We've used vinegar for killing weeds around the garden, for several years now. It's a great way to get rid of weeds in cracks in cement or in a paved driveway. You can pour it on directly from the jug or put it in a spray bottle (use full strength). Just a word of warning, if you don't want it to die, then don't go near it with the vinegar. If using in a flower garden, be careful around the plants you want to keep. The vinegar will leach to the other plants through the roots and kill them, so it may be better to pull these by hand.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
What is the recipe for killing dandelions?
By Di
Will vinegar and Epson salt also kill the grass?
By Will
When someone said to use vinegar for weeds, do they mean the white vinegar or not?
By Yang
It is the white vinegar. Be careful though - it is not selective at all. Any plant you get vinegar on, is going to be cooked by the vinegar!
If you spray vinegar ''at what rate?" will you be able to grow other plants in the same area? Does the vinegar sterilize the ground or how long will it keep weeds from reappearing?
By Nellie
What ratio of vinegar and orange oil would you use to kill weeds?
Hardiness Zone: 9a
By leroy
Spraying straight vinegar on weeds kills them; be sure to do only when the wind is not blowing!
What kind of vinegar do you use to get rid of the grass in your driveway? Thx.
By L J from NPN, VA
Use a distilled white vinegar with a 15%-20% acetic level, the higher the level the better it will work. Spray it after the dew is gone and it should kill them in a few days.
Can you use vinegar to kill weeds? I need an inexpensive remedy to kill weeds.
How do I make and use vinegar weed killer?
By glenda bruno from Winfield, MO
I used it when I lived in Louisiana & had fairly good luck. On a bright sunny day, I would spray full strength white vinegar on weeds & grass growing in places I didn't want it growing (like a small crack I had in the driveway).
Put straight vinegar into a cheap garden sprayer ($12) & spray this onto your weeds. You can also pour the vinegar right on to the soil to kill the roots and stop everything from growing there in the future.
Killing Weeds With Vinegar. When using vinegar as a weed killer, will it kill grass and /or plants such as lambs ear? If so, what do you recommend using to kill the weeds and not the plants or grass?
Will using vinegar to destroy grass and weeds between bricks harm newly planted trees?
By Doreene Baker from Ontonagon, MI
If the vinegar gets to the soil near the trees it might kill them. I have a weed puller (from Lowe's) I use. It last for ever, good luck.
I am looking for a recipe for weed control using orange oil, molasses, and vinegar.
Carolet from San Antonio, TX
Hardiness Zone: 7b
Mona123 from Bear Creek, NC
When too much salt gets into the soil, whether it's Epsom salt or a build up of fertilizer salts, water is drawn out of a plant's roots instead of flowing into them. This is normally referred to as "burning", but actually the plant is becoming severely (or fatally) dehydrated. The plant's leaves and stems start to shrivel and turn brown and leaves may mutate from chloride toxicity.
Vinegar is a weak acid and when applied to the soil, it lowers the pH. Changing the pH too quickly can damage or even kill plants by altering their roots ability to absorb water and minerals. Fortunately, because vinegar is a weak acid, it degrades in water and doesn't bioaccumulate (stay in the environment). After flushing the soil with water, you can expect the pH to return to normal within 48-72 hours.
Ellen
Mona
Very few plants will survive a dose of salt and/or vinegar. The only way I know of getting rid of it is to leach it out by regular watering. How effective this will be depends on what lies below the top soil; if its clay for e.g.