4 Recipes for Vinegar Weed Killer and 5 Other Items You Can Use

Vinegar is a popular natural weed killer, and many different types of vinegars are used for this purpose, including white vinegar, rice vinegar, red vinegar as well as apple cider vinegar. Vinegar’s lethal ingredient, acetic acid, damages plant foliage and dries it out. Normally, the stronger the acidity level of a vinegar, the stronger the vinegar’s weed killing power will be. This is because it’s the acetic acid in vinegar which works to kill weeds.

Following are some recommended recipes for weed killer you can make with vinegar:

-Vinegar alone

Douse weeds with full strength vinegar and they’ll be DOA after a few days. This simple method works effectively for weeds with long taproots, such as dandelions, dock, and plantain.

-White vinegar, salt and dish soap

You have to prepare one gallon of white vinegar, one cup of salt, 2 tablespoons of liquid dish soap. Mix all ingredients together and pour into a spray bottle. Spray the mixture directly on the weeds you want to kill, make sure to avoid your grass, as it will kill them too.

-Vinegar and Lemon Juice

Add one tablespoon of lemon juice to one gallon of vinegar and mix well, lemon juice increases the acidity levels, thus making the mixture more effective for killing weeds.

-Vinegar and Essential Oil

Mix vinegar with one tablespoon of essential oil, pick any you have, such as clove or orange. The oil helps the mixture stick to the plants better to increase effectiveness.

Other cheap and effective household items you can use as weed killer:

Boiling water: Pour the boiling water on the weeds you wish to kill and it works! But be careful, as boiling water is not selective, stay away from your plants when pouring it.

Bleach: Bleach is useful in killing mature weeds, place some bleach in a spray bottle and spray on the weed you want to kill. The following day, pull out the dead weeds.

Sugar: Sugar is also a natural weed killer, because it puts the soil organisms into overdrive and the soil becomes temporarily unsuitable for plants. You can simply pour some sugar at the base of the weed you want to kill.

Cornmeal: Cornmeal contains a chemical that acts as a pre-emergent on plant seeds. That means that you even can stop the weeds before they appear with the help of cornmeal.

Rubbing alcohol: Rubbing alcohol draws water out and helps to evaporate it quickly. So if you put it on the unwanted weeds, it will do the same thing.

So you have these weed killer recipes, why not avoid using harmful chemicals by making your own weed killer? Try if you have weeds in your garden!

Note: Most of these natural items are non-selective. They will kill any plants it comes contact with. So be careful when using them.

Sources:

chefs.edu

littlehouseonthevalley.com

weedcontrolfreaks.com

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