Vinegar Weed Killer – Does It Work – compare Roundup, vinegar and salt
Does vinegar kill weeds? I tested vinegar, Roundup and salt to see if they kill weeds. Vinegar does not kill weeds and I’ll explain why so many people think it …
Here in Australia vinegar costs about $1 per litre and that won't cover much area. You can buy a lot of diluted glyphosate for $1. Digging/hoeing weeds costs nothing and saves the cost of a gym session.
I personally don’t care if the vinegar spray kills the weed in my gravel driveway or not! It does what “I” want, which is to control the weeds, and it does that as well as glyphosphate containing products (GCP). I know this to be true, because I have used both and seen the results firsthand. GCP kills the weeds in my driveway outright, and the vinegar/salt/detergent mixture (VSD) “kills them back”. In my experience, the GCP treated gravel drive grows weeds back just as quickly (albeit from seed contamination) as the VSD treated gravel drive. I may have to spray with the VSD a tad more often, but that’s fine with me as I consider this application to be more benign to health and environment than GCP.
Actually he's right that epsom salts is a fertilizer and that neither salt nor vinegar kill roots unless the salt becomes so concentrated in the soil as to render the soil unfit as a medium for plant growth…
In addition to the scientific evidence that connects glyphosate to the development of cancer, attorneys have also alleged that Monsanto knew about the toxicity of glyphosate and attempted to hide it from consumers for decades. In an NBC News article, Brent Wisner, who represented Alva and Alberta Pilliod, said, “We’re not suing [Monsanto] for the fact that their product causes cancer. We’re suing them because they didn’t tell people that it causes cancer.”
The idea that Monsanto knew the dangers of its product to consumers was initially presented in Dewayne Johnson’s case. According to the documents presented in court, Monsanto had evidently “ghostwritten” various scientific reports about glyphosate’s impact on human health. These internal documents showed that Monsanto representatives took part in writing their own research on glyphosate, and even discussed paying outside scientists to take authorship of their articles.
According to Environmental Health News, Monsanto also attempted to pressure a journal editor who drew conclusions about the ingredient to retract the paper entirely. Additionally, there is evidence that the corporation tried to influence the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to convince another organization, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, not to go forward with assessing the toxicity of glyphosate.
Following their third courtroom loss in May 2019, Bayer revealed that it plans to look for alternatives to Roundup. The corporation said it would spend upwards of $5.6 billion over the next 10 years in search of an alternative weed killer to its glyphosate-based herbicide. While Bayer representatives claim it is their attempt at “easing concerns” about the controversies surrounding Roundup, critics may interpret this statement as an admission of guilt.
I do get tired of people saying things like "vinegar is better than chemicals". Vinegar is a chemical. So is soap, so is Epsom salts. None of them can be assumed to be harmless. Just because something has a common name, is familiar and has been around for a long time doesn't mean it is superior to, or safer than a purposely-developed, "artificially" manufactured product.
You say the rain water will eventually carry the salt and kill everything…won't roundup do that also? I've used the combination of salt vinegar and Dawn soap and just sprayed it directly on the weed itself, and it did work. I'd rather use this than support the sale of roundup.
This is a healthy alternative to chemical weed killer…pollinator and pet friendly…vinegar AND salt, I use pool salt, and Dawn works…but may take more than one spray….look up the recent court ordered payment for Roundup because it is unhealthy. Dawn causes the salt vinegar mixture to adhere to the plants…the SALT is the actual killer…not sure why vinegar is added but my guess is it enhances the salt action/reaction.
@ about 55 seconds in … "… epsom salt, but that is a fertilizer for plants," … your video on epsom you state it is impossible for ES to qualify as fertilizer (no nitrogen) … which is it?
You didn't use soap like Dawn…that's WHY your Mixture did do kill the weeds! You need to mix Epson Salt, Vinegar AND Dish soap together and spray the weeds. YES this mixture does work! I use it all the time!
