Hey Jesse, what do you think would be the best thing to do for overgrown fox tails because they are taking over my lawn and I really want to get rid of them.
Hello, I use this method but use cleaning vinegar and more dish soap with salt. But for it to work best apply it to the weeds while weeds are in sun. So as sun first hits the weeds spray them covering every leaf and bloom. Sprayed some the other day and all are dead. in one treatment.
Just did it and it worked perfectly. The only difference I did was added 1 cup of hot water to dissolve the 1 cup of salt. Then proceeded to follow the rest of the directions. Unwanted growth was brown within 2 hours here in Orlando, Fl. Definitely soak it well! 💯
@@bhough410 try Harris 20% vinegar weed and grass killer. I have used they’re all purpose horticulture vinegar and diluted it. This works as well. You will see results the next day. All brown.
I've been using this exact application for the last 4 or 5 years. Works great for me. The trick is to really saturate the weeds. It does take a couple of days before you really see the big results. Kills my dandelions deader than a door nail!!
This works really well on my gravel driveway. Best to apply it on a sunny day but not so hot that it dries rapidly. I like to do it in the morning when temps are 80F or less and no rain forecast for 24 hrs.
I use this weedkiller mix all the time and I found that if I use a grass trimer prior to spraying the area I end up with a much better result. Great video!
I tried it just now and its already working. The area is small and not a lot of weeds, but they're growing. The solution is already work in just an hour. Thank you.
I would cut the weeds down first, rake the area out, and then thoroughly saturate the whole area with the sprayer. This will insure that that the mixture gets down to the roots. I have used this recipe several times and it works good. The only difference is that I always add boiling water to mine and it works great! Thank you for a very informative video btw.
I think repeated applications over a few days would really do the trick. The key, is to ensure you have a good week ahead of dry sunny weather, to prevent rain from washing it off.
I use this every year around my end-of-the-road mailbox area for poison ivy and along the fence row. Same recipe except I dissolve salt in 1 cup of hot water before adding to vinegar. Overall coverage with mist spray is essential. Works for my purposes. Well made, informative video 👍🏼
I used this mixture (w/epsom salt) around my sidewalk cracks and driveway, and within 2 hours, it was browned out & dying. 5 days later, it appears that those areas were dead. Thanks for the info...PERFECT!
I live in Az and have had good results with this for the last 5yrs-I use Salt pellets vrs table salt & just throw a handful in. Also I use about double the dish soap -even works on cactus!!
I've used this recipe many time with success. When I do this, I get the weeds cut as low as possible by whacking them down with the weed whacker first. Then I spray heavily. More times than not, they never come back, and I treat as needed for the ones that do as soon as I see them starting to sprout.
Not enough salt. Salt is the key! Instead of 1 cup per gallon you need to use the whole container per gallon. The vinegar needs to be super saturated with salt. The vinegar being a mild acid, acts to break down the waxy (protective) coating found on plants. The salt then draws out the water from the plant. Soap really does help the salt stick to the plant. This is also best applied on a really hot day. With this ratio of salt I guarantee you would have killed ALL of those weeds. If enough is applied and it gets into the root systems nothing will grow back for a very long time. On a hot day you can spray in the morning or noon and by night the plant will already be wilted and dead.
I just sprayed my big weeds with this solution, and when i ran out of my 2 gallon mixture, i looked around at the weeds i sprayed and the leases are up turned and shriveling up! Thank you so much.
I was formerly employed in the lawn care industry. I have tried the mixture you used and it is a pretty good herbicide to use, but it is not systemic and will only kill what it hits. I recommend a herbicide called Triclopyr for total weed control.
Hmmmm I've been told snakes spiders fleas and other critters hate peppermint. So if you've added a mint to your mixture you might be killing like 7 birds with 2 rocks haha
Perfect timing. Was gonna use an herbicide today but it said not to use if it was gonna rain in the next 24 hours, which it is so was looking for something not horribly toxic if it went into the sewer system.
I live down here in Australia Melbourne and I use bleach rock salt and fish washing liquid and after a few days every thing is yellow I boil the water for the rock salt to dissolve it and let it cool down works great 👍
Love this recipe, use 10% acidity vinegar and ensure good coverage, it will work fine to keeps weeds at bay on a driveway. It will not keep new weeds from forming, seeds blow in all the time - without destroying the soil nothing will stop new weeds so regular, maybe every 2 weeks will work. On really big established weeds, get right in at the base too - watch out with metal sprayers or other metal like fences - vinegar and salt is a great environment for rust - thanks for the video
Hey thanks a million, I sprayed the weeds around my flowerbed and my 11 car drive way. I tried this solution and about three hours later, it was very easy for me to remove the grass with a tool. The grass had turned past brown it was grey. I've never heard of a 30 or even 40 percent vinegar. You save me f
I live in WNY they use huge quantities of salt on the ice and snow-covered roads. In the spring and summer, everything grows just fine. I have not noticed any ill effects on the foliage.
yeah, I used 30% vinegar, salt, and dawn soap last year, waited for a good warm day, and sprayed heavily near the center of the weed to try to get the solution to the roots...it worked quite well....I did have to reapply later in the season....we have dogs and can't use anything like round up or weed and feed in our yard, so I do have some stubborn weeds that I have been working on...FYI I was able to find 30% vinegar at Home Depot. 😁
But make SURE you buy and use only organic vinegar. The industrial vinegar has all sorts of deadly things in it since they spray it with anything while grown. It is used basically as a super strong deadly solvent. I would not use it in my yard! Beware of misleading labels, Natural vinegar is not organic vinegar. Buyers beware and be safe.
