Non Toxic Weed Killer

Non-toxic weed killer from your kitchen cupboard

Posted by KMOM14

About

As the above thistle weed had become very prolific in my bushes and budding plants I went in search of some way to kills them that wasn't going to cost me a fortune or harm the environment and my search turned up an article by Don Comis at The USDA's Agricultural website about spraying a vinegar solution on the leaves to kill them.

It cited that researchers used at 5% to 20% solution to kills the weeds and that most household vinegar is a 5% solution.

I didn't want to risk damaging the bushes or any of my budding plants, so I watered my solution down to:

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • 1 cup Vinegar
  • 1 cup Water
  • Spray Bottle

Steps (2 steps, 2 minutes)

  1. 1

    1 cup of vinegar
    1 cup of water
    and put the solution in a spray bottle and sprayed it on some of the leaves.

  2. 2

    It worked! This is what the sprayed leaves looked like the next day. The weed was dying and there was no harmful effect on the bushes or plants. I will probably just use the vinegar full strength in a bottle next time to finish off the weeds.