*This recipe has been around forever. When I was a teenager, (I'm 61) I worked as an assistant greenskeeper (think Caddyshack) at a large Golf Course in Iowa. This was the GO TOO recipe for weed killing in and around the outbuildings, driving range, parking lots and swimming pool areas. That was almost 50 years ago. (A gallon of vinegar cost .25 back then...By the way...The salt is really optional, and you don't need a full cup/per/gallon. 1/4 cup will do just fine, and it won't poison the ground. The hotter and drier the weather, the faster more effective it is, but it really needs a full 24 hours for complete effectiveness. If you have any harder than average to kill weeds, hitt'em with the 30% vinegar concentrate. We used that stuff to kill unwanted trees. Worked every time*
@@InnerLifePhotography*It's a defoliator. It kills everything it touches. If you spray it on the ground where seeds are planted, as soon as the seeds germinate, it will kill them. Don't use it anywhere you don't want bare ground*
I've used this formula a few times and it actually lasts one year and then I have to do it again next year. The key is to remove the entire root. I remove the weeds by hand and then pour this mix into the area to kill the roots and it holds up to one year.
That's a good habit to get into no matter what you're putting in there. Who knows what effects all those other chemicals might have on the sprayer parts.
I sprayed my front driveway and this is by far the Best weed killer. I do have to go back and spray every couple of months because more weeds pop up but it really works!
Brother I've been doing this for years. I make mine like this with your 2 gallon sprayer get 2 gal of vinegar, I do a whole box of salt an 3/4 blue dawn. That stuff will get rid of grass, weeds, bugs, fleas and ants! I use it inside as well. Works great an don't hurt the animals if they get into it.
@@Visionofcolor Hey sorry I'm just now seeing this. How often depends on what you're spraying fleas/bugs/grass or weeds? For fleas id say definitely one hard spray a week for bugs two good sprays a week and for weeds or grass one heavy coating will work but do it for 2 days straight. I'll keep an eye for this post. Please ask if you have any other questions I don't mind a bit sharing the cheaper ways that I've found to deal with life's pests especially here on our farm 🤣 God Bless you ALL and Godspeed! 🙏
I use this all the time. Works great, especially on hot days. Spray in the morning and hit the dead crispy stuff with the torch in the afternoon, and you e got yourself a nice little Saturday.
@@fargnbastage I’ve got the one that looks like a candy cane that you put a propane bottle for a camping stove on. Same one as the video, I think. Got it at Home Depot.
I use this all the time, a fantastic and inexpensive weed killer. I especially love it for weeds or grass in cracks of driveway, sidewalks or in the gutter. I’m now using it along backyard fence line…Thanks
30% will sterilize soil and nothing will grow for a while. I used dollar store cleaning vinegar, in between distilled and 30. I also substitute salt with borax also from dollar store.
Epsom salt is actually good for plants. It's great to sprinkle in flower beds because of a good dose of Magnesium. You can sprinkle Epsom salt on your lawn.
Thank you. My gardener keeps asking me if he can spray in my backyard and I keep telling him I have pets. So then he says roundup is better now… it’s all organic. Lol he never gives up.
We have “organic “Roundup in Canada bc all other chems are banned. Roundup is made with amonia 😂. If you read the label you laugh .Of course is garbage .
I tried this mixture several years ago, but gave up on it. It turned the weeds brown for a couple of weeks, but they came back again, and it seemed to me like they were even more resistant to the second spraying. That could have been my imagination, but they did continue to come back.
I have been using the same weed killing mixture for years, although when I mix it its without salt and I just use cheap dishsoap and about half the dishsoap amount as I use the vinegar and it works in a day or two to kill its target, plus a little tip is to heat up as you mix it. I use a pyrex glass measuring cup and a microwave, it blends together better( just warm it up a little) the soap only allows the vinegar to stick. The salt you use is what will damage areas so nothing will grow.
If you have just a few weeds coming up, you can just pour boiling water on them, right out of the tea kettle! It also takes care of seeds waiting to sprout.
HI I use this on weeds in my sidewalks and borders -but not in my lawn. If you put salt on your lawn nothing will grow not even grass. It is great for weeds and poison ivy on the edges of large backyards shouldering wooded areas and rock walls.
I’ve used just plain vinegar spray on weeds, it works temporarily. Temporarily is ok for an easy and natural weed control on patio, walkways, along house etc.
I use this solution often but I replace the salt with epsom salts. It works very well if you use it on SMALL weeds and grass when they just start to grow. Check often and spray again. If you keep doing it, it does work! I make sure that I use it on a sunny day, with no predictions of rain for a few days. It has saved me many, many hours of tedious weeding.
