Weed Killer

[Blues Man]

Forget the nasty chemical shit like Round Up

Make your own for next to nothing

1 gallon vinegar
1 Tbs dish detergent
1 cup salt

pour it all into a pump sprayer , shake it up and spray it on weeds

 

[The Duke]

 

[TNHarley]

Seriously?

 

[Blues Man]

Seriously?

It works

I use it on all my sidewalks and pavers to kill weeds.

 

[The Duke]

Seriously?

I can see where it would. I had some stuff I couldn't kill, so I mixed up rock salt n water and left it overnight

and then poured it on there, it killed it, np.

And then, the stuff isn't toxic and super long-lasting. There's grass there now.

 

[mamooth]

Forget the nasty chemical shit like Round Up

Make your own for next to nothing

1 gallon vinegar
1 Tbs dish detergent
1 cup salt

pour it all into a pump sprayer , shake it up and spray it on weeds

That mix of chemical shit is much worse for the environment than glyphosate.

You're essentially salting the earth. You know, like the Romans did when they wanted to destroy Carthage forever.

Glyphosate? That breaks down completely in a matter of weeks.

 

[toobfreak]

1 gallon vinegar
1 Tbs dish detergent
1 cup salt

If you soak an ounce of burley tobacco in that mixture, it also makes a good snuff for keeping away headaches, hayfever and ringing in the ears.

 

[1srelluc]

Poison Ivy just laughs at it. You spray it on and it's like Mr. Ivy says, "that's all you got?".

It does work well for crab grass.

 

[The Duke]

That mix of chemical shit is much worse for the environment than glyphosate.

You're essentially salting the earth. You know, like the Romans did when they wanted to destroy Carthage forever.

Glyphosate? That breaks down completely in a matter of weeks.

 

[Blues Man]

That mix of chemical shit is much worse for the environment than glyphosate.

You're essentially salting the earth. You know, like the Romans did when they wanted to destroy Carthage forever.

Glyphosate? That breaks down completely in a matter of weeks.

I spray a little on weeds that pop up between my pavers and sidewalks

That can hardly be called "salting the earth"

I have very lush ornamental plantings all around my house not to mention a large vegetable garden so obviously my use of this home made and cheap weed killer is not dong any harm at all.

 

[Blues Man]

Poison Ivy just laughs at it. You spray it on and it's like Mr. Ivy says, "that's all you got?".

It does work well for crab grass.

I don't have poison ivy in my yard. And I don't know anyone who has poison ivy growing between their pavers

 

[Compost]

Baking soda kills weeds on the sidewalk too! Of course, that's more deadly salt. LOL

 

[1srelluc]

I don't have poison ivy in my yard. And I don't know anyone who has poison ivy growing between their pavers

I said it works well on crab grass but it's just not a cure-all. It's not much on chicory either.

 

[Compost]

So Duke. Do you disagree that baking soda kills weeds or with the salty joke?

 

[toobfreak]

I spray a little on weeds that pop up between my pavers and sidewalks
That can hardly be called "salting the earth"

It sounds like all the stuff does is make the immediate soil acidic enough for the weed not to grow well while the detergent helps break the surface tension to allow the stuff to better penetrate the soil down to the roots.

so obviously my use of this home made and cheap weed killer

Actually, considering the cost of a gallon of vinegar, making that homemade stuff looks to be a lot more expensive than bulk weed killer (foliar or root poisoning) as the latter only requires a few tablespoons mixed in with a gallon of WATER.

 

[Blues Man]

It sounds like all the stuff does is make the immediate soil acidic enough for the weed not to grow well while the detergent helps break the surface tension to allow the stuff to better penetrate the soil down to the roots.


Actually, considering the cost of a gallon of vinegar, making that homemade stuff looks to be a lot more expensive than bulk weed killer (foliar or root poisoning) as the latter only requires a few tablespoons mixed in with a gallon of WATER.

Except I can use vinegar for other things like window cleaner

 

[The Duke]

So Duke. Do you disagree that baking soda kills weeds or with the salty joke?

I kinda disagree about the Baking Soda.

 

[Compost]

I kinda disagree about the Baking Soda.

Kinda. Oh. Well, one day I was cleaning some poultry bowls with baking soda and a clump of baking soda was left behind on top of a weed. The weed died.

 

[The Duke]

Kinda. Oh. Well, one day I was cleaning some poultry bowls with baking soda and a clump of baking soda was left behind on top of a weed. The weed died.

I believe ya, but I wouldn't go using it for that.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

I've tried that and similar to kill off weeds. It does work initially, but those weeds always come back so I haven't had luck willing off the root, only the top