Somebody told me that you can use vinegar as a pet safe way to kill weeds and grass. Has anybody tried this? I also heard you can use soapy water. Any ideas would be welcome thank you.
Kill weeds with vinegar?
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I've used this method and it really works:
Natural Weed Control
I don't usually post these things unless I have tried them, And this works. I was amazed how fast I saw results too.
Mix:
1 Gallon white vinegar
2 cups multi purpose epsom salt
1/4 cup regular blue dawn dish soap
Put into gallon sprayer, if you don't have a sprayer, You can use anything that will spray out liquid, Saturate weeds.
I used this in the morning around 10 am went back in a couple hours and the weeds were wilting and turning color, a few hours later, bye bye weeds. Use this every couple weeks to control weeds, all safer for the environment, and allot safer to have around the house with children and pets.
Natural Weed Control
I don't usually post these things unless I have tried them, And this works. I was amazed how fast I saw results too.
Mix:
1 Gallon white vinegar
2 cups multi purpose epsom salt
1/4 cup regular blue dawn dish soap
Put into gallon sprayer, if you don't have a sprayer, You can use anything that will spray out liquid, Saturate weeds.
I used this in the morning around 10 am went back in a couple hours and the weeds were wilting and turning color, a few hours later, bye bye weeds. Use this every couple weeks to control weeds, all safer for the environment, and allot safer to have around the house with children and pets.
Thanks! I will try this.I've used this method and it really works:
Natural Weed Control
I don't usually post these things unless I have tried them, And this works. I was amazed how fast I saw results too.
Mix:
1 Gallon white vinegar
2 cups multi purpose epsom salt
1/4 cup regular blue dawn dish soap
Put into gallon sprayer, if you don't have a sprayer, You can use anything that will spray out liquid, Saturate weeds.
I used this in the morning around 10 am went back in a couple hours and the weeds were wilting and turning color, a few hours later, bye bye weeds. Use this every couple weeks to control weeds, all safer for the environment, and allot safer to have around the house with children and pets.
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You can also use boiling water. Not practice for every application, but it works and leaves no residue.
You mean just boiling water by it's self right? That would work for a small area but I have a large area so that might not work as well. Or did you mean that you have to use boiling water in the above recipe?
It's not your kitchen vinegar it's gardening vinegar ( gardening vinegar is stronger ) but you can take kitchen vinegar take the cap off and let it sit outside for 24hours so the water will evaporate out !
I didn't know there was any such thing as garden vinegar. Never heard of it. Today I just bought regular distilled white vinegar , will that work?
Hmmmmmmm, that could work
Plain salt will work for many plants also. Just buys a big bag of water softener salt. Pour a good amount over the plants that need killing, cover with a mound of sand, and as you water the yard the salt leeches in and kills the roots over time. Be aware that it will also kill the plants immediately surrounding it, but it is very effective, and with the sand covering the actual salt, the pets can't snack on it.
Your distilled vinegar for the kitchen is watered down but if you take the cap off and put it out side it will evaporate the water out and then use it .
This has got to be the first thread I've read that proposed killing weeds over encouraging their unfettered growth.
T.G.
T.G.
These are nasty goat head sticker weeds. They grow in my gravel driveway. I also kill the grass along my fence line. I usually use round up but now that I have chickens I can't do that.
Okay I will do that. How much of it evaporates? I bought 1.5 gallon jug
Oh no judgement here. Kill 'em all. I definitely plan on using this method to eliminate the scourge of live oak seedlings in the front of my property.
T.G.
T.G.
Adding clove oil to the mix will make it more effective. There are also citrus based weed/grass killers that are very effective.
For those in FL and nearby areas, goat head stickers are known as sand spurs - nasty little buggers they be...
For those in FL and nearby areas, goat head stickers are known as sand spurs - nasty little buggers they be...
I have all sorts of names for those stickers and none of them can be listed here.
Let 1/2 evaporate
Acetic acid is volatile, too, though. I don't know how fast the acid would evaporate (think silicone seal odor) in comparison to the water.
Is that why I should put it outside?
