dvmcmrhp52
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| Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| toni wrote: | The vinegar to use for killing weeds is 20% you can find it at Home Depot, Lowes or other garden centers.
The pickling vinegar is standard grocery store vinegar which is only 5% and the weeds will laugh at you for trying to take them out with it 
I have one of those weed burners too and plan on giving it a good work out when I can get back outside after all this rain. |
Very true.
Standard vinegar will do little to kill weeds.
The vinegar used for killing weeds is not standard and is a bit, shall we say, obnoxiuos.
Again, as has been mentioned, vinegar is not "selective, it will kill more than what it is sprayed on.
Check out organic sites for products that are meant to selectively kill weeds rather than using a concoction that could be harmful to you yourself.
20% vinegar is corrosive and damaging to skin.
Vinegar will not kill perennial weeds as it is not absorbed into the root system, it will only kill off some top growth and the perennial weed will resprout.
The PH of vinegar is around 2.4.
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Biita
Norway
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| Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Well i would pick the weeds, pickle them in the vinager duluted with water, little sugar, add some veggies out of the garden and some herbs, let stand for 2 weeks. Eat and enjoy! I'm serious.
we have vineger here that is 35%, so lots of water.
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GardenGreen
Indiana
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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That is absolutely correct, hoe and hoe.
If all natural is your desired method then there is no easy way around it.
And I used to hate hoeing!
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chrisem
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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| Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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This is more of a long term solution, but check the pH of your lawn. Most weeds like more acidic soil, while grass likes neutral, or about 6.5. If you build up your soil with fertilizer and compost, and balance the pH, the grass will slowly begin to crowd the weeds out. That's what I'm trying right now.
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GrandaddyDayCare
Greenbrier Tennessee
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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The most natural way to eliminate weeds is to keep your lawn cut at a minimum of 3". The thicker and taller the grass is the less sunlight the weeds get which they need to grow. I recommend using a recycling mulching mower and never bag your grass. Using this method your grass will thicken and eventually crowd the weeds out. The only other thing you will need to do is aerate and dethatch occasionally. Hope this helps with the weeds.
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