I tried that on a few species of plants. The vinegar was 10%. The effect was rapid but it did not kill most of the plants , they cama back in a few weeks
Use 20% to 30% Acidity Vinegar works so much better. Regular 5% Acidity Vinegar works but not as affective as 30%. Lowes in my area sells the 30% variety.
If you use a higher acid level vinegar it is more effective. As I know you used Dollar G table salt, they also carry a 5% acidity vinegar which works great for this. I've used it my myself and it killed the plants in 2-3 days. There is also another recipe that is similar. 1 gal vinegar, 2 cups Epsom Salts, 1/4 dish soap. Mix Epsom Salts and vinegar in sprayer and let sit for 1 hour (for Salts to dissolve). Add soap, mix and you are ready to go.
I tried this recipe a few years ago and it did work to "mute" the weeds, but they came back to life around 3 weeks later. So you have to do this and apply it every three weeks. It is better to dig or pull up weeds and put down black yard fabric or concrete. Those are the only things that stops earth from growing.
Cut the weed with a trimmer or shears then douse with the vinegar, salt and dish soap, then the circulation of the plant is opened up and it should take the dose down into the root. I tried this with some ivy. Looks dead so far. Once I'd destroyed the plant above ground, We've had a lot of rain and I've not seen it return. I did put a fair amount of salt in. I can't tell if it was the amount of salt or the vinegar! I also made a cup around a slit in the bark of some more using duct tape and filled that with salt. That one didn't like that either.
In my experience it works much better if you pour the salt directly on the weeds. A LOT of salt. Then using a watering can moisten the area with vinegar. I tried your method and I had reapply often, several days in a row because the fine mist that comes out of the sprayer. The watering can allows the liquid to penetrate better. My way works with One application.
I’m not concerned with getting the salt on the plant, if the ground is well salted and then moistened with vinegar you will get the best results. Best of luck!
I used it and it worked. Lined the curb on street level/ the results were Awsome. There were little prices of grass starting to grow back/ it took care of that
When you see plants or weeds flowering you're growing a new crop of weed seeds to sprout even next year. Especially dandelions. It's simple to take a small hand garden shovel press blade down about 9", loosen around the whole plant root, pop pry the whole root out. They will grow back if you don't remove the whole carrot like root. I do this a few times a year on larger sporadic weeds.. I don't have many anymore.
Thanks for the video. My husband and I thought we were supposed to use a higher concentration of vinegar-like 45%. We’ve got super fast growing tumble weeds out here in the southwest and we need something to get those gone! Going to try the recipe today.
Use a 30% vinegar solution and it will work much better than the household vinegar. It costs more per gallon and is usually found in the pickles section of a grocery store. It will sure make a huge difference between weed killing with just regular vinegar and using it, instead.
@@koolkitties8552 Don't fall for that. Use any CHEAP vinegar from the grocery, find 1 gallon bottles. You can't make a bad recipe, and it's fun to see what works. Use any generic recipe and then hone it for yourself. Use this for applications like cracks in the driveway where you are only killing the chosen weed. It works great, it's completely safe for the environment. What's the fancy stuff gonna do, work 2 hours faster? : )
@@koolkitties8552 The "fancy stuff" isn't really fancy at all; it's a higher concentration of vinegar, and it does work better. I would just ignore Kevin.
No question that the stronger the vinegar the better it works. I bought 45% and cut it in half then later added water to it again, but I don't know the strength now but a lot stronger than kitchen vinegar and works as well as the farmer grade roundup I have been using but not worrying about my dog
I can't wait to try this, I just went through a whole gallon of Ortho concentrate and it did not do the job I thought it would, I'll be doing this in the next couple days and post my results thank you
I just got the 2-gallon sprayer from home depot, it was $16.97. thirty bucks is steep for what is essentially a bucket. we're really paying for the spray thing. I'm trying this for my mum's yard, because she bought some toxic stuff and now she can take it back.
I use Epsom Salt and it works good. Those plants and grass are longer than I have used it on. I apply more heavily the first time until the plants are completely wet. Sprayed in yard where I had a patch of weeds and the Bermuda grass did grow back after a few good rains. Don't use in vegetable garden though.
I use vinegar and salt to remove rust from tools just steeping them in it for over 24 hours and sometimes I use baking soda instead of salt. I wash them with a brush in the mix and then rinse them with my house and spray oil on them. I also put them a cloth spray and fold the cloth around them and spray the cloth with more oil and it protects greatly
I use this method and it works great for me. I mix shake and let it sit 5-10 mins. I make sure the weeds are covered just like I do with Roundup or any other weed killers. Works great for me
I have had success with hot water and salt. I used it because salt truly kills tough weeds, and hot water shocks them into death. Great information, and I appreciate this video.
Thanks for sharing this! I've used this method with success it just takes patience. You're killing the leaves and ultimately have to wear the plant out. Also one of your other commenters said, a simple black plastic can work as well. Especially if you want to plant there afterwards.
Yep, good way to do it in spring is to put out a good dose of water on your planting bed then black plastic or tarp it. Weed seeds germinate but die without sun. Heats up to pasteurize I guess you could say.
@@inquisitvem6723 id make sure to use the expensive vinegar. Like i said it's a very slow process. If your ivy is well established and woody, then you might be better off gowning up and cutting or just poisoning. But remember the urishiol will essentially stay in the plant until the US lowers the national debt.
