Posted: 9/1/2013 3:03:37 PM EDT
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Im looking to try to make a weed killer that will kill off weeds but not screw the soil up where I cant plant anything for a while. Ive heard Vinegar with soap and salt does the trick but ive tried it a few times with mixed results. Maybe im not mixing the ingredients right. I have a spot where the weeds are pretty mature so im sure they will be able to take a lickin and laugh without gettin in there and pulling them up. Id rather kill them then try to pull it up while its dead.
Any thoughts or ideas? I know its late in the season for about anything food or flower wise but as long as i can get rid of the weeds and provide follow on treatments until im ready to plant, i can work with that. |
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Roundup does not have soil persistence. Only kills the actively growing plant that it touches. Salt, on the other hand, that is gonna seriously screw up any chance of anything growing there for a while. +1 Roundup is systemic and does not remain in the soil |
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If you plan on using anything from your lawn (or other lawns) be aware that there is recent studies on bad compost and its effects on garden plants. These herbicides might be in your local weed killers, but I haven't checked.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/herbicide-damage-zmgz13fmzsto.aspx I'm in the process of saying screw a good looking lawn and going for more function. I've recently planted clover in our back yard that will help the grass, suppress the crabgrass and encourage the local foragers to come and eat while dropping more fertilizer. The front lawn has a little crabgrass that is managed by pulling, but I plan on seeding clover next spring. All the flower beds' weeds are pulled. I used to buy compost and manure from other sources, but after reading up on bad compost I use nothing but what I make and with ten chickens and two rabbits I've got plenty of manure to throw in my piles and garden. Our home-grown food source is too valuable to have ruined by these unregulated chemicals that will destroy garden plants and the soil they try to grow in. |