How To Make DIY Weed Killer

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Imagine no more nasty chemicals and no more weeds in your backyard! We will show you How To Make DIY Weed Killer that is natural and toxin free. The best part? These recipes are so simple to make and works like magic.

A weed is any invasive plant that can harm your gardening effort. If you don’t control weeds, they will thrive fast take control of your back yard rapidly. Some example of typical weeds are dandelion and crab grass. In this recipe, you only need three natural ingredients to make DIY weed killer

1 Gallon Vinegar
2 Cups Epsom Salt
1/4 Cup Dawn Dish Soap

And here is a comparison between this DIY weed killer and HDX. Enjoy!

You can use regular white vinegar or apple cider vinegar. Many find that table salt works fine if not better. Apply the solution during sunny days for best results.

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39 Responses to "How To Make DIY Weed Killer"

Glenda Chandler says:

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Is this safe to use on grass?

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1. Michael says:
  
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  It is non-selective. It will kill everything it is sprayed on… period. Very powerful stuff but use with care.
  
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  1. wendy says:
    
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    I can’t believe the glysophate was sprayed near the playground. It is one of the major causes of cancer.
    
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    1. Tim says:
      
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      No. Only in the annals is pseudo-science and wilful ignorance.
      
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      1. riley says:
        
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        sounds like you’re an expert on that tim.
        
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      2. John says:
        
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        Article link: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol112/mono112-10.pdf
        
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2. Angie Banks says:
  
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  It kills grass and plants too!
  
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3. Ryan says:
  
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  No, it kills grass too… I found out the hard way after someone else said it didn’t… ☹️
  
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4. Maria says:
  
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  Will kill the grass as well but it’s a great safe weed killer
  
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Michael Peterson says:

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Amazing results ! It really works well !

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bill hubbard says:

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Want more DIY stuff

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Sharon Hall says:

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Epsom salt is actually Magnesium sulfate, (magnesium and sulfur), which is necessary for healthy plant growth, has a neutral PH, is beneficial for your soil, & most plants in your garden. You’d have better results using regular table salt. Table salt alone can kill weeds and makes the soil unsuitable for weeds and undesirable plants to grow for quite some time, even years, so is best not to use in the garden or near other desirable plants or vegetation. I use it on my gravel driveway. Vinegar will kill the plant above ground, but has little effect on roots, so it’s a good idea to mix it will salt. Plain boiling water also kills anything, but use with caution because it can kill the roots of nearby plants

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1. Timothy Bowling says:
  
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  You don’t want to ruin the soil for future growth of desirable plant. This solution does not harm the soil. it kills when it gets on the plant, and then actually makes the soil better. That is the beauty of it.
  
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2. Brittania Davidson says:
  
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  This kills everything trust me I have tried it …. The combination is not good for your plants, yes Epson Salt by itself is but not when mixed in this combination. This works every time. Have tried the other things you are saying and they do not work as well. This combination is a miracle worker.
  
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3. Linda says:
  
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  Can u use boiling salt water with the vinegar?
  
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  1. Jennifer White Sprague says:
    
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    Really no need to…wait for a dry day and use a sprayer or watering can depending on the area you need to cover……we use purple dawn lol, table salt and white vinegar and those weeds are dead so quick it is amazing…only reason to wait for a dry day is so a rain fall doesn’t wash your work away….
    
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4. Connie Atha says:
  
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  So it would kill the Rose bushes I got where there is weeds right so have to watch the spray huh.
  
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  1. Jennifer White Sprague says:
    
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    I have a friend who swears by cornmeal…to kill weeds…maybe try that by your rose bushes Connie…it won’t hurt them….and it is worth a try….our ancestors were much more concerned with the environment for many reasons…..I think they were more intelligent in many ways, they used what they had and they used what was inexpensive…… 🙂
    
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    1. Lynn says:
      
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      Cornmeal is also good to get rid of ants!
      
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  2. Nora Lee Radford says:
    
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    I really don’t think it will kill an established rose bush , if you are just spraying the weed around the bottom of the trunk .
    
