Does anyone else use vinegar to kill weeds?

[nitrah55]

I find it effective, Earth-friendly, and cheap.

[MarleysGh0st]

Is it really effective? I'd think household vinegar might be too dilute for that.

Do you pour it over the leaves or soak it into the roots?

[Here's Fanny!]

I find it effective, Earth-friendly, and cheap.

I use salt to try and get them before they show up. Will vinegar head them off or just kill existing ones?

Do you just spray it on like weed killer? And will it kill the grass so you can only use it like on the rocked parts?

[nitrah55]

I spray it. It seems only to work on existing weeds. It's quick, too.

[Rexer25]

The organic gardening radio dude here says it works, but the stronger the vinegar, the better it works. Gardening stores that carry a lot of organic products here sell 20% vinegar. It will kill the leaves of any plant you spray it on, so you can't use it in the lawn. It works better on a sunny day, I'm not sure why.

[Here's Fanny!]

The organic gardening radio dude here says it works, but the stronger the vinegar, the better it works. Gardening stores that carry a lot of organic products here sell 20% vinegar. It will kill the leaves of any plant you spray it on, so you can't use it in the lawn. It works better on a sunny day, I'm not sure why.

I just sprayed weed killer on the lawn yesterday, but I didn't get to the rocked parts. Since Nitrah says it's quick and it's sunny today (but it's always sunny here, ick) I'm going to go out and give it a try. I've just got regular old vinegar (probably Great Value) so I don't know how strong it is.

[Gimme A Squiggly]

The organic gardening radio dude here says it works, but the stronger the vinegar, the better it works. Gardening stores that carry a lot of organic products here sell 20% vinegar. It will kill the leaves of any plant you spray it on, so you can't use it in the lawn. It works better on a sunny day, I'm not sure why.

I just sprayed weed killer on the lawn yesterday, but I didn't get to the rocked parts. Since Nitrah says it's quick and it's sunny today (but it's always sunny here, ick) I'm going to go out and give it a try. I've just got regular old vinegar (probably Great Value) so I don't know how strong it is.

Great Value vinegar? We always had some crap called Roger's. It always liked to leak all over the place like Beast's ammonia....

[Rexer25]

The organic gardening radio dude here says it works, but the stronger the vinegar, the better it works. Gardening stores that carry a lot of organic products here sell 20% vinegar. It will kill the leaves of any plant you spray it on, so you can't use it in the lawn. It works better on a sunny day, I'm not sure why.

I just sprayed weed killer on the lawn yesterday, but I didn't get to the rocked parts. Since Nitrah says it's quick and it's sunny today (but it's always sunny here, ick) I'm going to go out and give it a try. I've just got regular old vinegar (probably Great Value) so I don't know how strong it is.

Regular vinegar is usually 4 or 5%. It'll still work, just not as fast. And it may require more than one treatment.