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Can you really kill weeds with this recipe:

Dandelion Season ==>> NON-toxic Weed Killer Recipe ==>> Good to use in yards with Pets & Children roaming around!

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1/2 gallon of Apple Cider Vinegar

1/4 c table salt

1/2 tsp Dawn liquid dish soap

Mix above ingredients in a spray bottle.

Spray weeds thoroughly.

1/2 gallon for around $6.40

Works better than Round Up - kills weeds on 1st application.

The Dawn dish soap strips the weed of its protective oils so the vinegar can work with deadly force. Safe for use in yards used by children and pets!!

Can you really kill these with above recipe

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Catherine Smith · Answer

You can also use horticultural grade vinegar, it's stronger and soaks into more of the tap root system. You do need to reapply periodically, but eventually you'll 'wear' the weed out and kill it completely.

Jessica C · Answer

I haven't had much luck with solutions like this. I have heard boiling water works just as well. I have better luck with 10-12' of mulch applied in early spring before the weeds begin to grow. Good luck!

Maureen Durno · Answer

boiling water is pretty good depending on how many you have..hope it helps

Cyndi Moore Tippett · Answer

Can you kill poison ivy with this recipe?

Nakeisha F · Answer

Hi, do I have to use apple cider vinegar or any vinegar could use?

Catherine Smith · Answer

Cyndi, this won't work with poison ivy, unfortunately.

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

The problem with using a high salt solution or even the highly acidic vinegar is that you are also sterilizing the soil below the the offending weed. Depending on your rain fall this could remain in your soil for several months preventing desirable plant growth as well as the ones you don't want. Salts and roots are not compatible and the salt is not selective.

Sandra · Answer

I tried this a couple of days ago and now, weeds b gone!! It may take repeated applications but hey, it's cheap and safe...I'm always in my garden working every day so I just carry my small squirt container with me.. much handier than lugging around one of those bigger weed killer containers!!

Patricia Pierson · Answer

does anyone know if this or anything works on Stinging Neddles? i have 10 acres with this weed and the Neddles and don't want to use chemicals.

Evelyn McMullen · Answer

Don't kill dandelion, eat it. Makes a great addition to your diet.

Linda B · Answer

Sorry, folks. The vinegar you can purchase at the store is only about half the strength it needs to be in order to kill weeds. And do you want to grow anything else in that spot, ever again, for the next few years? Then DON'T pour SALT onto your soil. You can check this out by going to the Garden Professors' site: https://sharepoint.cahnrs.wsu.edu/blogs/urbanhort/‎. They have the science to back this up.

Carroll A · Answer

I would not take the time to put anything on Dandelions. Get yourself a good old fashion weed puller. Grandpa's Weeder. The kind you step on. Everyone use to have one when I was a kid... Kind of hard to find now. I got a new one last week at True Value. No mess, no chemicals gone in 2 seconds. And if you have a mouthy teenager.... great punishment aid.

Phyllis W · Answer

Hi Cyndi - I had one poison ivey plant that gave me trouble for years. I'd dig it out and it would come back. It was under pine trees so I tried liquid bleach. This is the third year of no PI.

Sharon moyer · Answer

I did this and within 3 hours the weeds were turning brown and the next day, dead!

Cyndi Moore Tippett · Answer

@C Renee Fuller, Thanks for the info. I did spray with a herbacide for poison ivey and it did get rid of most of it and I have also been cutting if off my pine trees. I have most of it gone, and didn't get any on me UNTIL I was helping my husband clean up a tree and I got it on two places on my arms. I guess that is what I get for not be as careful as I was when it was everywhere. :)

Cas328895 · Answer

can i use this  in the yard on the grass, ( will it kill the grass

Ian Beyer · Answer

This is an awfully expensive workaround to replace something that is relatively benign to most animals and humans (LD50 of glyphosate is about 2x that of vinegar, the normal concentration in roundup is about 2% vs. 5% in vinegar, mammals, birds and fish just pass it on through, and it is neutralized on contact with the soil). As others have mentioned, the salt will kill your grass (just like Roundup will). using apple cider vinegar will give you no advantage over much cheaper white vinegar. All in all, if this does work, it's a colossal waste of time and money.

Susan · Answer

Ok so this mixture worked VERY well but I now have brown grass spots all over my lawn!! any suggestions

Chris Code · Answer

I spray this on my gravel driveway. I found it works best if it stays dry without rain for at least three days.

Kris · Answer

Also, I found out it will kill any garden worms it comes in contact with because of the salt.  I used two bottles of this before I noticed what was happening.  So, I guess I just need to keep digging.

Karen L. Grohs · Answer

I have no problem pulling the weeds in the garden or the yard (we live in the desert and have desert landscaping. But I want to try this on the weeds that come up between the pavers and in the cracks of the sidewalk. I can't pull them or dig them out. I don't care if nothing grows there again! I don't want to use chemicals because the cats are out there and sometimes take a bite of the plants. I'll try this on those.

Lori Baptiste · Answer

yes it does work I use it all the time.

Leigh · Answer

Does the weed killer have to include the Dawn brand washing up liquid ? - I can't find that brand on the supermarket shelf  - Leigh

Aaron Foster · Answer

Should water be added to this or is it a compound that only works at 100%

Pat G · Answer

If you use much of this, the salt will poison your dirt. Only use it where you never want to grow anything again, like on your gravel driveway.

Chloe Crabtree · Answer

Yes, this should work for you.

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