DIY Weed Killers- TESTED!
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Itkahs Emih on Sep 04, 2017
I did this last year except I used table salt, I boiled all ingredients except the soap I added that last! The vinegar took over the whole house "Wow"! I let it cool put into a spray bottle so I could only spray the weed, the soap helps the weed killer stick to the weeds. I must say it worked well, I also did just boiled water it worked too! Thank you, I love DIY! So much cheaper/safer.
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Courtney |The Kitchen Garten on Sep 04, 2017Great info! Thanks for sharing!
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Kaz28861886 on Sep 06, 2017
Please don't use salt on plants, it contaminates the entire area around them, dehydrates the soil and with it all the nutrients and completely destabilizes the grounds microorganism-system. If you want to kill weeds, the best and most environmentally friendly way to do it, is by making a "bokashi" compost. You can buy it online, and then you can use the fermented liquid from the decomposed organic waste to spray directly on weeds. They'll be gone for a while like that, and you don't damage the ecosystem. (If you can't do a bokashi, try making a compost heap anyways, press the liquid out of the organic matter and use it this way.
Trust me, the best way to go and your weeds will be gone!
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Sandy Rolon on Sep 25, 2019
Salt is best used for small-scale gardening where it will be easily diluted by rain or watering, however. If salt is used on a large scale, it can create soil conditions that are not suitable for growing plants for quite some time.
Read more at Gardening Know How: Salt Recipe For Weeds – How To Use Salt To Kill Weeds https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/organic/using-salt-to-kill-weeds.htm
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Is that equal parts of vinegar, soap, and epsom salts?
Will this work on poison oak? Bad in our yard and we have two dogs so weed killer is out if the question
How did you apply the boiling water?