How to Make Homemade Weed Killer - Show Results with and without Salt
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2017
- Learn how to make homemade weed killer with a recipe using salt, vinegar and dish soap. I show you the results after spraying with and without salt.
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I’ve been using the salt/vinegar/Dawn combo for years and here are a few things I’ve discovered: 1) Apply solution only when forecast for the coming days will be sunny with no chance of rain, 2) As others have said, spray away from concrete, and 3) Don’t leave the solution in a pump sprayer! It will ruin the metal parts. Rinse it out after each use and store unused solution in the vinegar bottle or elsewhere. I learned this one the hard way ☹️
Thanks for sharing I will do it😉❗
What was the make up of the solution you use?
@@harry9392 - Here:
Water = 1 Gallon
Salt = 1 Cup
Vinegar = 1 Cup
Dish Soap = 2 Tablespoons
Why away from concrete? I was actually planning to use it on my walkways 🤔
transformation sessions with Brian Harvey Salt slowly breaks up concrete. Just like when salt is spread on streets in the winter. It keeps the streets from being slippery during snow and ice storms but causes the concrete to weaken and causes potholes in the spring. Try just vinegar on the weeds. I’ve had some luck with that.
FWIW, I've seen recipes for vinegar/dishwater soap and vinegar/dishwater soap/salt and the one for salt is for where grass is growing out of driveways or sidewalks where you don't want it to ever grow because salt makes soil not grow any plants. The one without salt is for lawn weeds where you want the grass to survive.
I'm surprised how many videos show how to make the weed killer then stop. Thanks for showing how stuff works in real life.
thanksfernuthin n
great point!
Someone told me a good method to keep weeds from growing in the cracks on my patio. You mix some Rock Salt and some warm water in a sprayer. Do this about once a month.
Works great!
Bargain Barge what about table salt does that work?
@@gamingsquad3684 they never answered but I. Am going to try it as it can't hurt 😂
Savage League It will but it leeches out faster
This was very helpful thank you with all i read about how toxic that roundup is i was looking for an alternative, i'll have to try this,
I didn't want to use harsh chemicals to kill weeds, so I appreciate you sharing your experiment with us, so I can make a better informed decision as how to kill weeds. Ignore the negative, sometimes people just don't have anything good to say...We have put so much work into making our back yard a play area and garden, and I want to keep it looking nice. So your video has helped. Thank you
Thanks for sharing TOP VIDEO, round up is linked with health issues as well.
Thank you for the demonstration! I'm going to use this recipe next instead of roundup
Amen.
Roundup not only causes cancer but has been linked to the massive decline in bees and butterflies!
We Desperately Need Them for pollination!
Hey thank u for trying to help people. You seem so nice. God bless u and your family. I'll try the natural weed killer thank u.
Did you try it? I will get supplies tomorrow hope it'll make my job of weeding my community garden easier.
Love the birds chirping and crickets! Thank you for a very informative video!
Very useful. It works for us. Thanks 👍🏻😊
Great video! Thanks for sharing the results as well after 3 and 6 days too!
Actually salt doesn't dissolve when mixed with vinegar so it's more topical than anything. I'd suggest dissolving the salt in some water before adding it to the solution. Also, grass roots run a bit deeper so that might explain why the grass kept growing. I have some week killing to do out back so I'll first try using vinegar and dawn and see what happens.
That bird sounds so sweet. I haven't heard that particular chirp before.
That's not a bird those are squirrels
hi Jason thanks for another great video I have a slightly unrelated question for you. just moved to this property it looks like somebody reseated parts of the law with tall fescue the rest of the lawn looks like a mix of fine Fescue and bluegrass what can I do to get rid of the tall fescue
Good info. I have a spot under a tree that is covered with rocks, but has a tall, very hardy weed growing in many spots around this area. It is so sturdy, I can't pull them out of the ground. Want to avoid chemicals, so am going to try clipping these off at the ground and spraying each stump with the vinegar. Hope it works to kill them so they don't come back.
Thank you for your response! The little burs are all over my yard. I have a schnauzer and she gets them in all her hair. The Salt won't kill all my grass. I read it kills the grass! ??
