homemade weed killer recipe

Before you spend $18 on some Roundup!
A lot of reefkeepers already have white vinegar in their pantry.

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Purchase distilled white vinegar in the grocery store. The active ingredient in vinegar is acetic acid, generally diluted to 5 percent and labeled as "5 percent acid." Higher concentrations may be available, but do pose a risk of irritating sensitive skin and mucus membranes. Exercise caution when working with anything above 5 percent acidity. The acid works to remove moisture form the plant causing it to shrivel and die.

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Mix 1 gallon of vinegar with 1 oz. of liquid dish detergent. The soap works to break down the waxy surface on the leaves, allowing the vinegar to work more efficiently. It also helps the solution to stick to the leaves, giving the vinegar time to kill the weed.

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Fill a spray bottle with the solution and spray weeds thoroughly. The solution will kill any plant it comes in contact with. Use care to avoid over-spray to neighboring plants. Small weeds will shrivel and die within 24 hours. Repeat application if regrowth occurs from the roots.

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Pour the solution directly on the roots of large weeds that have extensive root systems. Plants like burdock may take a day or two to die off. Once the root withers and becomes soft, pull the root from the soil.

Yes- I've been working the grounds of late.
 
This title demonstrates the importance of commas. For a moment I thought it read, "Homemade weed, killer recipe." :beer:
 
Since nobody is 100% sure what is killing off honey bees, I like to avoid all weed killers and insecticides. I don't want to poison my bees.

Thanks for the recipe!
 
Will that kill grass? How long does it last?

I just moved in and want to clear a patch about 8'x10' for growing veggies and am curious if it would be useful for my application.
 
I spend a fortune on round up. Thanks. Can't wait to try it.

When you buy round up(Highly diluted Glyphosate with yellow food coloring) you are buying the marketing. Vinegar and dish soap is great. I use that around vegetable garden. For killing rag weed it did not work for me. Dandelions seemed to pop back if i didn't up root them following initial die off.
 
Will that kill grass? How long does it last?

I just moved in and want to clear a patch about 8'x10' for growing veggies and am curious if it would be useful for my application.

I would personally be nervous that a large application would alter soil pH.

If you need it right now, you could cut the sod out. If you are ok with a wait, put black plastic over it for a few months then till it.

Or just make a frame from 2x10 and get a truckload of topsoil dumped in it. Instant weed free raised bed!
 
I would personally be nervous that a large application would alter soil pH.

If you need it right now, you could cut the sod out. If you are ok with a wait, put black plastic over it for a few months then till it.

Or just make a frame from 2x10 and get a truckload of topsoil dumped in it. Instant weed free raised bed!

I need it now and have been cutting up the sod, but thought it might be good to get whatever I miss.

true... this thread has been confusing people. Generalizations should ALWAYS be avoided- what kind of grass are you talking about?

No idea. Well, it's not black-market "grass", but I really have no idea. I just moved in. All I know is the Southern exposure makes the lawns here nice and lush. Hopefully my veggies grow just a nicely.
 
:facepalm:

Luzerne County isn't too far from where my X grew up

I was talking to a local reefer about when I delivered bread for 6 years. While driving through town during the wee hours of the morning, there were tons of lovely blue lights emanating from many basements and attics. Judging by how few fish shops are around here and the known drug issues, I'm fairly certain that most of them are grow operations. I was wrong about one, though. The brightest one turned out to be the house my buddy used to live at.
 
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