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historian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:35 PM Original message |
vinegar weed killers |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've used 20% vinegar for several years.... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So 20% vinegar and 80% H20 or something else? |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. The kind I buy comes ready to use |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Where do you purchase 20% vinegar? |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. At a local nursery...not one of the big chains |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Where do you get it? |
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colorado thinker (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. I use vinegar water as a weed killer |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. here's one source, looking for more |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. another source, mentions not killing the roots again |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Where do you live? |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Thanks. Will look for it. Round-up will be the death of our planet. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Very light vinegar water will kill molds and rust on all roses. nt |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes ..... it is called Horticultural Vingar 20% pure acetic acid |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thanks for the tip. This would help in some sidewalk cracks where |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Boiling hot water will do the trick in those cracks too. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. That's what my wife uses... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, but I've used vinegar to stop fungus from growing on my toenail...... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I'd stick with the vinegar and stay away from the boiling water and Roundup |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Sounds like a plan to me too. |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. here's a good discussion of user experiences: |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. clove oil solution works too |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. another one on several products with vinegar and other ingredients |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. yet another |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, but would it work on Bamboo? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Put an ad in Craigslist for someone to come thin out your bamboo. Bamboo is expensive. nt |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I've planted lots of bamboo... |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wonder why the salt they mix with sand |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It does kill things .... if you see some pines along a freeway that ... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think it controls ticks also |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. Don't salt your soil... you kill everying! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. The best weed killer? Mulch liberally and often |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I do so, but mulch will not stop |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I can not overemphisize the value of heavy mulching |
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