Epson salt can be used in pre planting in gardens. It is suppose to create nitrogen and will not hurt plants. I tried it this year so far it works. I use vinegar, table salt and dawn for weeds. It does work. But doesn't last as long as round up. But my health is more important.
Thanks for the info.
Great video...Thanks!!
Thanks for your insight and dedication to this subject. It's a good starting place for me as my wife absolutely forbids "RoundUp", even though I used it for a year to kill the bamboo in our yard, which it did. After that, verboten. Go figure, she's Dutch. Anywhoo, thanks for a great starting place.
Mr. Ken Good for her for forbidding Roundup 👍 it’s horribly toxic to all life and should be banned really imo
Smart woman!!
Great video
Iam going to try it in my back garden
I am going to try thank you for your information
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@wanda taylor
Wtf!
I am interested in natural weed killer for our flower garden. Love the show
Dont use this method. It will kill EVERYTHING. And the salt will burn the soil making it difficult to grow in the future.
Use the vinegar dish liquid and water only - spray on a sunny day with no rain in the forecast. You may need to reapply. Don't plant until after you wash it off or it rains.
I’ve tried this method with success, however I used an industrial vinegar with 30% acid. It works extremely well. Interesting results with and without salt.
I never heard him say the strength of the vinegar he was using.Should make a difference.
Hey Jason. Thanks for an excellent video. And thanks to all who have commented. I learned a lot from your comments!
Nice Job, I have heard about all sorts of salt uses. I still am going to try to slow down 3 areas of weeds.
Keep up the work
Thanks for the video side by side. Just something I've learned, Bermuda grass has up to 6' of roots. It takes multiple applications to kill it. The best time to apply is when the seed heads appear but before they drop. Also, the use of the salt will kill the soil, so be careful where you apply it.
@@jimshorts5970 It must love our soil here. We had to dig up a leech field to replace the lines. Roots were exposed 4' down. Do you have any suggestions on what to use to kill it? I'd love some new ideas.
@@jimshorts5970 Thanks. The only man in my area that I've talked to who was successful used the spray & cover method, for 3 years. Followed by leaving it alone for 2 yrs except for planting clover to help the soil recover. I love K-Bluegrass! Pretty and soft under bare feet! Since the rains have started here I've decided to go old school using a closed loop hoe for new shoots. Row by row, then covering with black plastic. I'll plant clover for the bees in the spring, then repeat next autumn. A big job, but I don't mind working a garden, even in the rain. Gives one time to think. lol
Hi Jason, how about making a followup video to demonstrate different effect of salt/no salt after 3 months, 6 months, 12 months?? I've learned the salt PREVENTS weeds (and any other plants) from growing back. Thanks, John
That’s a good idea , but this guy is so slow at making a video it would take him 5 years to explain ! Jason , have a Red Bull please !
@@markmed9091 looking forward to your videos on the subject Mark 👍
I agree with a few of the posters using salt kills everything not just weeds. I worked for permagreen in Texas for a few years and we had problems where people had pump saltwater down into the ground to get oil out and the saltwater was making its way up to the surface and killing lawns
My fourth time trying it on the same area and the weeds have continued to flourish & I have a pa1 & pa2 pesticides application course done.
You not doing it right
Thanks for sharing. Suggestion from a communication standpoint: Would have been helpful to be told which side had the vinegar only, and which side had the mixture. Was it right/left of the stick? Top/bottom? That never seems to be pointed out.
Thanks! 👍🏽
Wow a first for me , off roundup for good !
Thank you for not using roundup
Industrial vinegar (cleaning vinegar) & salt w/dishwashing liguid ! Thank you buddy !!
Mmmm, interesting: I think too much salt & vinigar on my (little) brother's chips may have stunted his growth too 🤔
LOL
Chaz Walker - but better than ketchup giving him diabetes from high fructose corn syrup. Lol anyway taste better.
10 cheers for salt’n vinegar!!!!
Im dead weak
Have used this recipe for years. Good success with it but must be reapplied. No impact on weeds after about two months and no lasting impact on the ground. Nice video.Thanks.
Does it has side effects on lawn?
@@ahmadhananzai2044 - It can be used on a lawn to hit a specific weed, without fear of killing the grass around it, if it's used very carefully!! If it accidentally gets on the grass, it will kill it. The vinegar will kill any current growth, quickly, and the salt will help prevent any new growth in a short time afterwards.
