Jul 30 2007
Quick Tip: Organic Weed Killer
Kill weeds dead with a good shot of vinegar. For best results, don’t dilute with water and choose a time to spray weeds when there’s no sign of rain. Household vinegar is around 5% acetic acid concentration which will do the trick for baby weeds. If you can find a stronger vinegar (like pickling which is about 9%), that will give better results for more mature (and stubborn) weeds.
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07 May 2008 at 5:40 pm
[...] When I mentioned to a friend that I didn’t know what to do with all the weeds that are multiplying at a dizzying rate all over the yard and I didn’t want to use harsh chemicals to kill them off if I’m going to have babies running and crawling around, she sent me this. Kill weeds dead with a good shot of vinegar. For best results, don’t dilute with water and choose a time to spray weeds when there’s no sign of rain. Household vinegar is around 5% acetic acid concentration which will do the trick for baby weeds. If you can find a stronger vinegar (like pickling which is about 9%), that will give better results for more mature (and stubborn) weeds. (From TipNut.) [...]
08 May 2008 at 12:41 pm
I have tried the regular household vinegar on all sizes of weeds, and unwanted grass, in my gravel driveway - several times.
The weeds and unwanted grass turned brown in the hot summer sun each time. Even when the vinegar was applied and worked for at least a week before it rained, the weeds and unwanted grass still perked up as healthy as ever as soon as it rained.
For me the regular household vinegar has not worked in my driveway! Any suggestions for additional natural and safe substances, other than looking for the 9% pickling vinegar (I am inclined to doubt that it will permanently work either)?
04 Jun 2008 at 6:59 pm
I just bought a pre-mixed organic weed killer. It was kind of costly though the ingredients are not. The ingredients are vinegar, lemon juice, clove oil, and yucca (to make it stick). Anyone have this recipe? It worked like a charm on everything from dandelions, to clover, to poison ivy, to blister weed.