Here's what I use: Take a spray bottle and cover the bottom with salt and fill it up with vinegar. Add a few drops of dish soap and shake. Spray on the weeds.
I use one cup of vinegar, one cup of salt to two gallons water in a garden sprayer. Saturate the weeds till dripping. Do not use on lawn or in garden. Will kill everything. Boiling water on weeds in lawn and garden.
I use white distilled vinegar, 1/2-1 cup table salt, and a squirt of Dawn dishwashing liquid. Mixed together, it makes a good weed killer. Just use a garden sprayer or a spray bottle to apply.
Hi Helen, a mix solution of vinegar, salt and dish soap can be a cheap and effective tool against weeds. A solution of vinegar, salt and dish soap can be a cheap and effective tool against weeds. Pulling weeds by hand is always the most reliable solution,
Selective herbicides ( wont harm grass) can be purchased at most retail venues —if you do not wish to use commercial chemicals preparations -there are diy homemade alternatives.
Recipes using natural household products can be a way to eliminate your weeds, these very helpful links from Hometalk are a great a great synopsis.
The weed killer with vinegar, Dawn & salt didn't do its job for long. The salt also crusted-up my pump sprayer so bad that I can get it apart a year later.
5% vinegar is not strong enough by itself and higher concentrations are more expensive than a commercial herbicide. So that's what I use.
Add dish soap and white vinegar to the salt solution and apply it on weeds daily to kill them. Pull out the weeds as soon as they die to prevent them from growing back. Use salt to kill weeds between pavers, in driveways, and gravel permanently. Applying too much salt on weeds will kill them permanently due to sodium chloride toxicity.
For a healthy supply of this man-made concoction, mix a gallon of white vinegar, one cup of salt, and one tablespoon of dish soap. Make sure it is properly stirred, then put the mixture in a spray bottle for easy use. You can stash the bottle in your house for repeated use.
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Here's what I use: Take a spray bottle and cover the bottom with salt and fill it up with vinegar. Add a few drops of dish soap and shake. Spray on the weeds.
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/all-natural-weed-killer-43299149
All-Natural Weed Killer
Instructions
- Mix 2 cups of vinegar with 2 tablespoons of dish detergent and shake to mix.
- Spray mixture on weeds, ideally at the hottest/sunniest part of the day.
NotesThis weed killer can't tell the difference between weeds and what you want to keep, such as your lawn and plants. They will need to be protected.
I use one cup of vinegar, one cup of salt to two gallons water in a garden sprayer. Saturate the weeds till dripping. Do not use on lawn or in garden. Will kill everything. Boiling water on weeds in lawn and garden.
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I use white distilled vinegar, 1/2-1 cup table salt, and a squirt of Dawn dishwashing liquid. Mixed together, it makes a good weed killer. Just use a garden sprayer or a spray bottle to apply.
Vinegar mixed with Salt will kill weeds. Simply spread the salt on the weed and spray with white vinegar.
Here is an inexpensive vinegar spray that will work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmB26bC2B7E
Hi Helen, a mix solution of vinegar, salt and dish soap can be a cheap and effective tool against weeds. A solution of vinegar, salt and dish soap can be a cheap and effective tool against weeds. Pulling weeds by hand is always the most reliable solution,
Combine ingredients in a spray bottle and treat weeds at the sunniest time of day for best results.
Selective herbicides ( wont harm grass) can be purchased at most retail venues —if you do not wish to use commercial chemicals preparations -there are diy homemade alternatives.
Recipes using natural household products can be a way to eliminate your weeds, these very helpful links from Hometalk are a great a great synopsis.
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/diy-weed-killer-38537988?
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/s-9-natural-weed-killers-that-will-save-your-summer-garden-17001086?
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/natural-weed-killer-20665086?
DIY Weed Killer
Natural Weed Killer
Just simply spray the vinegar which is mixed with salt onto weeds. Ensure that the mixture is not hitting the plants.
The weed killer with vinegar, Dawn & salt didn't do its job for long. The salt also crusted-up my pump sprayer so bad that I can get it apart a year later.
5% vinegar is not strong enough by itself and higher concentrations are more expensive than a commercial herbicide. So that's what I use.
Add dish soap and white vinegar to the salt solution and apply it on weeds daily to kill them. Pull out the weeds as soon as they die to prevent them from growing back. Use salt to kill weeds between pavers, in driveways, and gravel permanently. Applying too much salt on weeds will kill them permanently due to sodium chloride toxicity.
Here's my post on how I get rid of weeds https://chascrazycreations.com/save-your-garden-sprays-2/
For a healthy supply of this man-made concoction, mix a gallon of white vinegar, one cup of salt, and one tablespoon of dish soap. Make sure it is properly stirred, then put the mixture in a spray bottle for easy use. You can stash the bottle in your house for repeated use.