I mixed normal strength vinegar with salt and some dishwashing liquid. I spayed a mixture of weeds. By the next day most weeds looked dead but the weed grasses were still fairly green. I'll check them tomorrow. Compared with normal weed killer, I would say this is superior. Boiling water sounds an expensive alternative if you have a lot of weeds. I have now bought double strength vinegar and will try that next.
Hello 🤗 thank you Jesus for another great and wonderful day 🤎💝 Genesis 1:11 and God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit of the tree yielding fruit after it's kind.
ROUNDUP is Glyphosate fella. What is the best weed killer that does not heart the grass. What do you do when you have round weeds that have yellow flowers from the center of the plant. They are really right among the good grass. How do I prevent killing the good grass ?? Thanks
Grasses in my gravel parking area: Every Spring, I've put about 100 pounds of water-softener salt on the area. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Even dirty motor thinned with pain thinner, won't kill the weeds. Gloves? Be a He-Man. No gloves (LOL) I've scattered water softener salt on my gravel for the rain to dissolve it so the roots can absorb the salt. This seldom works. I wouldn't wear a black shirt on a hot sunny day. Wear white to reflect sunlight.
It doesn't work bcuz the roots aren't dying. Especially with deep rooted plants like Bermuda Grass, & tap rooted weeds & prairie grasses. Plus, the rocks in the drive retain moisture underground, and also keep the soil temps cool, which is what keeps the deep roots alive. If you really want to kill deep roots without poison, you'll need to try something like this: ▪︎Scrape those stones off the area, far enough away so the roots won't travel underground to find their cooling effect once again. (Like - REALLY FAR!) ▪︎After the ground has dried up for quite a long time - it might take months of hot, dry, Summer weather, bcuz it needs to dry out deep under there - THEN: ▪︎Apply the vinegar solution to the top growth. This will kill the stuff showing on top. ▪︎ Only when the ground is dry, Cover the area with a clear plastic so the sun will heat the ground even hotter, which will hopefully kill the roots. This plastic procedure could take a couple of weeks or even longer, all depending on the weather. Plus, if it's in the shade, it just won't get hot enough to heat the ground. ▪︎ Shade: In which case you'll need to all the above except change over to a dark black plastic to cover the area. This will basically just make the grass, and roots, move over to any area that gets light. Leave it there for A VERY LONG TIME, as in 6 months to a year. ▪︎Don't opt for cardboard covered by compost or soil instead of dark plastic. Grass LOVES to grow in cardboard! Cardboard absorbs and holds moisture, giving an excellent place for grass to root & grow in, even in the dark. It will simply send out runners to find the light as it keeps the roots back over in the cardboard. Bcuz that's what grass does. It's a beast. Maybe the ULTIMATE plant! I imagine there aren't many Americans willing to spend this much time & patience on killing grass in a driveway. But who knows? Maybe I'm wrong! (I can only hope...)
We usually just use straight 100% white vinegar to kill weeds, with a pump sprayer, but I need to kill a rogue wisteria plant that went wild years ago, and guess what? Its still ALIVE 😲 So deep in the ground I'm going to pour, liberally, your recipe, and wait a few days before I plant a new tree where the wisteria was. Hope it helps. I don't like using chemicals.
it s a very old recipe and not alloud in the Netherlands because of the vinager that makes the soil sour and harms the other plants, so now we only use salt and water, the best is to try pull out the weeds with the roots then it takes longer to come back
@@green-sc2wg yes i am also not sure if it is alloud but a lot of people use it, i try to pull out the weed with the roots that s the best way, we also use sort of cloth under the ground to stop growing the weed but it still grows thru the cloth after a few years
Vinegar mixed with salt creates an acid, soap will allow mixture to ‘adhere’ to the foliage, the solution will negate once it hits dirt, will not kill root. Kills faster in hot weather because the weed / plant to absorbing faster in hot weather, as the root system is still undamaged the weed will return, just means you need to apply on a regular basis. 👍🇦🇺👍
Hello, thank you for the excellent idea. I am struggling with my grass. I just moved to this house and the grass has been absolutely abandoned so we have more weed than grass😢 I have 2 pets and kids.What do you think should I spray almost every where. It would kill the few grass I have right?
The action of the Dish washing liquid( I doubt there is any actual Soap in it nowadays) is that it breaks the surface tension of water...so in a sense it is making the Water Wetter from Aus
Thanks for the advice. I need to spray a large area that has been planted out with sapling trees. I want to thin the grass around them. Would this mixture effect the trees?
The only way to get rid of weeds is to pull them out by the roots. Roundup and this mix will only kill the tops for about 2-3 weeks. After that, weeds will come back from the roots.
It may work but the following year I got even more grass. I think the higher PH in the dirt just added the nutrients it needed to grow. Being this is acidic it adds to the PH levels.
it worked like a charm for me less than 10 dollars! it was a win! i am outside alot and i have people in the Neighborhood comment i have the nicest yard!
