How to Eliminate Weed Naturally

Do you want to get rid of those pesky and annoying weeds from your garden?

Weeds are undoubtedly the bane of many people's garden. They take up all the nutrients and space of surrounding plants causing them to die. To get rid of these pesky plants you need to use a herbicide either chemical or natural.

Chemical herbicides contain substances that can eliminate unwanted weeds to the root by either inhibiting the growth of the weed or breaking down chlorophyll ( essentials for photosynthesis) causing the weeds to die. But they can be harmful for the environment.

One can also achieve good results by applying natural weed killers which can either be bought or easily made at home.

Homemade Weed Killers

Today we will be sharing with you our top 3 homemade natural weed killers made with ingredients that are easily available around your house.

Vinegar

The first and most effective method is to use a vinegar based weed killer.

Vinegar is a very effective ingredient that can be used as a herbicide, it kills weeds within 24 hours of application. The magic is done by the acetic acid found in vinegar, the acetic acid works by removing water from the weeds causing them to dehydrate and eventually die. The higher the percentage of the acetic acid in the vineger the better. Vinegar is non-selective so make sure you only spray it on the weeds or unwanted plants.

Vinegar alone can do the job but with other ingredients such as salt and soap make the weed killer more effective.

Salt

Salt also works by dehydrating the weed. You can use it by diluting it with water, but it will work by itself as well . For smaller plants you will need smaller quantities but for larger weeds you will need larger quantities. You will start seeing visible results within 10 days of application.

Dish-soap

Dish soap acts as a bonding ingredient, it makes the vinegar and salt help stick to the weed by breaking down the outer layer of the weed known as the cuticle which can be found on the leaves of the weeds.

This herbicide will not kill the weeds to the root so you have to remove them manually. Moreover, you will need a spraying bottle to spray this herbicide.

In concussion we believe it's a great homemade weed killer that will do the job of eliminating weeds because not only is it easy to make but is also very efficient.

Depending upon the size of the land you need to cover, you increase or decrease the amount of ingredients used. For this homemade weed killer, you will be needing a gallon of vinegar, a cup of salt and a teaspoon of dish soap.

Newspaper

The second homemade weed killer only uses newspapers.

The newspaper will kill the weeds by blocking out the sun which will prevent the weeds from doing photosynthesis, it will also prevent the seeds from dispersing, since the air will be blocked out. Additionally, you will not need to remove the newspaper, it will decompose by it self.

This method of killing weeds works by destroying new viable seeds from sprouting and post-emergent weeds from growing. To get rid of actively growing weed you first will need to cut them down with weed cutters such as a weed wackier and then put the newspaper on top of that weed and then add soil or mulch on top of that.

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