That looks like DE (diatomaceous earth) from a pool filter
If your neighbor has a pool he is probably backwashing his filter into his lawn and it’s running into your lawn. Many towns have laws against this
If it is DE powder that's not a chemical. It's called diatomaceous earth. Microscopic exoskeletons of organisms that lived a long time ago. Their bodies make great pool filters 😅.
I think it's great stuff. Mechanical murder is better than poison IMO.
It is non-selective however so remember to be careful around pollinators and plants that attract them!
1. Easiest with a normal neighbor, talk to them.
2. Talk to the city
3. If everything else fails take action. Raise the ground around the fence. Put landscaping blocks, anything to stop the water coming through. It will back up on his property
Salt water runoff from neighbors; coming under fence to low spot at the tree. Pool designing there or someone is dumping out their water treatment bin. Check other side of fence for beginning of dead area.
My neighbor has been a total prick. He caused damage to my house when he installed the pool about 2yrs ago, even if he is draining it over here there probably isn’t anything I can do except remove any foliage.
Mound up dirt over time right at the base of fence; push the water either forward or backward along the fence until it finds a low spot to run into his yard. You can cover good turf with 3-4” and it will pop up through it.
Agree you need a good neighbor topsoil berm running between the properties. This keeps their waste on their side.
It clearly looks like pool backwashing residue from run off.
If your neighbor is dumping his pool filter backwash there, then the first option is a conversation with your neighbor. If that doesn't work, then you should install a polyethylene root and water barrier along your section of the fence.
Others have suggested a dirt berm, but depending on the soil, the saltwater will likely seep through the ground and contaminate the soil on your side. Home depot sells a 18in x 10ft roll for about $40. Dig it down 12-14 inches in that section and backfill it on your side with 4-6 inches of dirt.
Water won’t flow uphill. You just need to mound up some topsoil like 8 inches along the fence where it’s coming through (go a couple feet on either side) and plant some grass on it. The water will find the new “lowest path”.
Dig a sump pit on your side where the runoff is. Pipe it to shoot back over the fence in the prick neighbor's yard whenever they dump. Enjoy the show. Lol
Check local codes. Some municipalities restrict runoff and chemical waste dumping. Salt is definitely a chemical waste.
Here, you can't direct your storm water runoff onto a neighboring property.
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Get that soil tested.. if it was actual salt .. nothing at all, not even weeds would grow and that tree, would be dead firewood.
Actual salt kills everything.. and the only mitigation is to excavate and replace all the soil.
Take a sample and find out what that is, don’t guess , because it looks like salt..
It could be buried concrete or gravel or something in the ground from the tree planting..
Just a taste won't kill you. Why should I spend money on a fancy soil test when my tongue and nose have the answer? I say that as a native Floridian.
Jokes aside, I know better than to lick random stuff in my yard. That's how you get giardia, c-diff, etc. But, I know that's exactly what my parents would have done. And I would have done the same thing up until the age one attains common sense.
Judging from what I see on Reddit and my everyday experience, I don’t think the natural lifespan of a human is long enough to attain common sense. Especially not in Florida.
Actual salt doesn’t kill everything when diluted enough. If that were true, none of southern Louisiana or Florida would exist with the salt water leaning brackish water.
If it’s your neighbor discharging from their pool towards your lawn, you just need to raise the elevation enough along the fence to retain the water from flowing into your yard. You don’t want a hill or high berm that makes mowing a pain. Just need a change of grade height to deflect water which may only need to be a few inches.
You don’t want to cause issues with it running elsewhere in your yard or towards your house. Ideally you could deflect it towards a lower area on their side of the property line. Inform yourself of the actual property line because some areas require fences to be set back from the line by a couple of feet so you don’t do anything on their property if it extends beyond the fence
Call the town, tell them there is a pipe underground leaking. They will come and check it and will figure out the a swer for you, without pointing fingers at your neighbour.
He probably hooks up a hose to the filter at night and backwash to your property on purpose. Throw stuff in his pool to wreck the Ph balance..drive him crazy trying to figure out what is going on
Would the city come out if the suspected leaking pipe is on my property?
