Quick Tip: Is DIY vinegar weed killer better than Roundup?
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- I make a home made weed killer that costs 1/10th the price of the popular store bought Roundup product. Does it work? Is it better than Roundup? Check out this amazing and surprising video.
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Ive seriously tried this recipe including different proportions and can say without hesitation that it burns the foliage off but will regrow. I also tried multiple applications in a attempt to create baron land, no luck. If you live in a dry area it might work, but in a good growing climate it's a very short term answer
This was my experience too, even with the store bought natural weed killers, which are primarily vinegar.
Enough salt will stop anything coming back.
What is baron land ?
Is it owned by a Baron ?
It kills the leaves and stems, but not necessarily the roots. However if you keep spraying once per week eventually it has a chance of killing the weed plant. I use 2-3 gallons of 5% white vinegar with 1 - 2 whole “Morton” sized containers of salt with a few tablespoons of seventh generation natural dishwasher soap. I spray the weeds that pop up through mulched areas and over time it does kill the plants that keep trying to grow there, because I eventually see them stop growing.
@@andrew_koala2974maybe it’s where you can land your Beechcraft Baron 😄🛬
I use vinegar for so many things and now I'm going to give it a shot. Great Tip, Thanks!
I would put the salt and a little soap with no water just vinegar
Very funny film clip near the end! Thanks for the test, I feel like it's the way to go for me.
I've wondered about this ever since hearing about it years ago. THANKS!!!
At my daughters preschool, they had a lot of Bindi weeds and the kids were always getting prickles in summer. After experimenting with the method myself, I encouraged the principal to get the children to put salt on each of the Bindi weed clumps and then give the salt a little gentle watering. They did this on a Friday in early spring when the weeds were growing , but had not had time to dry out and get the prickles. The teachers and children made a game out of it and on the Monday all the Bindi weed clumps were dead and every time another one was spotted by the kids, it would get the treatment. No more Bindi, the kids were safe and could play in bare feet with no worries.
I'm guessing you're in Oz? I lived there as a kid and my masochistic PE teacher used to make us play cricket barefoot, in bindi infested ground. As a side note, I believe the bindi is actually Tribulus terrestris from Eastern Europe. It's caltrops-like seeds are used as a powder by body builders to raise testosterone levels. Check it out 😉
@@spindelnett6315 Yes, I live downunda and know our bindis well. These Bindi thorns are small, flat like a leaf and have about three or four spikes around the edge away from their stems. The Caltrop type we call Goatheads and are from out west. The Galas love eating them.
What were you and the Principal doing while you kept the kids busy outside?
Roundup is a chemical solution tested for the use against weed. Not harmful for bees, dogs and cats. The mixture of vinegar, soap and salt is far from being natural. It is a mixture of different chemicals not tested for the use against weed. Acetic acid, sodiumclorine and detergents. I‘d rather use tested chemicals!
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I used your recipe on about 30 foot perimeter fence area on my back forty garden. The grass was very thick and a good foot and a half high .Also growing i from the grass into the garden was what we called ground ivy.. I applied about 15 foot to try it. It worked great. The ground ivy turned a crispy brown . The grass turned a dry light brownn,So I did the same thing to the rest. Same result. I let it dry for a day or two then i went in with the weed wacker , It was much easier and more effective than try to mow down thick live grass.From now on i will repeat when the grass is much shorter and eliminate the need for the wacker,I did not use a full cup of salt. Maybe a little less than a half cup. Also i did not use a spray. Mixed it in a plastic watering can and drenched the area. The vinegar was a dollar seventy nine, I used 3 gallons , For me that problem is solved without high cost or health issues. Just be care full you do not out any on desireable plants.
Great idea, going to mix and spray tomorrow! Thank you for the demo
This is amazing! Thanks. I am going to use this on the weekend
That's a great mixture for cleaning brass...pretty sure that spraying this mixture at the base of anything metal (Fences,especially) will cause major corrosion. Acid and salts are rough on most common metals if not neutralized.