I see in other comments that this kills ants and then the roots stay and the grass grows back anyway. I'm wondering: if we want to just get rid of invasive grass but not harm earthworms, ladybugs, etc. is the only solution to just pull out or digup the grass by hand?
I'm a novice at this but, I tried it, using 10% vinegar. I had some grass/weeds that were quite long and tightly together. The places where it was tightly together, I pushed by spray nozzle into the center, but some I could not reach. Some of the weeds (don't know names) were not effected. Some of the grass was not effected. But, by the next day, I saw sharp results from the effected ones. A week later, the uneffected grass was still tall and green. I'm going to weed wack the areas down and re-apply.
UPDATE: I redid my grass/weeds this morning at sunup. I used 30% Vinegar, salt, dish soap. by this afternoon (2pm), the weeds and grass was all brown. Every area I had sprayed. Granted, I may have overdone the amount I sprayed, but it worked. I ended up using about 3/4 of the solution over a calculated 20-25 sq feet. This was after I weed wacked the area down to nubbins.
Cool idea... or try skipping the vinegar altogether in this recipe and use water with salt and soap. I'm going to try using Hypochlorous acid and compare that to other methods.
It doesnt kill the root but🎉 is a great temporary with combo of hand weeding and rake digging. Salt will leave soil unhabital to microbes and future plant growth so be mindful of this
Thank you great video also I just wanted to say I have used cleaning vinegar from the Dollar tree and the spa soap that has the really strong lemon lime hand soap mixed with sea salt or salt and that works fantastic. Thank you so much for the video though I've got to go kill weeds I know that boiling water will kill weeds I would suggest to put a small fire pit outside or a pot on your grill ... heat your boiling water so you not carrying it too far and you won't be harmed. I killed grass and weeds with the mixture above I was talking about I have not used the boiling water 💦. However I do have some thistle that came from the farm across the street and I'm thinking of using the boiling water technique on the thistle AKA cow grass. Anyway happy gardening thank you so much I really appreciate it in your grass is gorgeous.
Just what I was looking for and yes, I’m going to try it. I had heard about it a few years ago that it really worked but now I’m going to see for myself.
I have used this and it does burn some weeds, however most of them come back up from the roots. With some plants like Hemlock it doesn't do anything. I sprayed some of this stuff thickly on some hemlock plants and it didn't even make them wilt.
Try boiling hot water. Buy a big thrrmos with a pour spout, fill it with boiling hot water and the start hunting the weeds. The water basically blanches the green top layer off as the hot water then follows the stem down towards the root and cooks it. Repeat as needed.
I had heard that vinegar was a good weed killer, so I got some and tried it, and the first time, it worked great! But it never worked after that. So I'm thinking now that the first time there must have been a little salt already on the ground, like road salt or something, which wasn't there the second time. So anyhow, we have plenty of salt, and I've just added the vinegar to my shopping cart at You-Know-Where!
I have weeds around some freshly planted palm trees, will this affect the palms? the plan is to obviously not spray the palms just the beds around them.
Definitely trying this and not too long from now. I will just wait for some hotter days and here in S.W. Missouri, there will be many hotter days coming our way!
I have used this formulation a number of times. It does quickly burn off the surface growth. Sadly, it doesn't harm the root systems, so it all will grow back very quickly. Repeated applications do change the soil, particularly adding the salt. That's fine for gravel areas, no so good if there are other plants. RoundUp is superior as it kills the roots. I know this is an unpopular thing to say but reality is reality. Pulling weeds, not breaking off the tops, is the only green way to remove weeds. All the lazy solutions have issues.
Tried the mirimichi green stuff for a fall reno. The weeds and grass comes back unless its young plants. It doesnt kill to the roots. And that first gen gci blueheat aint doing your yard justice.
My understanding is it won’t kill the tree but if there’s suckers coming up and you spray them with glosphate it will stress and could possibly kill the tree , have been trying to get my bosses to spray this instead just because of the cost but they seem to think it doesn’t kill the root just browns the weed up
The dish soap, any kind really, the brand does NOT matter (no, really) not only helps the substrate adhere to the plant structures above the soil, but it helps to break the surface tension in the soil and for some of the liquid spray to penetrate below to the roots. You get extra insurance on the use of your time if you allow some of the mixture to penetrate into the soil. Even so, and just like insecticidal soaps and pesticide chemicals against aphids, you MUST return again for at least one more application in about five or six days...no more! In the case of the aphids, you now are killing any tiny hatchlings that were protected by egg cases last time you sprayed, but in the case of unwanted grasses and weeds, the first application is probably not enough to kill the roots entirely, especially if the soil were subsequently drenched by rain or your own watering. You need to return in a few days, say a week at most, and this time drench the soil right at the base of the original, but now almost dead, weed and grass.