I had five woody weeds kept growing under my kitchen window last time I cut them down I remembered being told to mix rock salt in hot water, leave to dissolve then pour directly into the stem, I did this three times & no sign of regrowth
I use a similar mixture but do not use "table salt (NaCl - Sodium Chloride)." My solution is White Vinegar, Dawn Dish Soap (blue), and Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate).
I use cup of domestos and fill the rest of my 5 litre sprayer on my pebble dashed front walls and it removes the green moss that starts growing up from the bottom of the walls and keeps them clean. Washing up liquid added clings the domestos mix to the stones. I apply this about 4 times a year so I apply it each season
I've used this for years with great results. Altho, I use the 30% Pickling Vinegar found in the pickling/home canning aisle of the grocery store. For those taller weeds just stick your wand down among the weeds almost touching the ground and spray the entire stems and leaves of the weeds close to the ground before making a pass over the top of the weeds. You do need to thoroughly wet the weeds with the mixture. This does last for a long time but is not a permanent solution to your weed problem. It's also much cheaper than toxic weed killers. It will also kill your tough vining plants as well, i.e. poison ivy, etc. I've even used it on invasive Trumpet vine.
I found this stuff called green gobbler. It has a super strong vinegar in it. It works pretty well. It is basically like that formula you had shown but x10. It works well when it is the only thing you can spray without needing an applicators license in my state.
@@jimandskittum please consider that you may not want any crazy guy spraying dangerous chemicals around your premises, family or animals.many agricultural sprays are deadly,and require specific training. Look up how dangerous paraquat is...
@@bikerhighmiler8998 There is a big difference between vinegar and paraquat. I moved away from the rat race so I wouldn't have to worry about what my neighbors do in their yard.
@@bikerhighmiler8998 I looked paraquat up. It is only available to commercially licensed contractors. Having regulations against spraying weed killers that are sold in hardware stores is over the top.
I use this formula all the time, it works best if the area get several hours of direct sunlight. It kills the leaves almost 100% but it doesn’t kill the root so most will come back. I use 1/2 gallon of vinegar to 1 1/2 gallon of water same amount of salt and dish soap and usually only need one treatment only occasionally treat a second time.
THIS ACTUALLY WORKS. Part of my career has been as a professional landscaper and there are always some ridiculous tricks that people talk about. This actually works. Use it for driveway cracks, stepping stones, etc. and do not use ON lawns for example, unless you want to allow the juice to spread to immediate areas. You may have to reapply still, but this stuff is safe for the environment obviously. Anything but poisons.
So what happens to the SAR (Salt Absorbtion) ratio in the soil, adding the salt over time is basically sterilizing the soil so that only a few salt tolerant weeds will be able to grow long term. Goes into the water table and pollutes wells if used in large amounts. See Highways operations. deicing salt piles and community water supply fails. This was a biblical ethnic cleansing technique used to destroy an enemy's cropland. Pick your poison.
@@rachelg7371 I can explain it this way; This year, there are weeds growing healthily in the cracks in my driveway. So absolutely yes. That's the good thing about it. You aren't going out there and scorching the earth. When I was in landscaping, I used to offer the poison spray for a couple of bucks here and there. I won't use that stuff for any reason today, and would absolutely have a sprayer full of soap, vinegar, and water on my truck. We should control these things not devastate the land! So here's the solid answer, like using a chlorine product on clothes: Spray a test patch. You'll be happy, and best of luck!
Vinegar works in the short term. But some of those weeds have hearty roots and they will bounce back, especially that grass. You'll be spraying again in about a month and the a month after that. Vinegar is a leafy killer. It does not get the root. The cost of the vinegar will add up if you have a large area. I tried a couple years ago and found glyphosate was a much better bang-for-buck solution and it's effect lasts much longer and nothing survives it, even those crete myrtle shoots.
@@manicjupiterflute not at all true. Glyphosate breaks down and leaves zero residue in the soil after 90 days. It's the best weed killer there is. 40+ years of research by government and non-government organizations all of the world proving how safe it is. But by all means, wear PPE and use responsibly.
We had a Crape Myrtle growing in the corner of our house & porch, cut it down, it started sprouting up the next year, then I dug it up but left some roots, started sprouting up the next year. I dug a big hole all the way around & cut the roots, threw them in the burn pile then mixed a box of Rock Salt & gallon of water stirred until the salt dissolved then pored the mixture in the hole & covered up with dirt, it’s been four years, no more sprouting
@@lawncarelife I forgot to add; if Crape Myrtle roots aren’t killed, they’ll travel under ground & pop up in other parts of your yard, same as poison ivy & poison oak
Store bought vinegar is low percentage, Home Depot sells 30% vinegar witch worked well. I've had success and failure using 30% vinegar. Good luck, I'm mixing more up today.
I use rock salt. A good soaking to drastically change the ph. I never tried just vinegar which will also change the ph. But the Rick salt has a longer lasting effect. But do not use in flower or veggie gardens.
One thing that can further improve your results is getting more concentrated vinegar for example Harris 30% vinegar which is 6 times stronger than standard vinegar and apply it when plants will have max amount of sunlight to further improve results.
30 Percent acetic acid vinegar is all you need. You can plant vegetables or anything after that too, in about 1 day. But some weeds may take more than one application to eliminate.
I’ve tried this recipe 5 times perhaps weeds in north east alabama are tougher than wherever this recipe was concocted from. I’d love to know a recipe that would actually work the first time
Get a few bags of water softener salt crystals and pour it on the weeds. Dissolve some of the salt in water and spray too. Pretty much nothing will grow there again for awhile.