What a great video! No beating around the bush (no pun intended). Just straight up info we needed and great results photos. Thanks very much!
The humor is great. Thanks.
Sounds great!
I'll give it a try, thanks for sharing.
Now that is what I call a useful tip, we all have some weeds around our gardens in our paving etc. roundup does kill them, but also kills everything else. I am going to try the vinegar concoction
To my knowledge salt can damage your soil and vinegar will not kill the roots of weeds.
Thank you so much! I’ve always bought the higher percentage, more expensive vinegar for this! So nice to see 5% does the job as well. New subscriber here!
Absolutely love the tip and the ending was priceless! LOL
Yeah I've clean rust out of a gas tank before and it works really good but now I got something else to use it for thanks for the video great job
My back yard is bordered by a dense forest with lots of aggressively invasive weeds/vines and poison ivy. Occasionally I spray this mixture just to manage the growth and it works well for my scenario. I also like it better than roundup or groundclear for sidewalk cracks or areas people/pets frequent.
Ortho Weedclear (formerly Weed B Gone) will kill the invasive vines. Just spray in on some of the leaves and the entire vine will die.
I’ve used this formula and it works great! So cheap and easy!
Why don’t you just post the recipe since he doesn’t?
@@cq8822 Why don’t you just Google the recipe yourself.
Your music cues caused me to 😂, so I gave you a 👍. And I am going to try your weed killer solution.
Vinegar and Dawn ! Apply on a sunny day, works well! The vinegar removes the plant moisture and Dawn clings to weed!
😂😂 Love this!! Thanks for the great advice and the laughter! Awesome!
This method works great. Apply twice with sprayer, a few days apart. Do not store in sprayer, the rubber parts will swell up & soften. Rinse out sprayer parts after use.
BTW - I've been using this method for 8 years.
I mistakenly left the pump in and, sure enough, the rubber part curled up. I was very lucky, though. I left it dry out and it seemingly healed itself.
45% vinegar will kill not English ivy. Instead of Roundup, I use Triclopyr...Brush Killer by BioAdvanced. Use as directed.
Replace all of the O-rings in the Sprayer with Viton O-rings which you should be able to get from your local Automotive Parts and Accessories Store
This is great, used for over a decade since 2013.
It might work initially, but things grow back all over again before the end of the season. I tried it, and it doesn't kill everything for the season, which is what I need, because I simply don't have time to spend trimming every week.
Tried vinegar three times on the same poison ivey. After a couple of weeks, all it had done was turned a few plants slightly yellow around the edges but the ivey seemed to come back stronger than ever.
I’ve used it and it works. For real nasty, invasive weeds, I’ll use 20% acetic acid instead of vinegar (which is 5% acetic acid). I use a sprayer to target the weeds.
Thank you sir for great video ..short and to the point👍😊
I can hardly wait to try it Thank you
I am so glad the word is getting out on this method. I have been using it for at least 20 years.
The soap is so it spreads across the leaves (what pesticide applicators call a 'spreader-sticker') and the salt is so it penetrates the plant leaves( I use Epson salt).
It also works on the slimy and slippery moss that grows on shaded stairs ramps and patios.
"spreader-sticker" = "surfactant". I've been using it in homemade pesticides for roses and fruit trees for years. It makes the active ingredient work better. I would think that regular salt is better than Epsom salts, because the magnesium sulfate, once diluted by rain, would stimulate the growth of new weeds.
Your neighbours hate you
Epsom salt is a fertilizer...derp
@@eljefe62 As with most things it is about context. Sure. At low concentrations it provides magnesium, a necessary nutrient for cell metabolism. At high concentration it is just a chemical, a salt, that, via a chemical process, drives the vinegar, a poisonous form of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen (like, elements also necessary for life) into the leaves that when diluted by rain leaves behind the nutrient magnesium... dude.
been using this for years..in the full sun works wonders..I amp it up by using 6/7 % acidic vinegar 🤪 ie pickling vinegar
Thanks again Tom great job!🤗 Jacqui
What a great video, I am so going to try that!
