Chicken-friendly weed killers for our backyard patio?

[IdyllwildAcres]

Does anyone know of any safe/non-toxic weed killers we can use on our backyard patio? We're doing an open house in a few weeks with the real estate agency and we need those weeds gone.

Or if there aren't any products that would do it, are there any home products we can use? I've heard of people using vinegar or ammonia or even bleach but I am not sure what to use, especially what also wouldn't ruin the patio stones.

Thanks,
-Anna

Reach down, grab weed by the base and pull out root and all. Repeat as needed until weeding is completed, pull weeds as they come up going forward......

I am not trying to be a smart *** but the weeds have to go, dead weeds are still weeds. The house is going to be for sale. You have one chance to make a great first impression. Real estate broker here.

Gary

Must. Finish. Coop.

 

[aart]

Quote: Hopefully they've sold by now....OP is 8 years old

 

[GodofPecking]

There are hot air guns especially designed for weeding. They plug into a power cord and are long to reach down to kill the weeds.

For persistent problems, a solar powered kiln can cook the soil, and then you mix 1 percent of the soil back in to restore the fungus, bacteria, bugs and so on, after it is passed through a sieve. This obviously removes 99 % of all potential weeds at least.

In regards to real estate, I preferred the home i bought because it was alive with weeds, flowers, bugs and so on. I'm not "The Addams Family" I don't like the taste of poison or the smell.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Hopefully they've sold by now....OP is 8 years old

LOL!!!

I did not see that

Gary

Must. Finish. Coop.

 

[GodofPecking]

Quote:
I saw it, but remember that we run searches for information and the results are often at least that old, so it's good to just add it to the subject just the same. Time doesn't matter in the archives. Just add what you know and know that you are talking to people who have exactly the same problem ! There are more readers than there are people who sign up as well.

 

[gator75]

Yeah, I bumped it just to let folks know vinegar and salt really does work very well. Better than round up.

 

[aart]

Yeah, I bumped it just to let folks know vinegar and salt really does work very well. Better than round up.

Nah....kills the foliage but will not kill the plant.

 

[GodofPecking]

roundup certainly does not kill anything at all when it comes to a typical paddock, I think it actually promotes weed growth, as that is what I've seen in the documentaries out of germany as well as here at home, people do not spray roundup once, I do not know a single person who does that, all I ever see is people who use it again and again and again, for the exact same weeds in the exact same place and I think to myself " did it work for you last time ? yeah then I'm sure it will this time (sarcastically thought to myself) "

It does kill the soft flowery plants and leaves behind the nasty strong and tough stuff is what the docos say.

I just looked up "roundup makes weeds stronger" and I did notice someone say that vinegar works well with repeated application. It kills the leaves, which you want, and then the plant uses up a lot of energy to regrow the leaves, so when you hit it with vinegar again, it has nothing left and dies. So it's a gentle method of using food in your garden to kill weeds, it works, and of course it is safe enough to drink. LOL that viral video of the monsanto guy who said he'd drink roundup and then lol, I won't spoil it.

 

[Bella Dominique]

Ummm...Why not just let the chickens out there for awhile each day. That is one of the purposes of a chicken, to keep the yard free from weeds

I used to think that too except now the girls have decimated all the grass and I have several types of weeds the girls won’t eat taking over. I mean really covering all the areas the girls had scratched bare. Guessing they must be toxic to them but now I have a large area that I’ll have to figure how to fix.

 

[BigBird 2025]

So in regards to Vinegar I saw this the other day and am looking to trying this on my front walk and cracks in the drive.

1 Gal. White Vinegar 30%
1/4 Cup of table salt
a squirt of dish washing detergent.

Mix the vinegar and salt together till the salt dissolve other wise you will most likely clog the strainer screen in the tip of your sprayer. Then add a squirt of dish soap helps break surface tension on the weeds.

Between the 30% and the salt I'm guessing not much is going to grow on that spot for some time so I would use it as a spot treatment or on walks and driveways. Remember to put a plastic drinking cup over the spray nozzle to act as a shield to contain your spray pattern and send it forward rather then out in a wide arc.

If I ever get to try this in the near future ill report back.

Keep on clucken.