So my experience with using this mixture has been good except I thought the weeds/grass came back much faster than if I used an actual weed killer. Maybe I didn't spray it heavy enough or when it was hot enough
Can you use any other washing up liquid because in uk we don’t have the brand Dawn . So is there something else that will replace the dawn washing up liquid. Thanks
Help HELP😬…this is my 4th year fighting ?spotted spurge? In my lawn…it just keeps spreading. Treated 4 times this year. Each time 2 wks apart as directed. Two dif. Products. Yes Dicamba is in each. But help not killing it😩Do U know how to get rid of it? On a good note I got rid of morning glory and dandelions🤞🏻
Thoughts on this if it would be able to kill off cordata plant? Previous home owners planted that and it keeps popping back up even after pulling out tons of it with the roots.
I have a big problem with weeds in my garden in my patio and in my grass I have very bad grass like long with white roots like straw I was told it is like crose grass the lawn full of weeds what is best to kill my dandelion weeds I do have alot
Question: I have a neighbor that lets their yard go wild and the little parachutes with seeds attached to them, blow over to my yard...could I spray this sooner (after most of the seeds have blown off) as a preventative to possibly hinder the seeds from staking their claim after the rainy season?
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*This recipe has been around forever. When I was a teenager, (I'm 61) I worked as an assistant greenskeeper (think Caddyshack) at a large Golf Course in Iowa. This was the GO TOO recipe for weed killing in and around the outbuildings, driving range, parking lots and swimming pool areas. That was almost 50 years ago. (A gallon of vinegar cost .25 back then...By the way...The salt is really optional, and you don't need a full cup/per/gallon. 1/4 cup will do just fine, and it won't poison the ground. The hotter and drier the weather, the faster more effective it is, but it really needs a full 24 hours for complete effectiveness. If you have any harder than average to kill weeds, hitt'em with the 30% vinegar concentrate. We used that stuff to kill unwanted trees. Worked every time*
and how do you kill the tree?
@@virtual1956 *Are you playing Devil's Advocate, looking for an argument or are you really that stupid?*
What was the application to kill the tree? Did you just poor the gallon at the base?
What if we already sowed the vegetable and fruits seeds.? Would it effect the seeds
@@InnerLifePhotography*It's a defoliator. It kills everything it touches. If you spray it on the ground where seeds are planted, as soon as the seeds germinate, it will kill them. Don't use it anywhere you don't want bare ground*
I've used this formula a few times and it actually lasts one year and then I have to do it again next year. The key is to remove the entire root. I remove the weeds by hand and then pour this mix into the area to kill the roots and it holds up to one year.
I came to the comments to ask if this a temperary solutions. Thanks for your comment.
Same
I did it in my front yard and now I am being sued by my HOA and city hall.
@@Omar_Zazzle wait... WHAT??!! What is the grounds for the suit?
@@Omar_Zazzle Do you live up at Lake Tahoe or some other ridiculous tree hugging community that believes that all plant growth is protected?
Don’t forget to thoroughly wash the sprayer and spray clean water through the nozzle,
Vinegar will corrode all metal parts if left in the sprayer
That's a good habit to get into no matter what you're putting in there. Who knows what effects all those other chemicals might have on the sprayer parts.
I sprayed my front driveway and this is by far the Best weed killer.
I do have to go back and spray every couple of months because more weeds pop up but it really works!
Brother I've been doing this for years. I make mine like this with your 2 gallon sprayer get 2 gal of vinegar, I do a whole box of salt an 3/4 blue dawn. That stuff will get rid of grass, weeds, bugs, fleas and ants! I use it inside as well. Works great an don't hurt the animals if they get into it.
Thanks for sharing.How often do you spray?
@@Visionofcolor Hey sorry I'm just now seeing this. How often depends on what you're spraying fleas/bugs/grass or weeds? For fleas id say definitely one hard spray a week for bugs two good sprays a week and for weeds or grass one heavy coating will work but do it for 2 days straight. I'll keep an eye for this post. Please ask if you have any other questions I don't mind a bit sharing the cheaper ways that I've found to deal with life's pests especially here on our farm 🤣 God Bless you ALL and Godspeed! 🙏
What a solution of my weed problem,thank u so so very much
I use this all the time. Works great, especially on hot days. Spray in the morning and hit the dead crispy stuff with the torch in the afternoon, and you e got yourself a nice little Saturday.
Pretty nice little Saturday!
Umm why not just use the torch to begin with?
@@hongsitu3429 takes a lot more fuel to burn up a wet growing plant than a dried up one. But sure you can do that. Sometimes that’s exactly what I do.
@@BenNawrath what torch do you use?
@@fargnbastage I’ve got the one that looks like a candy cane that you put a propane bottle for a camping stove on. Same one as the video, I think. Got it at Home Depot.
