Subj : Re: Ivy
To   : Mike Powell
From : Dave Drum
Date : Mon Jul 29 2024 04:52:00

-=> Mike Powell wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 > I've not used it myself, just know/knew it cold be used. So I looked
 > arond and got this from Bob Vila )yeah, the Tee Vee guy)

 MP> Thanks, Dave.  I have Epsom salts so I will try that.

 > I put saltpeter on the big maple mstump in my back yard and let the rain
 > make a "solution" which leached into the wood. It takes a while to break
 > down the fibre of the wood. I've re-applied it every spring for three
 > years (no hurry, right?) and I think it will succumb to the roto-tiller
 > next spring.

 MP> In the event I don't have luck wiht the Epsom salts, where were you
 MP> able to find saltpeter?

Amazon, many gardn supply stores (and Farm & Home stores, Walmart has it
listed - but as I do NOT do busiess with any part of Wally World I can't
confirm that.

It's used in curng of meats as well as making gunpowder and even in
cooking. So it's pretty common if not as ubiquitous as salt & pepper.


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