I used it on my lawn but it killed lawn too. The color of my lawn changed from green to yellow.
@@ahmadhananzai2044 - OMG - NO!!! ONLY use it on weeds or any plants you want to kill. Too late for your lawn though.
Ok
My lawn is full of weeds. I used it to kill weeds in lawn but the result was above.
Thanks for that will use as an alternative now I think,..
Great video!!
I use seawater,spray directly with no other mix.When weeds turn white deade as roots dry up,you can rinse with freshwater,intensify to drench salt residues to the drain.
Yeap, make a trip to the ocean, nice idea, specially if you live in the Denver.
Thank you! Great idea! Fortunately I live at the coast. I was going to have to buy table salt because I only have pink salt and don't want to waste it on weeds. LOL! I'll add vinegar and soap to it as well.
I am just trying this today on my dog run. I have always used "roundup" but have never used it around my animals. Safety first! I hope it works.
Keep us posted on how it works out. @Ralph Duddles, do you keep your dog chained up?
Helpful video - thanks.
Very useful video
Great video, how well does it work killing weeds if you have turf type tall fescue? Thanks
I will try this on my next door neighbors. Thanks
Marisela Palacios 😂
It just makes them taste better.
Glad i dont live next to u MRS
Thanks for information
Hey Good job
I'm going to try this today. I was told to use hot water for the best results
I use regular tap water right out of the faucet.
Salt affects a plant's ability to absorb water through their roots. You shouldn't use salt unless you don't want any plants to grow in that area in the future, because it will stay in the soil.
Vinegar kills plants because it contains acetic acid which strips away the outer layer of a plant which then makes it dry up quickly. You can buy horticultural vinegar that is 20% rather than the household kind that is 5%. But it is strong and will burn your skin so be careful. And if you use it in large quantities it can also affect the PH of the soil although it doesn't stick around as long as salt.
These are both plant-killers, not weed-killers...unlike commercial sprays that are formulated for specific weeds, these will kill any plant so keep that in mind.
Pre-emergents like corn gluten are good to know about too, not sure if you cover that in other videos. They prevent seeds from sprouting but don't affect existing plants.
Emma Love Arbogast- thanks, good info
that's the idea, it's a horseshoe pit
Where do you get the horticultural vinegar?
It's regular distilled white vinegar I believe.
Emma Love Arbogast hi, can you please tell if vinegar would work to get rid of my old st Augustine lawn so i could install new zoysia grass. I am planning to install the new grass in a few days and some areas have left the old grass that i would like to get rid of. Thanks
I am getting a load of stone for 2 parking spaces. Over the years grass and weeds have grown and stones disappeared. I want to kill all that before my stone comes. Could I spread rock salt left over from winter, and just let it do it thing? Or should I not use salt being I'm parking cars there. Help.
I tried the salt vinegar. N some gain (dishes) and in the morning, weeds were dried up. Actually, I tried it in the morning, my neighbor up stairs ask she saw it WORKED in a few hours, today I'm trying it on the grass. Thank you.
Good idea 👍
I live in Florida, when the palm tree colors start to get dull you can pour epson salt around the base of the tree, water it and the tree greens up real nice, so eposn salt does not kill things, it feeds them.
A couple of tablespoons in a gallon works wonders
I believe one reason why there was not much difference in the result is because you didn't purge the line of the remaining vinegar/soap mix before spraying the salt side. I think that most likely there wasnt that much salt applied because of this. Thanks for the tip, I am gonna give this a try.
Exactly!
I have weeds growing in between pavers on the driveway. If I use this spray 1) Will rain wash it away before it takes effect? Will it damage pavers if they're sealed?
Mix white vinegar with plenty of cheap table salt and dish soap in a bucket try and dissolve all the salt .then pour mix into sprayer try and spray weeds when you get a few dry sunny days.works every time for me.regards
I have had saltwater aquariums for years. When I move a tank or simply do water changes I would simply drain it onto my gravel pad where I always get loads of unwanted weeds and grass. After 10 years on continuously doing this I can for certain say that the salt water mix was not detrimental to the weeds in any ways or trees or my rose bush. I thought it would build up enough to start killing everything. It has zero effect both immediately and long term on area it was applied. Everything kept growing. So I am leaning towards the vinegar doing most of the work. I have some ph down used in hydroponics. I am going to use it this week. Hopefully it will lower the surrounding ph of soil to permanently make it so the weeds cant come back. Although it will eventually just break down naturally but it should be a stronger acid that the vinegar.
