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Calcium magnesium acetate is another ice melting salt that is relatively benign.

Lee Reich, PhD

www.leereich.com

Books by Lee Reich:

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

A Northeast Gardener's Year

The Pruning Book

Weedless Gardening

On Jan 23, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:

    The walkway through my orchard becomes too icy to navigate in Winter.

The trees do not like  any of the commercial ice melters and I have come

upon something new.  Some folks around here use commercial fertilizer which

barely works.  What works better on the ice is Calcium Nitrate and/or

Ammonium Nitrate that I buy from my greenhouse supply company.

-- 

Jim Fruth

Brambleberry Farm

Pequot Lakes, MN

www.bberryfarm.com

Jams, Jellies and Syrups

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