I tried this vinegar add some salt and dish soap and it worked ,with in a week and a half all the weeds were back again so it does not kill the roots!
Sounds pretty much like my results as well.
Same!
You have to get rid of the roots by hand once it’s dry
@@DrStuden7So why not just dig them all up by hand to begin with,, instead of wasting home products.
@@lauralei6963 easier to pull when dead
I use this all the time, a fantastic and inexpensive weed killer. I especially love it for weeds or grass in cracks of driveway, sidewalks or in the gutter. I’m now using it along backyard fence line…Thanks
30% vinegar works even better. Only need a little bit of it. And epson salt works even better than table salt. Sticks better to the plant.
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Yeah, it works great! 5% is not very aggressive
I thought epsom salt was actually a good fert for the lawn. Magnesium or something like that in it.
30% will sterilize soil and nothing will grow for a while. I used dollar store cleaning vinegar, in between distilled and 30. I also substitute salt with borax also from dollar store.
Epsom salt is actually good for plants. It's great to sprinkle in flower beds because of a good dose of Magnesium. You can sprinkle Epsom salt on your lawn.
This is the mix I use around my garden planters. Works great and no glyphosate in my veggies
I am DEFINITELY going to try this and you were excellent giving us all that awesome information. Take care!
Thank you. My gardener keeps asking me if he can spray in my backyard and I keep telling him I have pets. So then he says roundup is better now… it’s all organic. Lol he never gives up.
Fire that guy.
We have “organic “Roundup in Canada bc all other chems are banned. Roundup is made with amonia 😂. If you read the label you laugh .Of course is garbage .
I tried this mixture several years ago, but gave up on it. It turned the weeds brown for a couple of weeks, but they came back again, and it seemed to me like they were even more resistant to the second spraying. That could have been my imagination, but they did continue to come back.
News Flash! They will come back even if you use the store bought stuff like Roundup.
@@86GT11 but not that quickly. It implies the weed might have 'browned off' but not been killed
Use on a sunny, hot day and it works a little better and faster. I also read that epsom salts works better.
I have been using the same weed killing mixture for years, although when I mix it its without salt and I just use cheap dishsoap and about half the dishsoap amount as I use the vinegar and it works in a day or two to kill its target, plus a little tip is to heat up as you mix it. I use a pyrex glass measuring cup and a microwave, it blends together better( just warm it up a little) the soap only allows the vinegar to stick. The salt you use is what will damage areas so nothing will grow.
If you have just a few weeds coming up, you can just pour boiling water on them, right out of the tea kettle! It also takes care of seeds waiting to sprout.
How long does it keep the weeds away? Also will it killer the grass too?
@@MajesticBred Yes that will kill your grass
SE Michigan use 30% vinegar mixture on trimmed weeds and unwanted grass works every-time
😂😂 I'm here for his sense of humor 😅 too!
That is my go to weed killer solution, I've also given this recipe to a few neighbors, it works great!! Thanks for sharing!! 👍
Vinegar can etch concrete if used undiluted or left on for too long. Vinegar is acidic and can attack concrete, which is mostly calcium carbonate.
Remember you can long term damage to the soil from ever growing anything again with salt an make the acidic level to high for normal plant growth
It works but better if you dont apply on a day where rain is expected. The sun will fry the weeds so more sun the better
Does it work on just the foots if I have already pulled out the weeds?
HI I use this on weeds in my sidewalks and borders -but not in my lawn. If you put salt on your lawn nothing will grow not even grass. It is great for weeds and poison ivy on the edges of large backyards shouldering wooded areas and rock walls.
I’ve used just plain vinegar spray on weeds, it works temporarily. Temporarily is ok for an easy and natural weed control on patio, walkways, along house etc.
I pull the weeds out by the root and for those stubborn roots I spray Vinegar, Salt, detergent. mix directly on stubborn roots.
I use this solution often but I replace the salt with epsom salts. It works very well if you use it on SMALL weeds and grass when they just start to grow. Check often and spray again. If you keep doing it, it does work! I make sure that I use it on a sunny day, with no predictions of rain for a few days. It has saved me many, many hours of tedious weeding.
I mixed normal strength vinegar with salt and some dishwashing liquid. I spayed a mixture of weeds. By the next day most weeds looked dead but the weed grasses were still fairly green. I'll check them tomorrow. Compared with normal weed killer, I would say this is superior. Boiling water sounds an expensive alternative if you have a lot of weeds. I have now bought double strength vinegar and will try that next.
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You've killed the foliage but not the root so kind of a waste of time and energy
Hello 🤗 thank you Jesus for another great and wonderful day 🤎💝
Genesis 1:11 and God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit of the tree yielding fruit after it's kind.
ROUNDUP is Glyphosate fella. What is the best weed killer that does not heart the grass.
