소금을 잔디에 뿌려도 사는 잔디가 있을까요 ?

소금을 잔디에 뿌려도 사는 잔디가 있을까요 ?

씨소어 파스팔름(Seashore paspalum)

Seashore paspalum is a very salt tolerant warm-season grass with desirable turfgrass characteristics.

소금이 잎에 붙어 있음(골프장 페어웨이)

The photo above shows sodium chloride crystals sticking to the wet leaves of a seashore paspalum fairway turf. If salt is used to control weeds in seashore paspalum turf, I think it will work best if applied when the weeds are still small. If weeds are allowed to proliferate, and sodium chloride is used to control the larger patches of weeds, then unsightly yellow patches will occur all over the turf. As with any weed control program, it is important to catch the weeds early. Earlier this week I was at Mauritius and visited Le Touessrok Golf Course at Ile aux Cerfs (see below); this is a seashore paspalum golf course where salt is regularly used to control bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.), St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secondatum), and broadleaf weeds from encroaching into the seashore paspalum turf. One thing to remember of course is that too much sodium in the soil can cause problems with soil structure in clayey or silty soils. Sodium chloride applications may work best on sandy soils, where there is little chance of any soil structural problems.