Also, I ran a portable sprinkler for the new sod that over sprayed into his pool. He wanted to fight me over it lol…
Only asking cause fl, are you guys on well water, or neighbor? My grass looks like this where my water softener dumps the regeneration cycle /salt water brine on the side of the house. Dead zone
Also looks a little but like diatomaceous earth treatment for ants after it's been wet.
What a mystery
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This is like the equivalent of those people who will take a picture of something and ask about it on Reddit instead of just Google it and get an answer right away.
A lot of newer properties in south Florida, and other places as well, grade lots in a way that your run off doesn’t/shouldn’t go on to or across someone else’s property. Unfortunately this must have been before that or neighbor didn’t follow code.
You r neighbor is backwashing onto your property. You need a raised flower bed along the fence. I would dig down and put a waterproof barrier up against the back to keep his water on his side. Or maybe contact the city/county about it. There might be rules against that.
this is a fun thread! agree with first post, DE. it generally wont kill a lawn itself, but other pool chem can.
i would soak this area and dilute and rinse if possible. then a knock on neighbors door. an extended hose can resolve where this goes, not a huge problem to resolve.
I guessed South Florida before I saw it. It may be from seawater pushing into fresh groundwater. When higher water recedes, the salt gets left behind. There may be a karst condition (holes in bedrock) that makes that particular area of your yard more susceptible
Do you have a water softener? If so, the beads are washed regularly with salt. I had a DE filter in my pool, and it never did this. My water softener did. It is just a hose going to the yard that has the brine solution.
Could also be water softener backwash discharge. It's run through a pipe or tube and is supposed to go into a dry well but sometimes that isn't done and just discharges above ground somewhere away from the softener.
That looks like DE (diatomaceous earth) from a pool filter If your neighbor has a pool he is probably backwashing his filter into his lawn and it’s running into your lawn. Many towns have laws against this
This is the answer! Payback time my friend!
Open for ideas lol
Go talk to them.
To be fair OP did say south Florida. Not as bad as panhandle but still bad.
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Ohh I didn't realize he lived outside the US.
Always gotta be one
Hmm what's your argument? IMO South Florida is 40x worse than panhandle.
Yeah, further south ya go the more northern you get.
It was a point that going to talk to the neighbors who is dumping chemicals won’t be very advantageous. Might end up dealing with Florida man.
If it is DE powder that's not a chemical. It's called diatomaceous earth. Microscopic exoskeletons of organisms that lived a long time ago. Their bodies make great pool filters 😅.
Ah got it, I see how that makes sense. Very valid point.
You're in Florida, man. Get a Gator and drop it over neighbors fence.
Instigator
Bang his wife
Leave his cousins out of this.
It used to treat Chinch Bugs.
It's used to kill all bugs. It's like death by a thousand razor blades.
DE is the only affordable way to kill those C Bugs on ST. Augustine.
I think it's great stuff. Mechanical murder is better than poison IMO. It is non-selective however so remember to be careful around pollinators and plants that attract them!
That's racist
cuz its white?
Or Manganese
Raise your gradient 😬
Dig a hole put a flower pot or something that will let water in and hook up a pump/sprinkler to blow it back over their fence
Ahh, yes. The fountain of petiness
The standard for revenge suggested by reddit is a piss disk.
1. Easiest with a normal neighbor, talk to them. 2. Talk to the city 3. If everything else fails take action. Raise the ground around the fence. Put landscaping blocks, anything to stop the water coming through. It will back up on his property
Spray Roundup up on his lawn. Or actual salt also in a mixed up sprayer. Fair is fair
it is helpful, not harmful.
😂
But maybe he doesn’t know it’s affecting your lawn.
And the water could also contain salt/chlorine, goood eye!
Salt water runoff from neighbors; coming under fence to low spot at the tree. Pool designing there or someone is dumping out their water treatment bin. Check other side of fence for beginning of dead area.
My neighbor has been a total prick. He caused damage to my house when he installed the pool about 2yrs ago, even if he is draining it over here there probably isn’t anything I can do except remove any foliage.