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5. jack says:
  
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  thank you,,this is so helpfull,,i have a little garden that im not planting this year,,i wanna kill everything , roots and all,,but in a safe way,,im not going to use salts,,just boiling water,,
  
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Edward Borske says:

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I use it to kill Canadian Thistle & Bull Thistle. It works great within hours they are wilted to nothing. I started to late in the season when I seen this recipe They were in bloom. I cut the seed heads off. Bagged them & burned the seed heads. I then cut off the stock off at ground level & sprayed the solution in stem. All dead. Will start early this year. I used 98 gallons of vinegar. Much cheaper than round up.

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1. Ed Little says:
  
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  Bull thistles can be killed without any type of treatment by waiting for the flower buds to form. Simply cut the plant off before the buds open. Bull thistles are a bi-annual plant, so this method will take several years to fully eradicate the bull thistles.
  
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lotus bynight says:

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the best vinegar to use is cleaning vinegar but the regular vinegar works also but not as good as the cleaning vinegar. Interesting comment on the salt, I will try both.

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Karyl says:

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Given that there is now some evidence that glycophosphate has negative health consequences, particularly with children, those with poor immune systems, and the elderly, I can say I am really glad that the vinegar works!

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Rosetta Evans says:

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Thank you for the showing how to mix and how to use natural is always better to use since bees die along with plants with the prison junk . So this is a great solution to killing weeds around the yard. thanks!

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Gramma says:

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Glyphosate has been (finally) identified as a carcinogen. It is also harmful to our bees and beneficial insects….as well as people. If the vinegar DIY solution works even half as well, even if it takes longer, it is SOOOO much safer all the way around. Thanks for the demo!

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Todez says:

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Can any dish soap be used, or is there something specific about the Dawn that makes it better. We don’t have Dawn where I live, so I’ll have to find a different brand. Thank you.

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1. Brittania Davidson says:
  
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  I tried this with the generic brand first and it did not work also tried with alternate color dawn and it must be the blue one I found for it to work.
  
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Greg says:

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I am no expert but the one thing that is wrong is using regular vinigar. The acidity for commercial grade vinegar used in the baking industry is it two to three hundred percent acidity. I think it would do the trick. Do not put your nose up to it an sniff. I will burn your nose and throat.

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1. Josie says:
  
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  Regular Vinegar with 5% acidity works just fine. I also used Kosher Salt instead of Epsom Salt and it killed whatever I sprayed it on. Thanks for the recipe.
  
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Cristan says:

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Farmers will grow cover crops over winter so the topsoil remains, but, they spray a major vegetation killer like round up, wait for the browning, than turn over the soil. Next, they plant the food we are to eat ??

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dave says:

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I use a mixture of gasoline and diesel fuel for the weeds that grow in concrete cracks. Kills them fast and they stay dead — won’t come back all season or the next.

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JOHN R HATINA SR says:

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Thank you Bill Taylor, John R HATINA SR.

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Cindy says:

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Jennifer White Sprague says:

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I saw this and gave it to my mother, she is 81 and it works like a dream, better than any toxic store bought brand and cheaper too, non toxic, good for the environment and animals and much better than the back breaking job of pulling every little one……I gave it to her for the driveway that has stones and you just can’t weed it without killing your back…..who want to add poisons to the environment? We don’t…It is like a miracle….Miracle weed killer without the deadly results….no hype here.

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Valerie says:

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Very helpful post. We had a medicine plant (which most consider to be a weed).. pursaine (?) pop up by the hundreds, impossible to weed by hand. I would have just harvested this plant, but the previous people that lived on this property used ‘Round Up’all over and I am afraid that it contaminated the soil…so I have to destroy this plant (weed) rather than use it.

This natural recipe
is fantastic..thanks.

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Bcky says:

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One very important thing the video does not mention is that glyphosate causes cancer and the diy solution doesn’t.

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Alice says:

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It’s an interesting website with helpful remedies.

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