Why you need to put salt on your driveway this weekend to save yourself hours doing a boring chore

The Sun

4 days ago

FOR those who hate gardening but hate the sight of weeds more, listen up.
A gardening expert has shared the job you need to get done this weekend to prevent yourself from spending hours on a boring chore.
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According to experts at Good Grow UK, there's a super easy way to banish weeds from your driveway without any hard labour.
The experts have urged gardeners to sprinkle salt on their driveways this summer in a bid to banish weeds without using harsh chemicals.
Weeds are a constant, unwanted pain in warm weather which gives them the perfect conditions to thrive.
Through spring to autumn, homeowners lucky enough to have a driveway will see them sneak through paving stone cracks.
Before you know it, your driveway is covered in them.
While many gardeners turn to chemical solutions like weedkillers, which are fast acting and long lasting, they do have some setbacks.
They can be expensive to buy and often kill everything they touch, including beneficial wildlife like bees and butterflies.
But sprinkling table salt over your driveway will get rid of weeds without harming wildlife.
The experts say: "Salt is a cheap, effective way to kill weeds and keep them gone.
"It's versatile too, you can simply spread the salt by hand or dissolve it in water and spray it onto the ground.
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'In general your weeds should start to die within 3-10 days.
'Salt kills weeds by causing them to dehydrate. When plants are exposed to salt for long periods of time, they lose water and die.
The amount of salt needed will vary depending on the type of plant being treated.
'You don't need a special kind of salt, table salt works just fine.
'Using salt to kill those small pesky weeds between the gaps in your paths?" the experts asked.
"Or maybe your gravel drive is infested with the blighters either way salt will be effective against smaller weeds in 10 days."
You can buy 750g of table salt for as little as 65p in Sainsbury's to cover your entire driveway.