Thanks, this worked perfectly for me here in UK. Roundup costs £30 for 5 litres. This solution costs about £3 for 5 litres and it has proven more effective than Roundup. Even with Roundup weeds eventually come back, but after using the vinegar etc. they are so far not coming back anywhere near as quick 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Ook
You can buy concentrated glyphosate (normally products that have 360 in the name) which is what Roundup is - but for professionals non diluted, 1L costs about £20 makes 40L. So actually you can get it a LOT cheaper (even more if you buy larger amounts), that being said you have to be careful handling it compared to vinegar. But it's handy to know and all those companies that sell Roundup don't want you to know!!
Glyphosate product I use is diluted at 70ml per 5 litres of water.Takes ten days to see obvious effects,in dull UK weather,but kills entire plant.Now £47 per 5 litres of concentrate, but makes 70 speakers full of treatment.
@@mikiex It's also handy to know for those place where Roundup has been banned! Unfortunately, Roundup was banned in my country starting this year, so everyone is trying to find alternatives. I will try this vinegar solution and see how I go. When I read on the back of commercial weed killers, they seem to basically just contain aceic acid, which is vinegar! So I don't think a homemade solution is any worse than that. I do miss Roundup, it was very effective, I always got the concentrated stuff that you mix with water. One bottle of that lasted me all season. Unfortunately Roundup is now banned in Denmark and Germany.
I tried this a few year ago, vinegar, dawn dish soap and bleach. And it worked really good. Even in places I over sprayed. The trick is the weather has to be dry and hot. IF it rains all your work and effort is in vane. I used a pump up sprayer like the one in this video. I used equal parts vinegar and bleach with about a cup of dish soap. About 2 days later things started turning brown by the end of the week most everything was dead. Once the rain returned every thing started growing again. You need about 3 weeks of hot dry weather in order for this to work. Last year was not as dry and hot and we had some rain. Now it has all grown back. This year we have had a lot of rain and only a few days of dry hot weather. They have a saying here in N.E. Ga. If you do not like the weather stick around a day or two and it will change.
Mixing bleach and vinegar is very dangerous I heard, doesn't it amount to ammonia?
Don't do this.
Vinegar + bleach = chlorine gas
I don't think you are suppose to mix Dawn with bleach. Read the label. Knew someone who cleaned her kitchen floor with those 2 ingredients and the fumes knocked her out and the floor caught on fire. She got burned badly.
I would think that the bleach (alkali) somewhat neutralised the vinegar (acid) so it would be better not to mix them. Of course the acid and alkali together would have made another type of salt, so it may have been all the salt that did the heavy lifting, or else the remaining non-neutralised bleach or acid from an imbalanced solution.
Regular table sugar sprinkled over the area can get rid of weeds while also giving a boost to grass. It's cheap too.
That’s great experiment. I will try too.
Thanks bro, u can also make vinegar for pennies by the gallom, sugar, yeast, water, some fruit scraps!
Thanks for a great video. Will it kill the roots as well, or will the weed / grass regrow in the next season?
Does not kill the roots, but prevents the weed from goin to seed! Also, if it kills the foliage, it might eventually weaken the roots since it can’t photosynthesize. I use straight strongest vinegar.
I've been using Vinigar & Dishsoap for a couple of years and find it works great but I've never used salt with it. gonna give it a try next time, thanks for the tip!
I will definitely have to try this recipe. I will have to be careful around my regular plants and my grass but it sure takes care of the weeds now they only question how long do I how often do I apply the stuff on my weeds? Is it going to mess up my soil forever because of the salt or don’t worry about it. Thanks so much for another great video. Hugs and kisses from grandma, Sandy and Debbie.
I have been using this mixture for the last 7 years. Great stuff and safe around your pets and or family.
