[AG-EQ] Weed-Be-Gone – A Safe & Easy Homemade Weedkiller

[Tracy Carcione]

Definitely have to try this.  We don't want to use Roundup, either, but 
there are weeds growing in awkward places that have to go.  Good to have 
a possible solution.

Tracy


On 6/6/2020 8:21 AM, dogwood farm via AG-EQ wrote:
> Weed-Be-Gone – A Safe & Easy Homemade Weedkiller
> from:  Bramblewood Farm
>
> How to get rid of the pesky weeds growing in our rocks and patio is a
> question the plagues me every summer. Weed-Be-Gone, A Safe & Easy
> Homemade WeedkillerBut I think I’ve finally got an answer. Use
> Weed-Be-Gone, a safe & easy homemade weedkiller!
>
> We avoid using any chemical weedkillers or herbicides on our property
> because we’re concerned about the health issues they may contribute
> to.
>
> In addition, we use organic products for raising our chickens, goats,
> honey bees and garden produce. So, although chemical weedkillers tend
> to work well, I just avoid using them (everyone’s now learning about
> the issues with Roundup [glysophate] right?).
>
> Weed-Be-Gone is a combination of three common household products that
> are considered safe and that can quickly be mixed to produce a
> weedkiller. The mixture can be sprayed on pesky weeds in the morning
> and by evening they should be gone.
>
> Weed-Be-Gone takes only three common household ingredients: distilled
> white vinegar, Dawn dishwashing liquid, and Epsom salts.
>
> Ingredients:
> 1 gallon Distilled White Vinegar
> 2 cups Epsom Salt
> 1/4 cup Dawn Dishwashing Soap (the blue original)
>
> Instructions:
> 1. Mix the three ingredients in the sprayer making sure the salt has dissolved.
>
> 2. Spray it on weeds in the morning of a sunny day after the dew has
> evaporated. Walk away.
>
> 3. Go back after dinner and the weeds will be shriveled or gone altogether.
>
> It’s important to apply it on a sunny day after the dew has evaporated
> and you may need more than one application for larger, more
> established weeds. But, it’s so fast and easy I don’t mind doing a
> couple of applications at all.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com
>
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