I can attest the vinegar 100% works, but I used to have one of these small 1 gallon sprayers and I will tell you that you definitely will not get the saturation on the ground you need to kill any significant area. You'll be refilling a container that small about every 5 or 6 square yards. If you don't you'll brown some, leave a lot green and it'll only last you a couple of weeks maybe then there'll be new growth all over again. Doesn't matter the concentration of the vinegar if you don't get it wet enough on the greenery.
30% vinegar works on everything in the Pacific Northwest including dandelions and thistles but NOT including blackberry. 1 gallon 30% vinegar, 1/2 cup salt, hearty squeeze of dishwashing detergent. I use ONLY in graveled areas. 30% vinegar is in stores in my area only in Feb.-March, so I stock up.
I would have loved to see you divide the spray area into two and apply the homemade weed killer in one half and a store bought chemical type in the other half. That would have given you (us) a better result as to how effective they are. Thanks for this.
I use this recipe and it works for me. But watching the video you didn’t spray it close enough to the ground for it to get at the roots just the burning of the leaves will happen from the ingredients without really killing the weed itself. And I spray it slower you seem to go pretty quickly over the plants.
Many have suggested using a higher concentrated vinegar. Here is a video trying that. ua-cam.com/video/9-qj8Qy3Nqs/v-deo.html
Hey Jesse, what do you think would be the best thing to do for overgrown fox tails because they are taking over my lawn and I really want to get rid of them.
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I use this method but use cleaning vinegar and more dish soap with salt.
But for it to work best apply it to the weeds while weeds are in sun.
So as sun first hits the weeds spray them covering every leaf and bloom.
Sprayed some the other day and all are dead. in one treatment.
I find bleach works well, I've even mixed it with vinegar for best results.
salt is the worst thing to spray with in soil
Just did it and it worked perfectly. The only difference I did was added 1 cup of hot water to dissolve the 1 cup of salt. Then proceeded to follow the rest of the directions. Unwanted growth was brown within 2 hours here in Orlando, Fl. Definitely soak it well! 💯
Same here thats some mean chit man...worked great.
Never been this early. I have used your videos to start a lawn care company and have been averaging $300 a day! Growing slow but steady
Great job
@@lawncarelife do u just leave it after u see weed dying? Or am I supposed to take it out?
Hell yea man, hope you are still going strong 💪
Hit them with a trimmer BEFORE hitting them with the mixture. Doing that will open the weed and the mix will kill it to the root.
Really great tip, thanks!
Thank you for that. It was first thing i thought of too. Stop the photosynthesis and chlorophyll processes and it will kill it
Exactly, kill at the root! Also apply early in day so has heat of sun. Kills weeds 4 to 8 hours.
Absolutely!
Great tip. Just make sure there is no poison ivy. Don't want to weed wack that all over the place.
It's good to see a professional demonstrate a non-toxic natural weed killer.
Tried this & it didn't do anything but brown the grass until a couple rains came through, then back to square one.
@@bhough410 try Harris 20% vinegar weed and grass killer. I have used they’re all purpose horticulture vinegar and diluted it. This works as well. You will see results the next day. All brown.
@@bhough410 , Same here.
Just plain boiling water poured onto weeds is very effective.
Amen to that ♥️🙏
I've been using this exact application for the last 4 or 5 years. Works great for me. The trick is to really saturate the weeds. It does take a couple of days before you really see the big results. Kills my dandelions deader than a door nail!!
"Deader than a door nail!" 🤣🤣🤣 That really tickled me. I haven't heard that in a while.
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What about just pouring salt on weeds, I know rock salt kills grass!!
Dandelions have some good health benefits. Medicinal. People have been told to call them weeds for so long ao they didn't know the benefits.
This works really well on my gravel driveway. Best to apply it on a sunny day but not so hot that it dries rapidly. I like to do it in the morning when temps are 80F or less and no rain forecast for 24 hrs.
I use this weedkiller mix all the time and I found that if I use a grass trimer prior to spraying the area I end up with a much better result. Great video!
Does it killer poison ivy?
@@johnjames535 To be honest, I’ve never tried it on poison ivy. I know I haven’t had any luck using it on English Ivy.
I tried it just now and its already working. The area is small and not a lot of weeds, but they're growing. The solution is already work in just an hour. Thank you.
I would cut the weeds down first, rake the area out, and then thoroughly saturate the whole area with the sprayer. This will insure that that the mixture gets down to the roots. I have used this recipe several times and it works good. The only difference is that I always add boiling water to mine and it works great! Thank you for a very informative video btw.
Why boiling water?
@@derekwilliams3093 To dissolve rhe salt first.
does it kill the grass though?
@@sandmansimms5704 It kills everything in its path. Except Crepe Myrtle, I guess!
@@feebee562 oh I'm looking for something that will leave the grass and kill the weeds and small trees trying to grow in 🤣
I think repeated applications over a few days would really do the trick. The key, is to ensure you have a good week ahead of dry sunny weather, to prevent rain from washing it off.
has to get to the roots I think
I used the same mixture but epsom salts, instead of table salt for years for the middle of my gravel drive that grows weeds. It worked fine.
better to use just salt... epsom salts is mostly magnesium and is in many fertilizers. Salt is cheaper too.
I use this every year around my end-of-the-road mailbox area for poison ivy and along the fence row. Same recipe except I dissolve salt in 1 cup of hot water before adding to vinegar. Overall coverage with mist spray is essential. Works for my purposes. Well made, informative video 👍🏼
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I was thinking as I watched that dissolving the salt first might be a better technique
Exactly what I was wondering. Any chance the vinegar would dissolve the salt?