How long does it stay effective?
@Alan Grant Alan, you will periodically need to treat it over the summer months like you would do with some name brands. The thing that is important here is you are not handling stuff that can have detrimental affects to your body due to exposure.
@@dennisboehmer3405
Yes. I'd rather have weeds than use Roundup.
I haven't tried vinegar but I'll give it a shot. Boiling water works terrifically well too. Thanks Tom.
Be ready to do it weekly.
...boiling water initially seems to work, but as soon as it cools...well, it's just water. Doesn't work for roots.
can you please let me know how to apply boiled water to weed? do you throw a bucket of boiled water ? or you put it in the spray? thanks.
@@prabhagajera1Hello and loving greetings from Northern Ireland! I just pour straight from the kettle. Make sure the water is very hot - it's the heat that kills the weed. And contrary to what someone else said, it does get to the roots if you persevere. I'm sorry I missed your first comment but I hope this helps.
@@MarkMcCluney thank you very much.
That was awesome! Thank you! No more poison in my yard
Interesting. Evidently we don't want to spray this Vinegar product on our grass - it seems to kill everything. It is great to know it kills weeds very well in areas we don't have grass.
Read in the comments that the weeds will grow back again. I will give this a try sometime.
Thanks for the video.
WOW Looks magical. i used my last drop of Roundup last month so will try this definitely.
l found Roundup to be slow especially compared to your 4 hr killer.
Just worried about the salt clocking up the spray nozzle. Did you have any problems like that?
salt dissolves in water. It will not plug the sprayer.
I love the alternative to Roundup. HOWEVER, you gotta have a pump up sprayer that is designed for it. The cheap ones have "parts" that the vinegar eats for a snack, even if you thoroughly rinse them after use!
Use a watering can.
The iodized salt eats the cheap parts first...or undissolved grains plug the orifice.
@@theophilhist6455 I had this problem. I wonder if I flush it with hot water I loosen up the salt
@@MrTuberguber The hot water does work...and ...I just tried using some bleach too....seems to works. Killing the pH is as important as the weeds are tenacious.... but we don't want to ruin the pH around our grass. So I just use it in the sidewalk cracks and railroad tie borders
i have used this over last 2 years, and the weeds ALWAYS grow
Overused this very recipe for years and it works!
I started testing this about a week ago with excellent results. It works much faster than standard weed killers.
Testing is the correct word.
Others who failed English use the word 'tried'
Tried it one of those useless filler words.
Also - there is no success in trying -- Success is in the "" Doing ""
One should remember that when constipated.
-- All the best Bob 👍
This does not kill the weeds it only wilts them and if u have a lot of aera to cover it is not cheap. The weeds will be back up in about a week where weed killer will keep weeds from growing all summer. And there are better products on the market Thad roundup.
@@andrew_koala2974 ....Wrong. Everything is relative. "Try" is generally used, in English, to denote a simple effort to find a result without any precise measurement of the factors involved. "Tested", in English, generally means a more precise awareness, and measurement, of just what you are "testing, i.e. is the vinegar 5%, or 30%....did you check how fast the results of your "test" occurred or not. Also, one cannot "do" without trying. Unless you want to continue to come off as really arrogant, don't be so "anal" about other's vocabulary in the comments sections of videos. Most people simply don't care.
Nice. It worked for me too.
@@garryreed7086 what are those better products than Roundup, please?
You can buy concentrated vinegar (far more acidic) on line too - I use this mixture to kill weeds growing in my gravel driveway. There's a residual effect from the salt the next year, too. Haven't needed to reuse it yet, and it's mid-May.
Thanks! Bro, it works for me 👍👍👍 and easily to apply..
Great 👍
I have not tried this yet but , I live in Minnesota and here what I do know is that salt kills the grass so maybe I will try without the salt . Thanks for the vid .