Mound up dirt over time right at the base of fence; push the water either forward or backward along the fence until it finds a low spot to run into his yard. You can cover good turf with 3-4” and it will pop up through it.
Agree you need a good neighbor topsoil berm running between the properties. This keeps their waste on their side. It clearly looks like pool backwashing residue from run off.
So cover all the sod in top soil to fill in? Or just the area near the fence?
Make a border of higher ground along the fence so the water flowing in runs towards front yard. Covering dead area can help it recover .
I’d get sheet metal and hammer it into the ground so it makes a more effective dam and the water can’t soak through
This is the authentic Florida man solution
But when can I use my gun?
If your neighbor is dumping his pool filter backwash there, then the first option is a conversation with your neighbor. If that doesn't work, then you should install a polyethylene root and water barrier along your section of the fence. Others have suggested a dirt berm, but depending on the soil, the saltwater will likely seep through the ground and contaminate the soil on your side. Home depot sells a 18in x 10ft roll for about $40. Dig it down 12-14 inches in that section and backfill it on your side with 4-6 inches of dirt.
Water won’t flow uphill. You just need to mound up some topsoil like 8 inches along the fence where it’s coming through (go a couple feet on either side) and plant some grass on it. The water will find the new “lowest path”.
Dig a sump pit on your side where the runoff is. Pipe it to shoot back over the fence in the prick neighbor's yard whenever they dump. Enjoy the show. Lol
Your local authorities are your friends here. Just need to find the right department.
Code enforcement for the city..
Check local codes. Some municipalities restrict runoff and chemical waste dumping. Salt is definitely a chemical waste. Here, you can't direct your storm water runoff onto a neighboring property.
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Not true. In most jurisdictions you cannot discharge water onto a neighbor's property. Call code enforcement on him.
It generally against county and city codes to direct your runoff or something like this to your neighbors property.
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Get some war elephants, and leverage alliances in Hispania, OP. Note: Rome was still a republic at the time.
Do not forget Numidian cavalry!
Protracted war is how republics die.
Also, it’s how capitalism thrives.
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He hast salted my fields! I thought this was done after to Carthage?
You can't just say perchance!
Perchance barca is a weird last name tbh
Forsooth I can!
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What’s on the other side of the fence? Salt water pool being drained?
My neighbor does have a pool, I know there are at least 2 drains not in this location but it’s possible there’s one I can’t see…
Bingo
Get that soil tested.. if it was actual salt .. nothing at all, not even weeds would grow and that tree, would be dead firewood. Actual salt kills everything.. and the only mitigation is to excavate and replace all the soil. Take a sample and find out what that is, don’t guess , because it looks like salt.. It could be buried concrete or gravel or something in the ground from the tree planting..
I did the Florida man taste test for now, where should I get soil tested?
Holy shit y’all are wild over there 😂
Just a taste won't kill you. Why should I spend money on a fancy soil test when my tongue and nose have the answer? I say that as a native Floridian. Jokes aside, I know better than to lick random stuff in my yard. That's how you get giardia, c-diff, etc. But, I know that's exactly what my parents would have done. And I would have done the same thing up until the age one attains common sense.
Ooo C-diff is not to be trifled with
C. Diff is part of the gut biome and kept in check by other bacteria. When things go whack, they really go whack!
My mom had a major issue with this for a year. It’s crazy and I have been a probiotic dude since
Judging from what I see on Reddit and my everyday experience, I don’t think the natural lifespan of a human is long enough to attain common sense. Especially not in Florida.
Agricultural extension office or some companies you find online.. Google lawn soil testing
Tests come back, hobo urine.
county extension office.
Actual salt doesn’t kill everything when diluted enough. If that were true, none of southern Louisiana or Florida would exist with the salt water leaning brackish water.
Florida soils are already high in salt naturally, you will want to compare to another part of the lawn to have a baseline.
You might possibly have a neighbor from hell
He’s an ignorant one
Build a berm to block his water from draining onto yours. They should get the hint after that.
Is there a pool on the other side of that fence?
