My husband,Harry and I are involved in a committee to tend our Laybrinth,which is covered in small pebbles. Of course, this gives the weeds full access to grow. We recently spent about 5 days,manually digging all the tiny sprigs of grass and tiny weeds,a tiring task. Salt in the soil lasts and lasts. Make sure you don’t want ANYTHING to grow in that spot for awhile. Don’t over spray. TIP: Spraying weeds when the weather is very warm will help speed up the process dramatically. The Important Difference Between the two Fastest Acting Weedkillers.

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I have found that the combination of vinegar, salt and soap are the strongest ingredients for a weed killer. Then, I started playing around with added items that would enhance the solution. I was blown away by the results. It made it worked faster! Lastly, the secret ingredient: arthritis rub. This is what makes our recipe unique. What does capsicum and methyl salicylate do? Vinegar that kills weeds does have a slight vinegar smell but don’t worry it doesn’t smell as strong as malt vinegar. Use the juice of half a lemon or 10 drops of bottled lemon concentrate to reduce the vinegary smell.There are so many awesome things going on in this solution! Chemically, vinegar (acetic acid) is a strong acid which has the ability to kill or burn the leaves of weeds. In fact, the purpose of a vinegar weed killer is to create the perfect base. Vinegar by itself CAN kill weeds, but the other ingredients enhance this aspect, making it work better. Salt Hi I was told by an old gardener years ago if you hammer copper nails in a ring around the base of the ivy “make sure they touch each other” when they start to turn green the chemicals in the copper kills the ivy. I don’t know if pouring some vinegar on the nails will accelerate the process, hope this might be helpful. The best way to keep your lawn weed free is to make sure your soil and grass stay healthy. Also, make sure to keep your lawn mowed. Round-Up vs Homemade Weed Killer How long before you can actually plant your flowers after using this weed killer when preparing your flower bed?

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That’s really interesting! Copper turns green with oxidation and turns to copper carbonate. Anything acetic, like vinegar, will definitely accelerate the process of copper turning green. I am not sure how much more it would kill the ivy, but it will definitely make the copper’s chemical reaction speed up. I’m going to use some very outdated body-wash which will hopefully suffice as the Surfactant (in lieu of Dawn). Please be cautious using this, it can kill any living plant. I haven’t had it kill much grass, but it is best for areas where you want to kill everything like sidewalks, preparing a flower bed, patios, etc. As a chemist, I get asked about this often. Unfortunately, homemade solutions cannot be formulated to kill certain things, but not harm others (like grass). Anything you use to kill weeds, will also kill grass when it comes to homemade ingredients. Don’t use a DIY weed killer with epsom salt.Epsom salt is a nutrient for plants ( like this homemade plant food). Regular cheap table salt is best! What about Weeds in the Lawn?If you use this to prepare a flower bed how long do you have to wait to plant flowers if it kills everything and how do you prepare the soil for more flowers. My weeds are about 6 ft tall already. Can I cut them down before using the Homemade weed killer? Does the solution work best sprayed on the leaves? If so, can I cut them down to a few leaves and then spray, or do I have to spray the whole 6 ft plant? I am very interested in your recipe for homemade weed killer. I have these crazy wild violets in the yard. Will this recipe effectively eradicate them? Those little nodules are very difficult to get rid of. Cathy, I have the same problem with weedy trees (thanks to my neighbor’s huge tree blowing seeds all over). I used to just cut them down, but then five new stems appear. Finally, on those small weedy trees with a wide enough main ‘trunk,’ I either punch nail holes or drill into the wood, and then pour strong salt water (or this formula) into them. Depending on size, sometimes multiple applications are necessary.

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Hi, I am in the UK and having a hard time trying to find a liquid arthritis with your secret ingredient of capsicum and/or methyl salicylate. Do you know of anything that I can buy over here. I really believe that salt is an excellent weed and ant killer, as I used that last year, but your receipe sounds terrific and a much better way of treating weeds. Do you know of anything I can buy over here with you secret ingredient as I have tried absolutely everywhere.You can see from the picture the weed just keeps shriveling up. It will eventually just turn to dust like it does with store bought weed killers! It actually rained about 12 hours after I applied this solution, so I was curious if it would still work. And it did! With the capsicum rub, it really speeds this up! Would using more of the arthritis liquid work better? I live in Northern California and have tried another vinegar, salt and Dawn dish soap mixture before and it hadn’t worked for the small weeds I have in my yard. Which single ingredient in your formula might I increase to make it work better? We are sooo excited to use this recipe,next. Thank you for breaking down the ingredients for everyone. Anything thing in that section that has capsicum will work fine! This is the one I use and have for many years. Can I just use ground peppers?