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Fast and Natural Ways to Kill Weeds
It’s summer time and the weeds are
growing like, um, weeds. Instead of reaching for a
toxic chemical that could be harmful to your family
or pets, try one of these easy natural ways to kill
weeds quick.
Use
mulch to smother weeds. Covering garden soil with a
mulch blocks weeds. Use two or three inches of
shredded bark, wood chips, straw, cocoa bean hulls,
gravel or rocks. The mulches will also keep moisture
in the soil so you'll have to water less frequently.
Douse weeds with boiling water. Weeds, like humans,
will burn if exposed to boiling water. This method
also kills weed seeds.
Soap
weeds to death. Mix 5 tablespoons of liquid soap
(such as dishwashing liquid) in one quart (4 cups)
of water in a spray bottle. Coat the weeds with the
soapy water. Works best on hot days.
Pickle weeds with vinegar. Pour household vinegar
into a spray bottle and evenly coat weeds with it.
Vinegar is really five
percent acetic acid in water, and it burns the
plant, especially on sunny days. For extra strength
weed killer, look for pickling vinegar, which is
nine percent acetic acid. Don't get the vinegar on
your garden plants, as it can kill them too.
Give
weeds a stiff drink of alcohol. Mix one to five
tablespoons of alcohol – depending on how stubborn
the weeds are – with one quart (4 cups) of water in
a spray bottle. Shower weeds with the spray. Don't
let the alcohol get on garden plants as it may
damage their leaves.
Don't let 'em sprout! Use corn meal gluten as a
pre-emergent herbicide and fertilizer. Corn meal
gluten prevents weeds from growing, then breaks down
to provide nitrogen to your plants or lawn. Use it
on lawns or established perennial beds, as it won't
kill already growing plants. That does mean, of
course, that it won't work on already existing
weeds.
Courtesy WebMD
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