War on Weeds
#3
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Louisville, KY
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I remember using some environmentally safe homemade stuff a couple of years ago. I remember vinegar was involved, but don't remember what else. Here is something I found though. If you google homemade weed killers you'll come up with a long list.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-h...illers#slide-1
http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-h...illers#slide-1
#4
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Live Oak, Texas
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I use a gallon of the strongest pickleling vinegar you can find one cup orange oil and one tablespoon dish soap. mix it well and spray. It usually works with one spraying but with a woody plant it sometimes takes a second spray. This works best in hot weather. Be sure to wash out your sprayer really well after using as it will eat away rubber or plastic fittings.
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Location: Nova Scotia Canada
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#8
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Missouri
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I have never purchased weed killers, but have always used straight vinegar (the cheapest I can find) and pour it directly on the weed. It even killed some poison ivy I needed to get rid of. However, It will also kill any other plants that you get the vinegar on. I guess a person could put it in a sprayer if they had a lot of weeds to get rid of.
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1 cup vinegar, 1 cup salt and 1T. of Dawn. 1 cup warm water. mix Dawn in but do not shake. Make sure salt is dissolved in water. Or just Google. My DH found it on internet. Takes couple applications directly to the ground level. Spraying on leaves just burns leaves. DH made up couple gallons. Has made a difference.
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