I tried this today on my dogs grave you could definitely see the difference in just two hours it works
Sorry about your dog. I use leftover sidewalk salt from the winter, white vinegar, and cheap hand soap from wal mart. 4 gals vin. 4 cups salt, 1cup soap.
Works great. Kills overnight. Garden sprayer kept getting clogged, so i just used a plastic watering can. Got better coverage and used less.
Thank you so much, ok that's cool good to know, I just used no more brown vinegar table salt and and washing up liquid you could see the difference in just two hours, a watering can is a good idea much better
Thanks
You can use water softener salt too.
Are you supposed to only use this where there is weeds or can you use this on grass to to kill the weeds with in the grass?
I see orange oil was mentioned earlier. I've also seen this referenced before as a key ingredient.
I use a cup of vinegar to a gallon of salt water with a table spoon of dawn to kill weeds. It works on most.
Can i use any dishwashe and cook salt?
I'm going to try this!!! Thanks!!!
This works!!! Thanks for the tip!!!
I have good luck with Epson salt vinegar and Dawn, but I’m going to try some experiments like you did thank you very much.
Well not a bad experiment the one of the differences is instead of using white vinegar I will use pickling vinegar I've noticed it works a little bit faster it's also a little more effective you mixed up with a little bit of orange oil
Where do you get the Orange Oil?
In my opinion, you didn't let the salt dissolve enough, it takes more than a few shakes of your dispenser for that.
yes, it takes quite a bit of mixing to get all the salt to dissolve, and you need to get as much salt dissolved as the vinegar will take.
I've read that boiling the salt and vinegar will be sure the salt is dissolved.
Kenneth White Also the hose was still full of the mixture without the salt.
we found it takes direct sunlight to kill more weeds with the vinegar salt solution, Epsom salts worked for us
My yard smells like summer time picking green bean and snap peas and my grandma is canning. Homemade ice cream we are all taking turns cranking. Lol, the good ole days.
I sprayed this on my mulch area except I didn't have the dish soap he used so I used a different brand and I also didnt have distilled vinegar so I used apple sider vinegar which I hope works the same way
What about adding viniger and bakeing soda?
Can I mix what you post in put in a spray bottle
I remember from helping to make ice cream as a kid, my Father would pour the water mixed with rock salt from the mixer onto the fence line to kill the weeds. It took a long time for anything to grow back where he had poured the salt water. Just a thought, hope it helps!
Thanks❗
Is rock salt the stuff you use to put outside to melt ice
I made 15 gallons, 6 lbs salt crystals, tsp spoon dish liguid, 1/2 quart 35 % Vinegar, 15 gal water, let sit 24 hours for salt crystal to mix. Results varied. But I put down in February not in July. I think grass/weeds should be vigorously growing to be more effective. I did get some better results after a week but re applied and results were a bit better still too early in year. Will try again when the weather is a bit warmer.
You can get 30% vinaiger on Amazon. ($20 a gallon) mix with half regular vinegar. Add one cup of mortars salt and a good dose of dish soap. Stir don’t shake. Everything will die.
Be careful, 30% acetic acid is no joke compared to household vinegar, take precautions
What streinght vinegar do you us?
I just watched your other video and you used table salt in your other video. 😂
It takes 24 hour soak for the salt to disolve also use road salt or watersofterner salt
Water softener is potassium chloride. So in effect any salts but sodium.
@@danilko1 Regular water softener salt is indeed NaCl, (sodium chloride or regular salt) but people who want the water to go easier on their health and metal plumbing can get KCl (potassium Chloride). It's less corrosive and is actually good for the heart. For weeds...I would stay with NaCl (sodium chloride).
Straight salt works great so I'm not sure that the vinager is doing more of the work necessarily or if they both work equally well
I used 20 lbs bag of rock salt and my weeds have never been greener
Sewing with heavy amounts of salt burns the roots and soil...thus killing the plants. Vinegar is highly acidic, effecting some plants more than others. Running a combo allows for less salt to be used, thus reducing the effective time of the blocker.