@@otchsigua8223 does mix need to sit for a set time for salt ti dissolve or does it happen pretty quickly
@@otchsigua8223 Better than breathing Roundup
I used this mixture (w/epsom salt) around my sidewalk cracks and driveway, and within 2 hours,
it was browned out & dying. 5 days later, it appears that those areas were dead. Thanks for the info...PERFECT!
I live in Az and have had good results with this for the last 5yrs-I use Salt pellets vrs table salt & just throw a handful in. Also I use about double the dish soap -even works on cactus!!
I've used this recipe many time with success. When I do this, I get the weeds cut as low as possible by whacking them down with the weed whacker first. Then I spray heavily. More times than not, they never come back, and I treat as needed for the ones that do as soon as I see them starting to sprout.
Important note: wash out the sprayer immediately after use, the vinegar will destroy the pump rubbers if left for a time.
Oh no wonder.... Thank you😊
😩😩😩😩😩😩. Mine has been left out after each vinegar use.
Right learned this the hard way, also will rust part’s quickly.
GREAT. TIP. THANKS.
WISH. SOMEONE. WOULD. COME. UP. WITH. A. SEAL. WHERE. U. PULL. THE. PUMP. AS. THAT. AREA. WEARS. OUT. WHEN. U. PUMP. SO. AIR. ESCAPES. LATER. !!!
Not enough salt. Salt is the key! Instead of 1 cup per gallon you need to use the whole container per gallon. The vinegar needs to be super saturated with salt. The vinegar being a mild acid, acts to break down the waxy (protective) coating found on plants. The salt then draws out the water from the plant. Soap really does help the salt stick to the plant. This is also best applied on a really hot day. With this ratio of salt I guarantee you would have killed ALL of those weeds. If enough is applied and it gets into the root systems nothing will grow back for a very long time. On a hot day you can spray in the morning or noon and by night the plant will already be wilted and dead.
Thank you thank you thank you ❤❤❤
Yep. I think the salt kills better than the vinegar.
Will this kill grass as well and not just weeds?
I just sprayed my big weeds with this solution, and when i ran out of my 2 gallon mixture, i looked around at the weeds i sprayed and the leases are up turned and shriveling up! Thank you so much.
I’ve done this several times in the past and it works great 👍🏻
Is this permanent
@@ensyy_ no
I was formerly employed in the lawn care industry. I have tried the mixture you used and it is a pretty good herbicide to use, but it is not systemic and will only kill what it hits. I recommend a herbicide called Triclopyr for total weed control.
Thank you so much! I’m gonna use it on my flower bed 🤍
Is it a natural one?
@@faebalina7786 No it is not natural
I use it all the time. I use epsom salt with eucalyptus and mint (usually the one on sale because it is stinky). Works GREAT.
Hmmmm I've been told snakes spiders fleas and other critters hate peppermint. So if you've added a mint to your mixture you might be killing like 7 birds with 2 rocks haha
Thank you for making this video. I am a first time homeowner and this video gave me some great things to use
Perfect timing. Was gonna use an herbicide today but it said not to use if it was gonna rain in the next 24 hours, which it is so was looking for something not horribly toxic if it went into the sewer system.
I live down here in Australia Melbourne and I use bleach rock salt and fish washing liquid and after a few days every thing is yellow I boil the water for the rock salt to dissolve it and let it cool down works great 👍
Love this recipe, use 10% acidity vinegar and ensure good coverage, it will work fine to keeps weeds at bay on a driveway. It will not keep new weeds from forming, seeds blow in all the time - without destroying the soil nothing will stop new weeds so regular, maybe every 2 weeks will work. On really big established weeds, get right in at the base too - watch out with metal sprayers or other metal like fences - vinegar and salt is a great environment for rust - thanks for the video
Hey thanks a million, I sprayed the weeds around my flowerbed and my 11 car drive way. I tried this solution and about three hours later, it was very easy for me to remove the grass with a tool. The grass had turned past brown it was grey.
I've never heard of a 30 or even 40 percent vinegar. You save me f
Home Depot has 30% vinegar & epson salt also ,going to weed whack spray after mixing the epson salt in very hot water to desolate the salt
I would trim first then spray, I think this would work! Thanks for sharing ☺️
No sir - this kind of poison needs a hi leaf area to do the damage - it''s not a root poison.
I have seen less desirable results after trimming in comparison to spraying the full leaf.
I live in WNY they use huge quantities of salt on the ice and snow-covered roads. In the spring and summer, everything grows just fine. I have not noticed any ill effects on the foliage.
You need to trim first so the solution can get close to the root. It works for me. Try a higher concentrate vinegar (instead of 5%).
yeah, I used 30% vinegar, salt, and dawn soap last year, waited for a good warm day, and sprayed heavily near the center of the weed to try to get the solution to the roots...it worked quite well....I did have to reapply later in the season....we have dogs and can't use anything like round up or weed and feed in our yard, so I do have some stubborn weeds that I have been working on...FYI I was able to find 30% vinegar at Home Depot. 😁
Correct. Regular strength vinegar does not work.
@@brendaf3132 incorrect. It does work, just not as well as the stronger stuff.
But make SURE you buy and use only organic vinegar. The industrial vinegar has all sorts of deadly things in it since they spray it with anything while grown. It is used basically as a super strong deadly solvent. I would not use it in my yard! Beware of misleading labels, Natural vinegar is not organic vinegar. Buyers beware and be safe.
