"That or it's sour. Mine would be. I make it extra strong so I can do this with it more easily." He said as they walked to class, lifting the straw a bit out of the water to show the crystals that now covered it. "I could freeze the liquid too, but that's more difficult."<br/><br/>"Yes, your salt water plant will probably die." She said. Salt water wasn't very good for most plants, except a few which lived near oceans and were adapted to conditions like that. "It would be interesting to try to get plants to adapt to such conditions over time, perhaps by gradually increasing the salt and choosing those which survive for selective breeding." She commented.