If you can find it 20% or 10% strength vinegar it is even more effective than the 5% he used in the video. The vinegar soap salt weedkiller works well but roundup has longer lasting results but they come with problems that can cause pets to possibly get cancer or tumours. I will stick to vinegar. Thanks for the video.
I bought a concentrated industrial grade vinegar (45% strength) from Amazon and used on weeds growing from cracks in my driveway and concrete patio. I also used it to kill weeds and grass around my basketball goal and flag pole. It worked very well for me. Every week or so, I walk the property with a spray bottle of straight vinegar and spray the few return offenders I see. The weeds in my flower bed, unfortunately, I don't spray and are still being hand pulled.
45% horticultural vinegar is available from AMZN. Do not dilute or add salt. I do add a small squirt of Dawn.
Okay, Thanks. I will check it out.@@Schuyler501
I have been using this for a few years now and have found it is an amazingly effective weed killer....and no glysophosphates, like we need more of that crap!
Mike 😊
You would enjoy books written by the late Jerry Baker, Master Gardener. All of his formulas for the lawn and garden are holistic and they work. I followed all of his lawn advice and had the most beautiful yard in the neighborhood. He was the pioneer of holistic gardening. He is truly missed.
@illiniwood That is so cool as I used to listen to him when he had his radio show and I have several of his pamphlets! Awesome guy with great advice!!!
I’ve used straight Pine Sol for years. Works great and it smells good.
Very good, thanks for sharing.
I've had salt water from a water softener spill on my lawn over a year ago and nothing has grown in that spot since. I've heard stories of people "salting the earth" to keep stuff from growing. I don't think it was just the vinegar by itself here. The soap supposedly helps the solution cling and penetrate the plant better as well. This method is much better then chemical pesticides for sure since I want to try to harvest some dandelions and clover for home remedies I've heard about. Can't do that with toxic chemicals. Good video. Thanks!
dig out the area about 1-2 inches deep. Apply miracle grow via hose feeder (blue crystals which dissolve), then apply seed or sod to cover the affected area... then top soil (I use composted black dirt from a local rock yard), then more miracle grow water. Water daily until the grass digs in... then water as per your usual schedule.
Glyphosate is actually less toxic than vinegar.
pesticides kill bugs
Yep, it is the salt that works.
The problem is not if the mixture made the leaves turn brown, but if it actually killed the weed. Four weeks later, with Roundup, the plant would be entirely dead and not coming back. What happened with the vinegar mixture plants four weeks later?
The answer is obvious. The vinegar plants will be regrowing. All vinegar does is dry out the leaves.
Yes I've used this rescipe and i spray around doors and windows to stop flys and wasps comeing in.
i use this. However, it does not kill the weeds to the root. It burns them, which is why you see results so quick. Many of the weeds will regrow and you have to reapply. The salt is in to go in the soil and prevent anything from growing so I would not use on lawn or where you want things to grow. The dish soap is there to help it stick to the weeds. I love the smell of pickles after I spray with this!
I have been using a similar mixture to that described for a few years now. My findings are exactly the same. The mixture actually works better than weed killers I can get locally. I find it works even better on a hot sunny day, using cleaning strength vinegar.
I’m kinda a fan of killzall concentrate. I live in a rural area and I’ve found that the weeds are strong-willed and hard headed. I always mix it stronger than it calls for just to get the job done but nothing else I’ve used works. I can spray 1 time at my house in the city and nothing grows back for over a year
@@realskata16 thanks for your the info! I never have had luck with the vinegar and dawn treatment as much as I hate weed killer the neighbors really don’t like it the razor out of control either.
@@realskata16 Like Roundup, Killzall contains the dangerous herbicide glyphosate. Don't get that stuff on you. Are you wearing rubber boots and a rubber suit (a pesticide applicator's uniform) when applying it???
@@sbmiller3699 honestly no. I actually wore shorts while spraying like an idiot. Made my legs burn like having a sunburn. Now I wear mask, pants and boots
Killzall concentrate for the win here too!
