[CANUFNET] [EXTERNAL] Re: solutions for de-icing products around trees on sidewalks and roadways.

[Cheryl Huxted]

Food for thought on beet juice as de icer
https://modernfarmer.com/2022/01/beet-juice-deicer/#:~:text=Beet%20deicer%20has%20also%20been,animals%20like%20fish%20and%20amphibians.

From: CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces at list.web.net> On Behalf Of Naomi Zurcher via CANUFNET
Sent: January 23, 2023 10:20 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [CANUFNET] solutions for de-icing products around trees on sidewalks and roadways.

Thank you Elaine. How fascinating.

Can you please share a product name or how this is marketed in your location? I am always willing to try a new approach to this relentless problem so any additional information that would provide access to the product would be greatly appreciated.

Naomi Zurcher
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Arbor Aegis
Urban Forester / Consulting Arborist / I-Tree team affiliate member
6006 Luzern
Switzerland


On Jan 20, 2023, at 4:41 PM, Elaine Ethier via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net<mailto:canufnet at list.web.net>> wrote:

Costly but with time it should be the municipal options. It’s been talked about with the Ministery of Transports : Crystals of yellow beet juice is effective at minus 30Celcius.
I am using it since last year on private pathways. No shrub or tree loss, no hurt to animals.

Elain Ethier
Urban forestry consultant

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Good afternoon,
I was looking for information on eco friendly products for de-icing pathways in parks  that are eco friendly to vegetation and pets.  Anyone out there using something other than rock salt, calcium chloride ect?
Glenn Chernick
Forestry Technician
City of Regina
Ph. (306) 535 4623


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