I tried it today and it worked so well. I was kinda doubtful at the beginning. 😂
I tried that on a few species of plants. The vinegar was 10%. The effect was rapid but it did not kill most of the plants , they cama back in a few weeks
Use 20% to 30% Acidity Vinegar works so much better. Regular 5% Acidity Vinegar works but not as affective as 30%. Lowes in my area sells the 30% variety.
Thank you. I may give that a try next time
If you use a higher acid level vinegar it is more effective. As I know you used Dollar G table salt, they also carry a 5% acidity vinegar which works great for this. I've used it my myself and it killed the plants in 2-3 days. There is also another recipe that is similar. 1 gal vinegar, 2 cups Epsom Salts, 1/4 dish soap. Mix Epsom Salts and vinegar in sprayer and let sit for 1 hour (for Salts to dissolve). Add soap, mix and you are ready to go.
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Ok if I pulled weeds today and cleaned my area all out can I spray this solution to keep weeds away?
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Pam Indiana
I tried this recipe a few years ago and it did work to "mute" the weeds, but they came back to life around 3 weeks later. So you have to do this and apply it every three weeks. It is better to dig or pull up weeds and put down black yard fabric or concrete. Those are the only things that stops earth from growing.
Cut the weed with a trimmer or shears then douse with the vinegar, salt and dish soap, then the circulation of the plant is opened up and it should take the dose down into the root. I tried this with some ivy. Looks dead so far. Once I'd destroyed the plant above ground, We've had a lot of rain and I've not seen it return. I did put a fair amount of salt in. I can't tell if it was the amount of salt or the vinegar! I also made a cup around a slit in the bark of some more using duct tape and filled that with salt. That one didn't like that either.
Boiling water or
boiling water and table salt poured on the weeds works very effectively.
In my experience it works much better if you pour the salt directly on the weeds. A LOT of salt. Then using a watering can moisten the area with vinegar. I tried your method and I had reapply often, several days in a row because the fine mist that comes out of the sprayer. The watering can allows the liquid to penetrate better. My way works with One application.
I'll have to give your tip a try. Thank you!
How does the salt stay attached to the weed? Doesn't it just fall off onto the ground?
@@hotcher2 yes. Salt the ground well.
I’m not concerned with getting the salt on the plant, if the ground is well salted and then moistened with vinegar you will get the best results. Best of luck!
@@hotcher2 mind you, nothing will ever grow there again. I used this method on my gravel driveway.
I used it and it worked. Lined the curb on street level/ the results were Awsome. There were little prices of grass starting to grow back/ it took care of that
I used the same formula last year on my dirt driveway at my cabin and The weeds came right back again.
They asked,”where’s the pepper”???
Me too.
This recipe really works and I’ve been using it for a year…
When you see plants or weeds flowering you're growing a new crop of weed seeds to sprout even next year. Especially dandelions. It's simple to take a small hand garden shovel press blade down about 9", loosen around the whole plant root, pop pry the whole root out. They will grow back if you don't remove the whole carrot like root. I do this a few times a year on larger sporadic weeds.. I don't have many anymore.
I have used this formula, soap and vinegar only, works well. Plants brown the next day!
I do this every summer, multiple times. It works for frequent reapplication is needed.
Very nice video I will try this on my driveway thanks.
Thanks for the video. My husband and I thought we were supposed to use a higher concentration of vinegar-like 45%. We’ve got super fast growing tumble weeds out here in the southwest and we need something to get those gone! Going to try the recipe today.
Use a 30% vinegar solution and it will work much better than the household vinegar. It costs more per gallon and is usually found in the pickles section of a grocery store. It will sure make a huge difference between weed killing with just regular vinegar and using it, instead.
So, a 4 hour kill instead of 5 hours.
where do you get a vinegar solution all I see in the stores is white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
@@koolkitties8552 Don't fall for that. Use any CHEAP vinegar from the grocery, find 1 gallon bottles. You can't make a bad recipe, and it's fun to see what works. Use any generic recipe and then hone it for yourself. Use this for applications like cracks in the driveway where you are only killing the chosen weed. It works great, it's completely safe for the environment. What's the fancy stuff gonna do, work 2 hours faster? : )
@@koolkitties8552 The "fancy stuff" isn't really fancy at all; it's a higher concentration of vinegar, and it does work better. I would just ignore Kevin.
@@koolkitties8552Another video about using vinegar for weed control: ua-cam.com/video/CZ2FArMJesA/v-deo.html
I used this on our driveway and it worked really well.....I did drench the weeds
No question that the stronger the vinegar the better it works. I bought 45% and cut it in half then later added water to it again, but I don't know the strength now but a lot stronger than kitchen vinegar and works as well as the farmer grade roundup I have been using but not worrying about my dog
I can't wait to try this, I just went through a whole gallon of Ortho concentrate and it did not do the job I thought it would, I'll be doing this in the next couple days and post my results thank you
I just got the 2-gallon sprayer from home depot, it was $16.97. thirty bucks is steep for what is essentially a bucket. we're really paying for the spray thing. I'm trying this for my mum's yard, because she bought some toxic stuff and now she can take it back.
I use Epsom Salt and it works good. Those plants and grass are longer than I have used it on. I apply more heavily the first time until the plants are completely wet. Sprayed in yard where I had a patch of weeds and the Bermuda grass did grow back after a few good rains. Don't use in vegetable garden though.
Would it work better if you use cider vinegar? Anyone tried it?
I use vinegar and salt to remove rust from tools just steeping them in it for over 24 hours and sometimes I use baking soda instead of salt. I wash them with a brush in the mix and then rinse them with my house and spray oil on them. I also put them a cloth spray and fold the cloth around them and spray the cloth with more oil and it protects greatly
I use this method and it works great for me. I mix shake and let it sit 5-10 mins.
