Is your yard overgrown with weeds and grass that you want to get rid of permanently? Learn how to get rid of unwanted vegetation once and for all.
Try this homemade weed killer with vinegar, Epsom salt and Dawn dish detergent. This three ingredient weed, grass and vegetation killer is non-toxic and easy to make.
Get control over weeds in your garden and skip the Round Up with these tips that will kill grass and weeds forever.
WHAT KILLS GRASS AND WEEDS PERMANENTLY?
There are many ways to kill grass and weeds. Killing them permanently, however is quite difficult. To kill any kind of grass or weed permanently you need to attack and kill the plant’s roots.
CAN WEEDS BE KILLED WITH SALT, VINEGAR AND DAWN DISH SOAP?
Another equally effective method to kill weeds is to spread salt directly onto the weeds or unwanted grass that come up between patio bricks or blocks.
Vinegar and dish soap will also work and you can make a homemade weed killer out of these cheap ingredients.
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INGREDIENTS FOR HOMEMADE WEED KILLER
- 1 quart of vinegar
- 2 cups of Epsom salt
- ¼ cup dish detergent
- Spray bottle
VINEGAR
Use the cheapest kind of vinegar you can get. Look in the cleaning aisle of the grocery store for vinegar made for cleaning and not cooking. It’s usually cheaper. Ordinary distilled white vinegar with 5% acidity is cheap and works great. If you can find a higher acidity even up to 20%, it is going to work faster, but the end results will be the same so don’t stress if you can’t find it.
SALT
Epsom salt is great for this homemade weed killer recipe but regular cheap salt works just as well. Just cheap iodized or un-iodized generic salt also known as sodium chloride are fine.
DISHWASHING LIQUID
You only need a few drops of dishwashing liquid so the brand doesn’t matter. The purpose of the soap is to break the surface tension of the vinegar so it sticks to the weeds, forcing them to absorb it more readily.
DIRECTIONS FOR 3 INGREDIENT NATURAL WEED KILLER
- Heat vinegar in a pan on the stove until it is hot, but not boiling.
- Add Epsom Salt and stir in with a wisk until it is dissolved. Let mixture cool slightly so that it is still warm but cool enough to handle.
- Add Dawn Dish Soap to your sprayer and slowly pour in the vinegar mixture.
HOW TO USE HOMEMADE ROUND UP
Pick a hot, dry day and spray weeds until saturated, they will wilt and shrivel up within hours. Use caution not to spray any plants or flowers you want to live.
The vinegar will not harm the soil and you can safely replant the area once the weeds have died.
HOW HOMEMADE WEED KILLER WORKS
The vinegar draws moisture out of the plant, killing it in the process. Spray during the hottest part of the day and make sure there isn’t rain in the forecast for at least 24-48 hrs.
This homemade weed killer recipe is not only cheap, but is completely non-toxic to humans and animals.
Some of the weeds may need a second application later to completely kill them off, but most of them will be dead and gone after several days.