil salinity. These
plants are termed halophytes. Halophytes, such as barley, atriplex, beets and
Salicornia grow better with some sodium chloride so they may require some
sodium.
Plants vary widely in their tolerance to soil salinity. High salinity soil is
harmful because it causes water to diffuse out of plant roots by osmosis.

Answer 7

Salt is bad for most plants, and will even kill some of them. Asparagus actually benefits from salt.

Answer 8

In general it changes water pressure on cell walls and makes the cells collapse. That is what happened in the Punic Wars when Rome salted Carthage.

Answer 9

Salt will kill most plants.

Answer 10

salt can burn a plant, but the most noted effect is that, if enough salt is used it will sterlize the soil and no plant will grow.