Avoid rock salt or sodium chloride for de-icing paths next to garden beds. The salts can seriously damage trees, shrubs, ground covers and dormant plants.
Use de-icers containing potassium chloride or magnesium chloride. Minimize salt use by laying it before a storm, when smaller quantities are effective. Heavily salted beds should be watered when temperatures rise.
- Washington Post
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