I had a home with brick sidewalks. I scraped them with salt and vinegar all the time. Round-up is very dangerous no matter what they tell you.
Salt is also harmful
I believe you need to view a few videos on the dynamics of acid and alkaline chemical mixtures.
That's why you only use it in mixed drinks.
@@dennisdennis5921 yeah but it won't give you cancer like the roundup
Thanks for sharing this video great job 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉very helpful
He is an expert of weed killer and a funny RUclips maker. The best part is the last minute "roundup" ceremony.
The main problem is that proprietary weed killers have become so diluted (incase tiktok users try drinking it) that they are no longer effective as weedkillers.
I was impressed by this experiment. 👍👍
Tiktok users--LOL
Thankyou for a great video , l am not one for chemical sprays , your vinegar spray is the way to go .
Best wishes from Australia
Greetings from Chicago.
@@AlleyPicked My first time seeing one of videos. I knew you had to be in the Chicago area when you mentioned the alley and then showed us. Lived in the area for many years and miss it very much.
Nice to see that it work that great, sad with the grass, so can’t just put in a backpack an walk the whole garden
great video ... thanks for the tip
In my experience, it kills the foliage but not the plant.
I will need to use this stuff for awhile and see how effective it is long term. Thanks for the feedback.
@@AlleyPicked You shouldn’t be teaching this to others if you don’t understand the consequences of it.
@@MrsamH08 He just showed you. Duh!
@@MrsamH08 BAN ALL SEMI-AUTOMATIC VINEGAR SPRAYS!!! TF are you talking about???
Supermarket vinegar is around 5% strength. The big home improvement stores sell 30% vinegar with their weed killers. You might use the latter on tough-to-kill plants such as English Ivy.
Thank you, hate roundup.
Roundup comes with free cancer in every bottle.
Correct! My Agway sells 'horticultural vinegar'….30%. Tractor Supply sells this as cleaning vinegar.
Normal vinegar is super cheap. The higher strength vinegar is many times as expensive.
@@BobPritchard buuut it doesn't work…
I live in Central Florida where everything grows fast and furious. I’ve used this formula for years and it works very well for me. I premix 1 gal of Distilled Vinegar and 1 cup of Salt in a bucket until the salt is completely dissolved and then pour it in the sprayer tank. I then add 3 tablespoons of Dish Soap. Reason for doing it this way is, my sprayer holds just over a gallon and the soap will foam up if you try to mix everything in the tank. It works on broadleaf weeds, unwanted grasses and even wild raspberry vines. Those vines are a tough kill, but this stuff works on them! And, it lasts. Maybe not quite as long as Roundup, but close. The key is spraying enough solution on the targeted weeds. And, making sure your salt is 100% dissolved in the vinegar. No more Roundup for me!
Will this solution erode the seals in the sprayer?
@@HumbleBearcat I’ve had no problem with my sprayer. I always do a thorough fresh water rinse of the tank and hose when I finish spraying.
Great for a weed salad.....as I consume a salad. This thought made me chuckle.
I agree 👍
Never heard of people using dish soap mixed with salt and vinegar on their salad, but to each their own.
First tried this vinegar method years ago and it beat Roundup hands down. Dish soap helps break down surface tension and allow liquid to stick to vegetation better.
how long did it last though? compared to Roundup?
You need a stronger concentration of vinegar, around 20%. Buying that is expensive, I make my own by putting the one gallon plastic jug in the freezer wait about a day. There will be ice and liquid brake up the ice (mostly water) and pour off the liquid (concentrated vinegar). Easy! I don’t use dish soap, it foams too much. I use TSP but laundry detergent works well. No need for salt. It’s not permanent but it’s cheap and if you are persistent it will do the job.