Here in Australia vinegar costs about $1 per litre and that won't cover much area. You can buy a lot of diluted glyphosate for $1. Digging/hoeing weeds costs nothing and saves the cost of a gym session.
I personally don’t care if the vinegar spray kills the weed in my gravel driveway or not! It does what “I” want, which is to control the weeds, and it does that as well as glyphosphate containing products (GCP). I know this to be true, because I have used both and seen the results firsthand. GCP kills the weeds in my driveway outright, and the vinegar/salt/detergent mixture (VSD) “kills them back”. In my experience, the GCP treated gravel drive grows weeds back just as quickly (albeit from seed contamination) as the VSD treated gravel drive. I may have to spray with the VSD a tad more often, but that’s fine with me as I consider this application to be more benign to health and environment than GCP.
Actually he's right that epsom salts is a fertilizer and that neither salt nor vinegar kill roots unless the salt becomes so concentrated in the soil as to render the soil unfit as a medium for plant growth…
Wow really this video was just to make sales of he books
30% horticultural vinegar, salt and dish soap (as a binder) WILL KILL ALL GREEN PLANTS….grass included.
Roundup kills your grass too…and you!!!
In addition to the scientific evidence that connects glyphosate to the development of cancer, attorneys have also alleged that Monsanto knew about the toxicity of glyphosate and attempted to hide it from consumers for decades. In an NBC News article, Brent Wisner, who represented Alva and Alberta Pilliod, said, “We’re not suing [Monsanto] for the fact that their product causes cancer. We’re suing them because they didn’t tell people that it causes cancer.”
The idea that Monsanto knew the dangers of its product to consumers was initially presented in Dewayne Johnson’s case. According to the documents presented in court, Monsanto had evidently “ghostwritten” various scientific reports about glyphosate’s impact on human health. These internal documents showed that Monsanto representatives took part in writing their own research on glyphosate, and even discussed paying outside scientists to take authorship of their articles.
According to Environmental Health News, Monsanto also attempted to pressure a journal editor who drew conclusions about the ingredient to retract the paper entirely. Additionally, there is evidence that the corporation tried to influence the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to convince another organization, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, not to go forward with assessing the toxicity of glyphosate.
Following their third courtroom loss in May 2019, Bayer revealed that it plans to look for alternatives to Roundup. The corporation said it would spend upwards of $5.6 billion over the next 10 years in search of an alternative weed killer to its glyphosate-based herbicide. While Bayer representatives claim it is their attempt at “easing concerns” about the controversies surrounding Roundup, critics may interpret this statement as an admission of guilt.
I heard you were supposed to use CLEANING vinegar, not regular vinegar ???
I do get tired of people saying things like "vinegar is better than chemicals". Vinegar is a chemical. So is soap, so is Epsom salts. None of them can be assumed to be harmless. Just because something has a common name, is familiar and has been around for a long time doesn't mean it is superior to, or safer than a purposely-developed, "artificially" manufactured product.
You say the rain water will eventually carry the salt and kill everything…won't roundup do that also? I've used the combination of salt vinegar and Dawn soap and just sprayed it directly on the weed itself, and it did work. I'd rather use this than support the sale of roundup.
This is a healthy alternative to chemical weed killer…pollinator and pet friendly…vinegar AND salt, I use pool salt, and Dawn works…but may take more than one spray….look up the recent court ordered payment for Roundup because it is unhealthy. Dawn causes the salt vinegar mixture to adhere to the plants…the SALT is the actual killer…not sure why vinegar is added but my guess is it enhances the salt action/reaction.
@ about 55 seconds in … "… epsom salt, but that is a fertilizer for plants," … your video on epsom you state it is impossible for ES to qualify as fertilizer (no nitrogen) … which is it?
You didn't use soap like Dawn…that's WHY your Mixture did do kill the weeds! You need to mix Epson Salt, Vinegar AND Dish soap together and spray the weeds. YES this mixture does work! I use it all the time!
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