How do I remove/kill weeds along the fence line?
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I just use vinegar in a pump sprayer.
we use this recipe to kill everything directly on our fence line: 1 gallon white vinegar, 2 cups Epsom salts, 1/3 cup blue Dawn dish soap. It works best on a sunny day. Apply early in the morning and by eve the grass/weeds will be dead. We also use this to kill the weeds in the driveway and in the cracks of the sidewalk
Boiling water will work. You can also mix 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. Once gone dig a small trench along the fence, line it with landscape fabric. Put in stone, pea gravel, or mulch to prevent weeds from growing back.
Of course, you can use any of the brand name weed killers for specific areas, like RoundUp or WeedBGone. Since I have proven to myself how cheap and effective it is to use a vinegar spray, I have saved about $30 in the last year in directed weed killer alone. I still use pre-emergent weed killer in Feb. and May, and broadleaf poison in late summer. My particular recipe varies, but the hotter it is, the more salt I use. In a quart spray bottle, I pour 2 cups of vinegar and 1cup of salt, and shake it up until the salt is dissolved. Then I add close to 2 cups of warm water to fill the bottle. Then I spray right along the fence line, borders of flowerbeds, and between the cement squares in the walkway and sidewalk. If the sun is shiny, all the weeds and grass where I spray will be dead in a day or two. The vinegar and salt cost about 75 cents and I use the same spray bottle almost every time. I repeat whenever I see new growth, but most of the weeds do not come back if I don’t wait until they seed again. Best wishes to you. Jewell
Hi Dee - The struggle is real, isn't it?!? This is the most effective all-natural weed killer DIY that we use. It's even been featured on Hometalk! Hope this helps! Hugs, Holly
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I have never had much luck with the salt, vinegar, dishsoap recipes, even with using the extra strength vinegar. Boiling water works the best, also pulling them after a rainstorm when the ground is softer.
Use a mix of 1/4 cup salt and1 quart white Vinegar +washing up liquid drop. Shake till salt is disolved then decant into spray bottle.