What do you do when you have round weeds that have yellow flowers from the center of the plant. They are really right among the good grass. How do I prevent killing the good grass ?? Thanks
Grasses in my gravel parking area: Every Spring, I've put about 100 pounds of water-softener salt on the area. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Even dirty motor thinned with pain thinner, won't kill the weeds.
Gloves? Be a He-Man. No gloves (LOL) I've scattered water softener salt on my gravel for the rain to dissolve it so the roots can absorb the salt. This seldom works.
I wouldn't wear a black shirt on a hot sunny day. Wear white to reflect sunlight.
It doesn't work bcuz the roots aren't dying.
Especially with deep rooted plants like Bermuda Grass, & tap rooted weeds & prairie grasses.
Plus, the rocks in the drive retain moisture underground, and also keep the soil temps cool, which is what keeps the deep roots alive.
If you really want to kill deep roots without poison, you'll need to try something like this:
▪︎Scrape those stones off the area, far enough away so the roots won't travel underground to find their cooling effect once again.
(Like - REALLY FAR!)
▪︎After the ground has dried up for quite a long time - it might take months of hot, dry, Summer weather, bcuz it needs to dry out deep under there -
THEN:
▪︎Apply the vinegar solution to the top growth.
This will kill the stuff showing on top.
▪︎ Only when the ground is dry, Cover the area with a clear plastic so the sun will heat the ground even hotter, which will hopefully kill the roots.
This plastic procedure could take a couple of weeks or even longer, all depending on the weather.
Plus, if it's in the shade, it just won't get hot enough to heat the ground.
▪︎ Shade:
In which case you'll need to all the above except change over to a dark black plastic to cover the area.
This will basically just make the grass, and roots, move over to any area that gets light.
Leave it there for A VERY LONG TIME, as in 6 months to a year.
▪︎Don't opt for cardboard covered by compost or soil instead of dark plastic.
Grass LOVES to grow in cardboard!
Cardboard absorbs and holds moisture, giving an excellent place for grass to root & grow in, even in the dark.
It will simply send out runners to find the light as it keeps the roots back over in the cardboard.
Bcuz that's what grass does.
It's a beast.
Maybe the ULTIMATE plant!
I imagine there aren't many Americans willing to spend this much time & patience on killing grass in a driveway.
But who knows?
Maybe I'm wrong!
(I can only hope...)
Fun video and I like this combination. Mix the salt and vinegar together to completion before pouring the dish soap in.
Yep and avoid suds
This is probably a dumb question but what do you do after the grass and what not is dead? Still yank it out? Let it go?
I have used the vinegar with Epsom salt with good results
We usually just use straight 100% white vinegar to kill weeds, with a pump sprayer, but I need to kill a rogue wisteria plant that went wild years ago, and guess what? Its still ALIVE 😲 So deep in the ground I'm going to pour, liberally, your recipe, and wait a few days before I plant a new tree where the wisteria was. Hope it helps. I don't like using chemicals.
I have read on gardening sites that the use of vinegar and or salt on weeds will prevent growth of other plants on that site.
It's not just about kids and pets, my husband got non hodgekins lymphoma from weed killer.
prayer LORD pls bless @Kimkreative husband to get better in Jesus name amen
But this is a natural weed killer or are you insinuating this can also cause cancer?
Glyphosate also is known to cause leukemia….
@@albertkikstra ROUNDUP.
@@melissaGomez3657 ROUNDUP CAUSS CANCER.
Thanks for something safe will be using it...i pull weeds. Scratch that round up off your bottle. Thanks very effective by your demo.
@@yvonnehall544 “safe” and is completely harmless, no ? Please use PPE especially if you are buying vinegar that is not food grade
it s a very old recipe and not alloud in the Netherlands because of the vinager that makes the soil sour and harms the other plants, so now we only use salt and water, the best is to try pull out the weeds with the roots then it takes longer to come back
@@deesje153 im supper surprised that using salt is still allowed. Salts build up in the soil . That also damages soil health .
@@green-sc2wg yes i am also not sure if it is alloud but a lot of people use it, i try to pull out the weed with the roots that s the best way, we also use sort of cloth under the ground to stop growing the weed but it still grows thru the cloth after a few years
Vinegar mixed with salt creates an acid, soap will allow mixture to ‘adhere’ to the foliage, the solution will negate once it hits dirt, will not kill root. Kills faster in hot weather because the weed / plant to absorbing faster in hot weather, as the root system is still undamaged the weed will return, just means you need to apply on a regular basis. 👍🇦🇺👍
Hello, thank you for the excellent idea. I am struggling with my grass. I just moved to this house and the grass has been absolutely abandoned so we have more weed than grass😢
I have 2 pets and kids.What do you think should I spray almost every where. It would kill the few grass I have right?
its more effective if you use 30% strength vinegar.