It’s expensive now! Wasn’t prior to Covid greed.
oh that was hilarious, gr8 video, I've known the power of vinegar for yrs but people dont believe me I dont think. It helps to use the heavier strength vinegar, weeds are brown burnt dead in ur right 4-6 hrs, its amazing. however, it will kill ur grass dead too like you showed, so dont use it on your perfect turf to spot spray
The soap/detergent (washing up liquid) breaks the surface tension of liquids allowing them to flow and not globule/pool and the salt helps the vinegar penetrate the plant.
I'll vouch for this vinegar mix weed killer because I am using this and have used it for over a year. It does work and I feel a lot safer with this than the Roundup type which is dangerous to one's health! Hopefully, your viewers will take your advise and try it!
does not work at all.
@@fishworks1 Sorry about that Robert! View my comments above for hopefully an answer to your question! Good Luck! Try It!!!
@@fishworks1 My second remark must have been deleted! It does work, but it's not instantaneous! A second application may be needed!
We tried this vinegar weed killer. It did kill the weeds quickly, but they also grew back very quickly.
It kills the weeds foliage but not the roots. Glyphosate will kill the roots.
My moms neighbor used roundup quite a bit, so much that you could smell it in my moms house which was about a half acre away, eventually my mom got non hodgkins lymphoma and her neighbor passed away. I'd use the vinegar any day over that...even if I had to do it multiple times.
@@Skypost4ever = roundup - google it 😂
Well, duh...
@@wot-a-noob7257 other products use glyphosate, roundup is just the main brand that developed glyphosate.
Thank you. I knew there was a natural weed killer. I found the recipe once, many years ago, and lost the recipe. Now I can copy the recipe and use it. Thanks again. 👍
I agree with you. Vinegar is natures miracle!
Yes, vinegar does work, but if you spray stuff with Roundup, it doesn’t come back check back in two or three weeks and see how many weeds come back.
LOL. How I wish that was true. After the next rain, weeds are back.
Ok, so obviously vinegar solution worked, but how long does it last compared to roundup? I would've liked to see some weeds / grass sprayed with both to see if roundup lasts all summer vs the vinegar. Reason: My wife used vinegar, but found she had to re--spray it several times during the summer.
roundup doesnt last either
It does kill weeds, but like with all the chemical alternatives, weeds will repopulate that very same area, at a later date. Same for moss-killer! Suffice to say that weed control is just that, control. And not an end to them! As long as there are earth worms, birds and the wind, weeds will always get the better of us, unfortunately!
Thank you,you have just saved me a Fortune
I use 10% vinegar and a few drops of dish soap. This works very well and it's cheap.
Remember that vinegar is quite acidic. At 5% concentration (as in the video), it has a pH value of about 2.7. You are basically pouring acid on the plants, and also on your soil. The USDA classifies soil with pH lower than 3.5 as "Ultra acidic" (the pH scale is logarithmic, so the vinegar is about 8 times more acidic). Eventually, the vinegar acid will be diluted and the soil will recover, but this may take some time before plants again can grow.
totally agree. I looked at the video title and thought, "Really? what in the actual f*ck?"
Also, the very acidic vinegar might damage concrete, pavers, and asphalt eventually.
Folks worried about poisoning the environment so they poison the environment!!
It’s better than cancer causing glyphosate
But it is “natural “ not a “chemical “.
I am all for natural alternatives, but I'm also a cheapskate, and $2 per gallon isn't that cheap. A bottle of Eraser concentrate (a Roundup competitor) is about $25 and makes 20 gallons of spray.
Live in Australia European family. we always used salt in all the crevices in concret paths etc and poured boiling water over, weeds didnt come back for years
We used boiling water in veg garden and cardboard on the land laying fallow.
I am definitely going to try this
Good video! Human urine works well also! It takes longer though. Speaking of all natural. Don't use it on your salad though!!! Can't tell you how I figured this out. You'll just have to use your imagination. It does'nt kill the weeds thru absorbtion of the foliage, but the roots. Did you know if you pastuerize your urine , boil it, you can use it as a fertilizer? Okay, enough about urine!!!
smell like pee...😵💫
It does work but you seem to have used regular salt. You need epsom salt for best results. I’ve used this for a number of years and I find you have to treat more often than Roundup. Mid summer I switched back to roundup as I got tired of fixing/replacing the spray as the salt clogs it up.