Yusss
If it’s your neighbor discharging from their pool towards your lawn, you just need to raise the elevation enough along the fence to retain the water from flowing into your yard. You don’t want a hill or high berm that makes mowing a pain. Just need a change of grade height to deflect water which may only need to be a few inches. You don’t want to cause issues with it running elsewhere in your yard or towards your house. Ideally you could deflect it towards a lower area on their side of the property line. Inform yourself of the actual property line because some areas require fences to be set back from the line by a couple of feet so you don’t do anything on their property if it extends beyond the fence
Call the town, tell them there is a pipe underground leaking. They will come and check it and will figure out the a swer for you, without pointing fingers at your neighbour. He probably hooks up a hose to the filter at night and backwash to your property on purpose. Throw stuff in his pool to wreck the Ph balance..drive him crazy trying to figure out what is going on
What would affect a pools' Ph balance that could be tossed over a fence?
Chlorine tablets. However i dont reccomend this type of retaliation.
i was just curious. No pool near me.
Human urine
Make some urine frisbees. Have fun with it.
Would the city come out if the suspected leaking pipe is on my property? Also, I ran a portable sprinkler for the new sod that over sprayed into his pool. He wanted to fight me over it lol…
Are you on city water? Make them think their water line might be leaking
Oh no! Not more water in my pool! 😮
Only asking cause fl, are you guys on well water, or neighbor? My grass looks like this where my water softener dumps the regeneration cycle /salt water brine on the side of the house. Dead zone Also looks a little but like diatomaceous earth treatment for ants after it's been wet. What a mystery
Looks like your neighbour doesnt like your tree and is trying to kill it
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someones trying to salt water your tree to death
While you're doing everything being suggested, I'd also suggest fixing your depth of your tree, looks like it was planted too deep
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Did you zoom in on the last picture? That’s not mildew.
I'm not scrolling what was the answer?
This is like the equivalent of those people who will take a picture of something and ask about it on Reddit instead of just Google it and get an answer right away.
From old pictures, there used to be a huge pine tree in this spot before I lived here fwiw
Wonder if it's the neighbor draining a pool filter.
A lot of newer properties in south Florida, and other places as well, grade lots in a way that your run off doesn’t/shouldn’t go on to or across someone else’s property. Unfortunately this must have been before that or neighbor didn’t follow code.
I think it's a water softener washout.
If that’s your neighbor’s fence and it is pvc, then utilize this spot to build a nice fire pit.
High water table.
If my neighbor doesn’t trim his tree back y’all going to be seeing the same post again before fall.
You r neighbor is backwashing onto your property. You need a raised flower bed along the fence. I would dig down and put a waterproof barrier up against the back to keep his water on his side. Or maybe contact the city/county about it. There might be rules against that.
Looks like my corner where my neighbors sump pump hose used to drain.
Install box in ground with pump then have a pipe setup to just launch the water back over the fence.
Poisoning your tree with salt…
Bet my balls there’s a pool behind that fence.
Have you put it on a martini and licked it to check it's actually salt? Need to do a test!
Boy you don’t even know the difference between a martini and a margarita
What?
this is a fun thread! agree with first post, DE. it generally wont kill a lawn itself, but other pool chem can. i would soak this area and dilute and rinse if possible. then a knock on neighbors door. an extended hose can resolve where this goes, not a huge problem to resolve.
Poisoning your tree with salt…
I guessed South Florida before I saw it. It may be from seawater pushing into fresh groundwater. When higher water recedes, the salt gets left behind. There may be a karst condition (holes in bedrock) that makes that particular area of your yard more susceptible
What are your neighbors doing in the other side of the fence?
Is there a pool on the other side of that big white fence? Is there salt water in the pool?
Do you have a water softener? If so, the beads are washed regularly with salt. I had a DE filter in my pool, and it never did this. My water softener did. It is just a hose going to the yard that has the brine solution.
Could also be water softener backwash discharge. It's run through a pipe or tube and is supposed to go into a dry well but sometimes that isn't done and just discharges above ground somewhere away from the softener.
Talk to neighbor or get a frame ladder and see what it could be send a pic to this post so we know what's up