What does salty water do to plants?

Answer 1

The salt leeches vital fluid from the plant causing cellular collapse. They will die if the salt content is too high. If you put a sliced cucmber on a plate and salt it, you will see in a couple of hours how the salt draws the fluid from plant matter.

Answer 2

Salty water makes the plant limp, and it isnt as stiff as it is in fresh water. The reason for this is because there is a higher salt concentration outside the plant than there is inside the plant, which means that water would leave the plant. Since water leaves the plant, turgor pressure in the leaf goes down. It all has to do with the pant trying to balance the concentrations of water and salt. The salt water causes turgor pressure in the plant to go down...therefor causing the plant to wilt.

Answer 3

Depending on the source of salty water (well, iodized, sea) the plant will be most harmed after higher amounts are used...if the salt water is used on a regular basis the soil will normally form a whitish crust. The plant itself will fail to thrive (little to no growth, brown/black spots on leaves, wilted leaves etc). The soil itself will become difficult to water...the top being crusted will attempt to repel the water while the soil below will become grainy and allow what water does come through to pass directly back out the bottom of the pot leaving the soil unable to retain moisture which is needed by the roots.

Plants do best with water that has been stripped of things like salt , chemicals (chlorine etc). Simply placing water into a container and allowing it to sit over night or for at least 8 hours, will filter out a good deal of contaminants that affect plants. Distilled water is an excellent choice for watering plants as it is free of irritants that can cause plants distress. Distress is usually first noticed as browning of the leaves.

Plants affected by too much salt in the water can still be saved if the crusted top of the soil is carefully removed, the plant is extracted from the soil, being careful to retain as much rooting system as possible, the roots are carefully rinsed with pure water (i.e. rain water or clean melted snow) or distilled water. The soil that is in the pot can be mixed with new, fresh soil provided the new soil still has a lot of moisture retention. The plant is then placed back into the fresh soil and watered with distilled or standing water (water left to sit overnight).

The plant should then regain it's health and produce new growth in as short a time as a week or sooner depending on the plant, after the procedure is completed.

Answer 4

Salty water is high-density. And Plants are made of water 80%.
Water wants to go to a low-density to a high-density place.
But if you put salty water in the soil, the water in plants will go out to the salty water because it is high-density.
As a result the plant will dry and die..

Answer 5

It depends on the plant. Some thrive in salty or brakish water. Others die.

Answer 6

For most potted houseplants, salt water with shrivel up their roots, thus eventually strangling and killing the plant.

Answer 7

kills most plants exept for some species like mangoves or coconut palms which are very deep rooted.

Answer 8

They'll take water from the plants..(exosmosis)

Answer 9

dries em