The action of the Dish washing liquid( I doubt there is any actual Soap in it nowadays) is that it breaks the surface tension of water...so in a sense it is making the Water Wetter
from Aus
@@altaylor3988 yeah….
Salt will harm soil for long term As for basic 5 % vinegar usually to week recommendations is minimal 20 % vinegar cup of salt table spoon dish soap
Thanks for the advice. I need to spray a large area that has been planted out with sapling trees. I want to thin the grass around them. Would this mixture effect the trees?
@@kenkenny4238 leave out the salt it will harm your trees an soil
Natural weed killer
1 gallon distill white vinega
1 cup salt
1/2 tablespoon dish washing liquid
A great and cheap solution , Ive used this too works pretty well
Will try this week. Patio (brick) and driveway. Thanks!
You can moisten the leaves and sprinkle baking soda on as well.
This guy moonlights as a comedian! Funny guy!
So you are saying it doesn’t lead to heart problems after repeated shots?
The only way to get rid of weeds is to pull them out by the roots. Roundup and this mix will only kill the tops for about 2-3 weeks. After that, weeds will come back from the roots.
I have used this method several times and works
It may work but the following year I got even more grass. I think the higher PH in the dirt just added the nutrients it needed to grow. Being this is acidic it adds to the PH levels.
it worked like a charm for me less than 10 dollars! it was a win! i am outside alot and i have people in the Neighborhood comment i have the nicest yard!
Reminds me, I gotta go take care of my crack.
Thanks.
I don't think using it in the shower will do much for your crack 😜
I see in other comments that this kills ants and then the roots stay and the grass grows back anyway. I'm wondering: if we want to just get rid of invasive grass but not harm earthworms, ladybugs, etc. is the only solution to just pull out or digup the grass by hand?
I'm a novice at this but, I tried it, using 10% vinegar. I had some grass/weeds that were quite long and tightly together. The places where it was tightly together, I pushed by spray nozzle into the center, but some I could not reach. Some of the weeds (don't know names) were not effected. Some of the grass was not effected. But, by the next day, I saw sharp results from the effected ones. A week later, the uneffected grass was still tall and green. I'm going to weed wack the areas down and re-apply.
UPDATE: I redid my grass/weeds this morning at sunup. I used 30% Vinegar, salt, dish soap. by this afternoon (2pm), the weeds and grass was all brown. Every area I had sprayed. Granted, I may have overdone the amount I sprayed, but it worked. I ended up using about 3/4 of the solution over a calculated 20-25 sq feet. This was after I weed wacked the area down to nubbins.
Thank you. I like the idea of the plastic to control the spray. it looks like you edged it.
how does this do with blackberry plants?
Definitely going to try this to make a barrier around my raised garden.
I've used just salt and dish liquid, and it's worked just fine.
Will be using this in the rock bed by A/C unit.😎
My husband and I laughing at the "That's what she said", part. LoL.
@@azucenag87 love it!
Cool idea... or try skipping the vinegar altogether in this recipe and use water with salt and soap.
I'm going to try using Hypochlorous acid and compare that to other methods.
It doesnt kill the root but🎉 is a great temporary with combo of hand weeding and rake digging. Salt will leave soil unhabital to microbes and future plant growth so be mindful of this
Thank you great video also I just wanted to say I have used cleaning vinegar from the Dollar tree and the spa soap that has the really strong lemon lime hand soap mixed with sea salt or salt and that works fantastic. Thank you so much for the video though I've got to go kill weeds I know that boiling water will kill weeds I would suggest to put a small fire pit outside or a pot on your grill ... heat your boiling water so you not carrying it too far and you won't be harmed.
I killed grass and weeds with the mixture above I was talking about I have not used the boiling water 💦. However I do have some thistle that came from the farm across the street and I'm thinking of using the boiling water technique on the thistle AKA cow grass. Anyway happy gardening thank you so much I really appreciate it in your grass is gorgeous.
So, do you pull the dead weeds or just mulch over them?
Just what I was looking for and yes, I’m going to try it. I had heard about it a few years ago that it really worked but now I’m going to see for myself.
I'm gonna try this for my back yard Reno
I definitely notice how heat and sun speeds up weed killers. If it's really hot the vegetation will be brown in days.
I have used this and it does burn some weeds, however most of them come back up from the roots. With some plants like Hemlock it doesn't do anything. I sprayed some of this stuff thickly on some hemlock plants and it didn't even make them wilt.
Love this as I have a dog, but if it accidentally gets on the grass or garden won’t it ruin the soil permanently (because of the salt)?
Try boiling hot water. Buy a big thrrmos with a pour spout, fill it with boiling hot water and the start hunting the weeds. The water basically blanches the green top layer off as the hot water then follows the stem down towards the root and cooks it. Repeat as needed.