I make sure the weeds are covered just like I do with Roundup or any other weed killers. Works great for me
I have had success with hot water and salt. I used it because salt truly kills tough weeds, and hot water shocks them into death. Great information, and I appreciate this video.
What is your salt to water mixture?
Yes please
Getting it sprayed on the leaf parts is key from my experience and catch them when they are young.
Thanks for sharing this! I've used this method with success it just takes patience. You're killing the leaves and ultimately have to wear the plant out. Also one of your other commenters said, a simple black plastic can work as well. Especially if you want to plant there afterwards.
Yep, good way to do it in spring is to put out a good dose of water on your planting bed then black plastic or tarp it. Weed seeds germinate but die without sun. Heats up to pasteurize I guess you could say.
@@paulanderson4985 just like in our compost bin. Just flat. Can't believe i never actually made that connection til you just said it. Brilliant!
It did t work for me
I've used clear 2 mill plastic and completely cover and it burns all to death in summer sun
@@inquisitvem6723 id make sure to use the expensive vinegar. Like i said it's a very slow process. If your ivy is well established and woody, then you might be better off gowning up and cutting or just poisoning. But remember the urishiol will essentially stay in the plant until the US lowers the national debt.
I had five woody weeds kept growing under my kitchen window last time I cut them down I remembered being told to mix rock salt in hot water, leave to dissolve then pour directly into the stem, I did this three times & no sign of regrowth
I use a similar mixture but do not use "table salt (NaCl - Sodium Chloride)." My solution is White Vinegar, Dawn Dish Soap (blue), and Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate).
It works very well. Been using it for a while
Thanks, I’ve been looking for this recipe. It will work well on stone walkways. 👍
I use cup of domestos and fill the rest of my 5 litre sprayer on my pebble dashed front walls and it removes the green moss that starts growing up from the bottom of the walls and keeps them clean. Washing up liquid added clings the domestos mix to the stones. I apply this about 4 times a year so I apply it each season
I have used this for maintenance the last three years and it is effective
You have a beautiful view! Thanks for the info. I’m gonna try it in the weeds that grow in the cracks in my driveway.
I've used this for years with great results. Altho, I use the 30% Pickling Vinegar found in the pickling/home canning aisle of the grocery store. For those taller weeds just stick your wand down among the weeds almost touching the ground and spray the entire stems and leaves of the weeds close to the ground before making a pass over the top of the weeds. You do need to thoroughly wet the weeds with the mixture. This does last for a long time but is not a permanent solution to your weed problem. It's also much cheaper than toxic weed killers. It will also kill your tough vining plants as well, i.e. poison ivy, etc. I've even used it on invasive Trumpet vine.
What's the permanent solution then
Thanks for making video. This will be perfect for my situation with grass in gravel. I just don't wanna use chemicals because of dog...
I found this stuff called green gobbler. It has a super strong vinegar in it. It works pretty well. It is basically like that formula you had shown but x10. It works well when it is the only thing you can spray without needing an applicators license in my state.
Interesting. I may look into that
An applicator's license? Please tell me what state you are talking about so I can put it on my do not try list. Land of the fee, home of the slave.
@@jimandskittum please consider that you may not want any crazy guy spraying dangerous chemicals around your premises, family or animals.many agricultural sprays are deadly,and require specific training. Look up how dangerous paraquat is...
@@bikerhighmiler8998 There is a big difference between vinegar and paraquat. I moved away from the rat race so I wouldn't have to worry about what my neighbors do in their yard.
@@bikerhighmiler8998 I looked paraquat up. It is only available to commercially licensed contractors. Having regulations against spraying weed killers that are sold in hardware stores is over the top.
I will thank you for this insight because I heard of all these ingredients be put together but I've never seen a video on it thank you for the input
This salt recipe would be great in my pool equipment area; all 1" river gravel, no plants (other than the weeds that are now impossible to control)
I tried it on the grass by the curb on the street THANK YOU
I use this formula all the time, it works best if the area get several hours of direct sunlight. It kills the leaves almost 100% but it doesn’t kill the root so most will come back. I use 1/2 gallon of vinegar to 1 1/2 gallon of water same amount of salt and dish soap and usually only need one treatment only occasionally treat a second time.
I try it today at my front yard.. Will keep you posted....thx
THIS ACTUALLY WORKS.
Part of my career has been as a professional landscaper and there are always some ridiculous
tricks that people talk about. This actually works. Use it for driveway cracks, stepping stones, etc. and do not use ON lawns for example, unless you want to allow the juice to spread to immediate areas. You may have to reapply still, but this stuff is safe for the environment obviously. Anything but poisons.
So what happens to the SAR (Salt Absorbtion) ratio in the soil, adding the salt over time is basically sterilizing the soil so that only a few salt tolerant weeds will be able to grow long term.
Goes into the water table and pollutes wells if used in large amounts. See Highways operations. deicing salt piles and community water supply fails.
This was a biblical ethnic cleansing technique used to destroy an enemy's cropland.
Pick your poison.
Can I plant anything at some point after applying this to an area next to my pool? Does it hurt the soil?
@@rachelg7371 I can explain it this way; This year, there are weeds growing healthily in the cracks in my driveway. So absolutely yes. That's the good thing about it. You aren't going out there and scorching the earth. When I was in landscaping, I used to offer the poison spray for a couple of bucks here and there. I won't use that stuff for any reason today, and would absolutely have a sprayer full of soap, vinegar, and water on my truck. We should control these things not devastate the land! So here's the solid answer, like using a chlorine product on clothes: Spray a test patch. You'll be happy, and best of luck!