Only ONE kind of "Salt" = NaCl = Sodium Chloride.
Epsom salts = MgSO4 = Magnesium Sulphate, VERY good for plants.
Brian Kane hello sir, my question is very simple will the kill my grass as well and the crab grass?
There's only one sodium chlorate and it works wonders - but you need to either travel back in time to the days when weedkiller actually worked or make friends with a chemist who can make you up a couple of pounds.
I have a 5 gallon bucket of sodium chlorate use for salting sidewalks and driveways that works well to
The reason you want to use Epsom salt, is not to kill the plant. It's to get the plant to take in the vinegar. Where others have said salt will kill the soil, epsom salt will not. Vinegar will dilute over time and so this process does not permanently kill the soil. Also the epsom salt mixture will not kill trees, but will kill suckers that come up from the roots, leaving the root alone. So there are reasons for everything.
@@danilko1 I used Epsom salt in my mix along our fence and it works.
I think making sure the salt is dissolved all the way.
It's no more than about half a pound of salt per gallon. (58g/L) It cannot dissolve much more than that. It creates Sodium Acetate and a bit of weak Hydrochloric acid.
Is that regular 5% white vinegar or 30% white vinegar?
Hi there,
Thank you for your experiment. Will the mixture of vinegar, salt and dishwashing liquid kill weeds but will allow other plants to grow after a while. It is known that spraying round up will not allow anything to grow for a long period of time.
This is a concern for me if it will not allow other plants to grow after spraying this mixture.
Emma is right..salt stays where you put it for a long time...you could have just spread a moderate layer of salt in the boxed area and it would have done a good job of killing everything in there
Vinegar kills the weeds temporarily, adding the salt kills the weeds down to the roots, and the dawn helps to make it stick to the items your spraying. I've done it with and without the vinegar.
The epsom salts actually promote better growth of the plant. You can use low solution for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, pumpkin, etc. What they do, is they strengthen a steam of a plant and catalyses the chlorophyll in leaves.
@@Calla1 For how many days??? You could as well use just water.
I guess I will try it, but does anyone know if it works on Tumbleweed?
Thank you for making the video. You should have emptied the tube before you sprayed with salt. I think you sprayed both sides with no salt. As there is liquid in the tube attached to the nozzle and that liquid would be without salt.
How long do I have to wait to plant anything there after I spray it
I think you missed the point, the purpose of applying salt is to prevent anything from growing on the area treated with salt.
I warm my solution 1st. Helps to activate it faster.
Think of the Roman's. Sewing the fields with salt to make them baron for several seasons. They didnt have Epsom salt(magnesium sulfate) back then.
Some of those areas the Roman's sowed with salt (around Carthage) still have little to nothing growing on it - so be careful using salt.
I wonder how much money they make in tourism at those Carthage sites?....
Answer .... a lot more than it costs them to keep killing the vegetation every three days.
Does it kill creeping charlie?
I’ve a construction site of 4000 Sft. Where the Site is fully grown with upto 5ft grown weeds. I would like to get the weeds eradicated..! Your suggestions please.
I want to spray it around shrubs - will it kill the bushes/ shrubs too?
Yes if you use enough that it leaches down to the root systems. Remember salt is pretty permanent until it washes down below the root level.
tundramanq I have ornamental grass growing at corners of my stone beds surrounding my house. I would like to use the salt mixture to kill the plants and the roots but do t want to kill the tall grass. How close can I spray it to the grass and not damage it?
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I have that SAME bird in my back yard! Chripity chirpity chirp! 🐥
play horse shoes more often that will take care of the weeds
That's not a bad idea
roy hoco thank God you said that! My pits do not grow weeds. Play 3-4 times a week when the snow melts.... sometimes 7- days a week.
ROFL.... Good one :-)
roy hoco .. case and point this not about playing horseshoes...
lol
Great video but 1 issue. After you sprayed one side and then mixed in the salt, you sprayed the other side but the original mixture without salt was still in the hose and was sprayed on. Next time when you add the salt, let it dissolve and then take the end off the sprayer and flush the line using the salted mixture. Just a thought. I really liked your video though. Thank you and may the Lord be with you.
Can u add water?