I had heard that vinegar was a good weed killer, so I got some and tried it, and the first time, it worked great! But it never worked after that. So I'm thinking now that the first time there must have been a little salt already on the ground, like road salt or something, which wasn't there the second time. So anyhow, we have plenty of salt, and I've just added the vinegar to my shopping cart at You-Know-Where!
Do you think it will kill my trees? How far should I spray
plan on trying it
I have weeds around some freshly planted palm trees, will this affect the palms? the plan is to obviously not spray the palms just the beds around them.
‘That’s what she said h’ haaaa ha ha ha. Thanks for making these videos more entertaining! 6:21
Will this harm garden beds where I want to grow vegetables after killing & cleaning the now dead weeds?
Definitely trying this and not too long from now. I will just wait for some hotter days and here in S.W. Missouri, there will be many hotter days coming our way!
Just a thought what if you Frankenstein the ratio 1 gallon of vinegar 2 cups of salt same squirt of soap?
I’m sure it would work. Give it a try and let me know
Can I spray the mulch around my trees with this mix and not hurt my trees
I am trying this tomorrow!
Boiled water on a hot day worked beautifully for me also.
I have used this formulation a number of times. It does quickly burn off the surface growth. Sadly, it doesn't harm the root systems, so it all will grow back very quickly. Repeated applications do change the soil, particularly adding the salt. That's fine for gravel areas, no so good if there are other plants. RoundUp is superior as it kills the roots. I know this is an unpopular thing to say but reality is reality. Pulling weeds, not breaking off the tops, is the only green way to remove weeds. All the lazy solutions have issues.
Adding salt to the soil "deadens" it. Nothing will grow for years where salt has been added.
Will this hurt mature trees? Like if I spray this on the overgrown grass and weeds right at the base of a large mature tree?
Tried the mirimichi green stuff for a fall reno. The weeds and grass comes back unless its young plants. It doesnt kill to the roots. And that first gen gci blueheat aint doing your yard justice.
I'm def going use this concoction. Thanks! I have a glyspate question for you. Does glyspate kill surface tree roots that are on the lawn?
My understanding is it won’t kill the tree but if there’s suckers coming up and you spray them with glosphate it will stress and could possibly kill the tree , have been trying to get my bosses to spray this instead just because of the cost but they seem to think it doesn’t kill the root just browns the weed up
How soon after can you plant grass seed where the weeds were?
The dish soap, any kind really, the brand does NOT matter (no, really) not only helps the substrate adhere to the plant structures above the soil, but it helps to break the surface tension in the soil and for some of the liquid spray to penetrate below to the roots. You get extra insurance on the use of your time if you allow some of the mixture to penetrate into the soil. Even so, and just like insecticidal soaps and pesticide chemicals against aphids, you MUST return again for at least one more application in about five or six days...no more! In the case of the aphids, you now are killing any tiny hatchlings that were protected by egg cases last time you sprayed, but in the case of unwanted grasses and weeds, the first application is probably not enough to kill the roots entirely, especially if the soil were subsequently drenched by rain or your own watering. You need to return in a few days, say a week at most, and this time drench the soil right at the base of the original, but now almost dead, weed and grass.
I have been doing this for a couple of years. After the weeds are dead, I have the hardest time pulling the weeds out. Any suggestions? 🤔
After pulling out, spray regularly to prevent any more growth
So my experience with using this mixture has been good except I thought the weeds/grass came back much faster than if I used an actual weed killer. Maybe I didn't spray it heavy enough or when it was hot enough
Does it have to be distilled white vinegar or regular white vinegar OK??
2:55 was that the pookweed from elvis?Did thatvinegar also help for that?
Is there any danger of the salt rusting the metal mechanism in the sprayer?
Fire stick works great for this job as well
Can you use any other washing up liquid because in uk we don’t have the brand Dawn . So is there something else that will replace the dawn washing up liquid. Thanks
Help HELP😬…this is my 4th year fighting ?spotted spurge? In my lawn…it just keeps spreading. Treated 4 times this year. Each time 2 wks apart as directed. Two dif. Products. Yes Dicamba is in each. But help not killing it😩Do U know how to get rid of it? On a good note I got rid of morning glory and dandelions🤞🏻
Thoughts on this if it would be able to kill off cordata plant? Previous home owners planted that and it keeps popping back up even after pulling out tons of it with the roots.
I have a big problem with weeds in my garden in my patio and in my grass I have very bad grass like long with white roots like straw I was told it is like crose grass the lawn full of weeds what is best to kill my dandelion weeds I do have alot
Question: I have a neighbor that lets their yard go wild and the little parachutes with seeds attached to them, blow over to my yard...could I spray this sooner (after most of the seeds have blown off) as a preventative to possibly hinder the seeds from staking their claim after the rainy season?
Try it and lets us all know how it works please !!!
Thanks definitely trying this!