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Jun
Vinegar Salt Soap Weed Killer. Pour the vinegar dishsoap and epsom salt into a spray bottle. Let settle for 2 minutes then spray the weeds. Spraying it on a plant does nothing to the roots however. Salt usually in the form of sodium chloride the table salt is recommended quite a bit for killing weeds.
Mix together the Dawn dish soap Epsom salts and vinegar in a large bucket with the wooden spoon. Yes its truevinegar does kill weeds especially when used along with dish soap. Add Epsom Salt and stir in with a wisk until it is dissolved. Dish soap acts as a surfactant which is an agent that will reduce the surface tension that can cause the weed-killing concoction to bead on the leaves instead of being absorbed by the plant. As the vinegar soaks into the weeds it will draw moisture out of the leaves. Pour the vinegar dishsoap and epsom salt into a spray bottle.
Dish soap acts as a surfactant which is an agent that will reduce the surface tension that can cause the weed-killing concoction to bead on the leaves instead of being absorbed by the plant.
1 gallon of vinegar 5 acetic acid mixed with 1 cup salt and 1 tablespoon dish soap with an emphasis on the salt making its low concentration effective. Just make sure to never pour the salt mixture on soil as the solution will make sure that nothing grows in that. Soap being a derivative of oil can kill plants themselves when applied in stronger concentrations. 1 gallon of vinegar 5 acetic acid mixed with 1 cup salt and 1 tablespoon dish soap with an emphasis on the salt making its low concentration effective. Sodium is a toxic metal ion which dissolves easily in water. Pour this mixture into a spray bottle and spray it onto the weeds.