Add 4 cups softener salt in sprayer civer with vinegar over night . Add equal part water/ vinegar and big squeeze of soap.
I tried this formula. Yes, it killed off the vegetation very temporarily though.
It doesn’t kill to the root, just the foliage. You should use it on a sunny day, too.
Vinegar works in the short term. But some of those weeds have hearty roots and they will bounce back, especially that grass. You'll be spraying again in about a month and the a month after that. Vinegar is a leafy killer. It does not get the root. The cost of the vinegar will add up if you have a large area. I tried a couple years ago and found glyphosate was a much better bang-for-buck solution and it's effect lasts much longer and nothing survives it, even those crete myrtle shoots.
You're also doing a hell of a lot of damage to the ecosystem with glyphosate.
@@manicjupiterflute not at all true. Glyphosate breaks down and leaves zero residue in the soil after 90 days. It's the best weed killer there is. 40+ years of research by government and non-government organizations all of the world proving how safe it is. But by all means, wear PPE and use responsibly.
@@manicjupiterflute define environment and explain how glyphosate, used properly, harms said environment. Hint: it doesn't.
We had a Crape Myrtle growing in the corner of our house & porch, cut it down, it started sprouting up the next year, then I dug it up but left some roots, started sprouting up the next year. I dug a big hole all the way around & cut the roots, threw them in the burn pile then mixed a box of Rock Salt & gallon of water stirred until the salt dissolved then pored the mixture in the hole & covered up with dirt, it’s been four years, no more sprouting
That's good to know. I've never known of how to get rid of crepe myrtle sprouts after cutting down the tree. They can be really annoying
@@lawncarelife I forgot to add; if Crape Myrtle roots aren’t killed, they’ll travel under ground & pop up in other parts of your yard, same as poison ivy & poison oak
Store bought vinegar is low percentage, Home Depot sells 30% vinegar witch worked well.
I've had success and failure using 30% vinegar. Good luck, I'm mixing more up today.
Spray when you have strong sunlight. That helps with the chemical mixture become more active.
Thanks for your all work and time .
I use rock salt. A good soaking to drastically change the ph. I never tried just vinegar which will also change the ph. But the Rick salt has a longer lasting effect. But do not use in flower or veggie gardens.
One thing that can further improve your results is getting more concentrated vinegar for example Harris 30% vinegar which is 6 times stronger than standard vinegar and apply it when plants will have max amount of sunlight to further improve results.
Thx good tip👍🏻🇿🇦
If you add a red die you can see exactly where the spray was put down..
I would mow or use a string trimmer BEFORE applying the spray as it will take less product to coat the weeds
Washing up liquid helps the liquid to cling to the leaves and roots good man
30 Percent acetic acid vinegar is all you need. You can plant vegetables or anything after that too, in about 1 day. But some weeds may take more than one application to eliminate.
Good way to AVOID chemicals.
Acetic acid is a chemical
What about crab grass. I know rock salt kills grass I wonder if I pour table salt on the weeds if they'd die
Thank you for this video. Can this remedy be used just along the regular fence line?
It needs to get down to the base of the weed so that it can get to the roots. Suggest cutting it first then applying it. It worked for me.
I’ve tried this recipe 5 times perhaps weeds in north east alabama are tougher than wherever this recipe was concocted from. I’d love to know a recipe that would actually work the first time
Get a few bags of water softener salt crystals and pour it on the weeds. Dissolve some of the salt in water and spray too. Pretty much nothing will grow there again for awhile.
I can attest the vinegar 100% works, but I used to have one of these small 1 gallon sprayers and I will tell you that you definitely will not get the saturation on the ground you need to kill any significant area. You'll be refilling a container that small about every 5 or 6 square yards. If you don't you'll brown some, leave a lot green and it'll only last you a couple of weeks maybe then there'll be new growth all over again. Doesn't matter the concentration of the vinegar if you don't get it wet enough on the greenery.
Thank you for this evaluation. Will this vinegar/salt application be harmful if I want to apply lawn grass seeds after the weeds are dead?
30% vinegar works on everything in the Pacific Northwest including dandelions and thistles but NOT including blackberry. 1 gallon 30% vinegar, 1/2 cup salt, hearty squeeze of dishwashing detergent. I use ONLY in graveled areas. 30% vinegar is in stores in my area only in Feb.-March, so I stock up.
Gorgeous view! Thanks for the info! new subscriber!
I don't use table vinegar, I use commercial cleaning vinegar, it's about 8-10% and in direct sun the weeds are dead and wilting within 10-15minutes.
I found cleaning vinegar @ 30% at HD, and it works great but smell is really strong
@@kjfree I personally love the smell but I dilute it myself to bring it down to about 20%.
@@crazycdn8327 Great idea to dilute especially if 15-20% works. I wish it would work on poison ivy, it just laughs at this mixture!
@@kjfree Yeah, poison ivy is like the cock roach of the plant world haha.
I have to try this, thanks for this information.
I would have loved to see you divide the spray area into two and apply the homemade weed killer in one half and a store bought chemical type in the other half. That would have given you (us) a better result as to how effective they are. Thanks for this.
I'm going to weed wack the weeds first then apply the the weed killer. Thanks for the help.
I use this recipe and it works for me. But watching the video you didn’t spray it close enough to the ground for it to get at the roots just the burning of the leaves will happen from the ingredients without really killing the weed itself. And I spray it slower you seem to go pretty quickly over the plants.