I need to spray for weeds, what should I use? - Page 2

Yep! Just spray it on the leaves and flowers. Vinegar is mildly (>5%) acidic. It burns them up after a couple of days, and it's safe for just about everything. Cheap too.

Yessir, You can drink it and its good for you, good for your chickens too. Now that's what I call a safe herbicide.

 

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Originally Posted by OldGuy43 

Yep! Just spray it on the leaves and flowers. Vinegar is mildly (>5%) acidic. It burns them up after a couple of days, and it's safe for just about everything. Cheap too.

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Originally Posted by ButchGood 

Yessir, You can drink it and its good for you, good for your chickens too. Now that's what I call a safe herbicide.

 

 

Oh...I am so doing this!  I am going to go get my spray bottle! Lol

Be careful how and where you spray vinegar. It burns all plants it touches. So if you use it on weeds in lawns it will leave a dead spot in your lawn. I have used it in gravel and cracks with varied success.

It works best on hot sunny days. It will kill the leaves but not swiftly, and it doesn't kill the roots so they will regrow. Need to keep reapplying. And it can give your yard a bit of odor well like an urinal.

It is less effective on tough weeds like dandelion, works very well on softer, more tender weeds.

It is much safer to the environment than most of the chemical herbicides.

I find regular handweeding in the lawn and beds much better. And use round-up in the gravel driveway.

Imp
 

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Originally Posted by Imp 

 

Be careful how and where you spray vinegar. It burns all plants it touches. So if you use it on weeds in lawns it will leave a dead spot in your lawn. I have used it in gravel and cracks with varied success.

It works best on hot sunny days. It will kill the leaves but not swiftly, and it doesn't kill the roots so they will regrow. Need to keep reapplying. And it can give your yard a bit of odor well like an urinal.

It is less effective on tough weeds like dandelion, works very well on softer, more tender weeds.

It is much safer to the environment than most of the chemical herbicides.

I find regular handweeding in the lawn and beds much better. And use round-up in the gravel driveway.

 

Imp
 

 

Why Round-up? is it safer than others?

Why Round-up? is it safer than others?

I don't know if it's safer than other things (I'm not sure I believe some of the scare tactics used), but it's cheap to buy the generic, it works well. About 1- 1/2 oz does the driveway 1 x per year. And I won't hand weed the sharp gravel in the driveway.
 

Imp
 

what about using weed-be-gone max by ortho?

I've used Roundup around my place for years, and I haven't had any problems. Along with using it to kill weeds around the garden,  I use it to kill the grass growing at the base of the electric poultry netting that surrounds my coop.  It beats having to move the fence and cut the grass with a mower.  None of my chickens have dropped dead or shown any sign of illness or genetic damage.  I haven't noticed any weird chemical or off taste to any eggs.  People need to relax a little bit.

Jack

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto's herbicide Roundup