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I subscribe to an American online magazine called thrifty fun! These are recipes for weedkiller that were posted on it. Don't know whether they work or not though!
Here are two homemade recipes to try. Both should be used only on plants that you want to get rid of, taking care not to spray any on surrounding plants. These are most effective when used on emerging weeds.
1 tablespoon of gin
1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon of liquid dish soap
1 quart of hot water
Alternate version:
1 gallon of distilled vinegar
1 cup of salt
1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap
Spray these directly on weeds in the garden or pour directly into cracks of walks and driveways.
Vinegar and Dish Soap
Here's a recipe for homemade weed killer that works for me.
Use a funnel to place the following ingredients in a medium spray bottle approximately the size of a quart, but it doesn't have to be exact:
1 cup of vinegar
1/2 cup of regular dish soap (not dishwasher detergent)
Fill the rest of the bottle up with water.
Shake well before each use. Spray mixture directly on the weed itself; if weed is out in the yard, be careful not to spray the grass! The vinegar is what kills the weeds, but the dish soap holds the vinegar in place so it stays on the plant instead of running off. This works great on grass or weeds in sidewalk or driveway cracks, too. Best time to spray is in the middle of the day when the sun is beating down on you.
Just a quick comment on the weed killers: Add dish soap to the vinegar and mix it with water to spot-weed the yard (usually 1 part dish soap, 2 parts vinegar, and 2 parts water). The dish soap makes the vinegar stick to the weed longer, and a couple of days baking in the sun should do the trick!
Three Techniques
Here's some solutions I've used:
Combine one ounce gin, one ounce dish soap and one ounce vinegar. Put into a 32 oz. sprayer and fill with water. Spray just the weed.
You can also put baking soda on just the weed. They turn black and shrivel up.
To kill weeds in sidewalk cracks, pour boiling water on them.
Vinegar Weed Killer
I have used plain old vinegar, it even kills dandelions.
Here are two homemade recipes to try. Both should be used only on plants that you want to get rid of, taking care not to spray any on surrounding plants. These are most effective when used on emerging weeds.
1 tablespoon of gin
1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon of liquid dish soap
1 quart of hot water
Alternate version:
1 gallon of distilled vinegar
1 cup of salt
1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap
Spray these directly on weeds in the garden or pour directly into cracks of walks and driveways.
Vinegar and Dish Soap
Here's a recipe for homemade weed killer that works for me.
Use a funnel to place the following ingredients in a medium spray bottle approximately the size of a quart, but it doesn't have to be exact:
1 cup of vinegar
1/2 cup of regular dish soap (not dishwasher detergent)
Fill the rest of the bottle up with water.
Shake well before each use. Spray mixture directly on the weed itself; if weed is out in the yard, be careful not to spray the grass! The vinegar is what kills the weeds, but the dish soap holds the vinegar in place so it stays on the plant instead of running off. This works great on grass or weeds in sidewalk or driveway cracks, too. Best time to spray is in the middle of the day when the sun is beating down on you.
Just a quick comment on the weed killers: Add dish soap to the vinegar and mix it with water to spot-weed the yard (usually 1 part dish soap, 2 parts vinegar, and 2 parts water). The dish soap makes the vinegar stick to the weed longer, and a couple of days baking in the sun should do the trick!
Three Techniques
Here's some solutions I've used:
Combine one ounce gin, one ounce dish soap and one ounce vinegar. Put into a 32 oz. sprayer and fill with water. Spray just the weed.
You can also put baking soda on just the weed. They turn black and shrivel up.
To kill weeds in sidewalk cracks, pour boiling water on them.
Vinegar Weed Killer
I have used plain old vinegar, it even kills dandelions.
use Mare's tail as a fungiscide in fact no home brewed concoction of any description!
---) CARL (----
now in blog form ! 
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