Good info. Thanks for the tips. I'll use it for awhile and see how it goes for me.
Dissolve the cup of salt With boiling water
Thanks for the epsom salt suggestion. Plants don't like table salt, but epsom salt is a nutrient. I use it around my roses all the time. To avoid clogging up that sprayer, use a squirt bottle.
Epsom salt is a nutrient for plants. Use table salt instead.
I use the 30% stuff you can get on-line. Good video
This only partly works in dry conditions ,in any area that it gets wet this mixture becomes a fertilizer and the weeds grow right back .
30% vinegar is about $20/gallon, but works great. I tried it for the first time this summer.
Why is it so expensive where you are? Here in Ontario Canada Home Depot sells cleaning vinegar for $9.99/3.78 litres, or about about $7 u.s $’s.
@@TripReviews I'm not sure. We're in SE Michigan.
@@jeffouimet were neighbours. How’s things on your side of the river, or maybe the lake?
Wow, what a cool tip. I've used Roundup and it's effect seems to last a long time. Do you have any idea how long it will be before the weeds will grow back?
Thanks for the video.
People are telling me in the comments that the vinegar does not kill the root system. I am not sure about that. I guess I will need to use this stuff for awhile and see how effective it is long term.
You can also collect your dogs urine. It’s basically acid and salt like your secret sauce. The only thing is you are going to need to make a diy device to collect it! But hey, your cheapness and recycling abilities are legendary!
@@robertszontagh1297 I'll get started on that immediately.
@@AlleyPicked Excellent. Maybe you can get all the dogs 🐕 in the neighborhood involved. Perhaps a doggy treat pops out if they make a deposit. With your creative mind I’m sure you can think of something.
@@AlleyPicked Correct, but repeated killing off the foliage, the roots run out of stored energy, so gets them in the end :)
Excellent, thank you
Great video :-) Tell me the difference between using salt and no salt? I was told if one uses salt, nothing will grown at that particular stop after that?
i tried 30% vinegar and it did not work So I bought a flame thrower from harbor freight and quickly killed off al of those pesky weeds !
Two major problems: As Pappete stated, it works but for how long? You have to make repeated applications throughout the growing season. Also, a lot of these weeds in my yard are intermixed with grass. Since this mixture is an indiscriminate killer it is very difficult to kill weeds in that case.
Native Texan,
It won't last as long as it takes a loved one. Or yourself to contract
Hodgkin Lymphoma.
It's amazing the people who never read
the clear and concise warnings.
Or as I restate. The release of liability. Printed on each jug of agent orange. Excuse me. I meant to say
Roundup.
Vinegar it is. I have a salad to eat later. I won't mind reapplying.
Thanks for sharing this literally. Life saving information Pappetete...
To be fair, roundup will kill everything too.
@@snapcutter9596 Thanks for your concern, Lawyer.
@@snapcutter9596my dad died from that very cancer and it was attributed to weed killer. There has been numerous farmers and ranchers around where I live in Texas that has died just the same from herbicides. Yeah, I’ll stick with vinegar.
@@scubasteve3032
Special people, touch so many others in life.... So our heartfelt loss is not just limited to our family. May God Rest her Soul.
My Niece, my Brother and Sister in laws wonderful only Daughter. Was stolen from every person she ever touched with her vibrant personality and quest for life.
By this horrific chemical of expediency.
I share her life story with anyone...
That I come across in a home depot with that product in their shopping cart.
Life is precious. Life is fragile.
The State of Michigan. Used a herbicide to control the water borne weeds in a lake she. And others who contracted this scourge. As they enjoyed activities.
Thank you scubasteve for your comment
I'd wondered about this, we have a six-month-old pup and I might go to this because he eats everything!