How to Permanently Kill Grass and Weeds with Salt, Vinegar and Dawn

1 quart of vinegar 2 cups of Epsom salt ¼ cup dish detergent Spray bottle

INGREDIENTS FOR HOMEMADE WEED KILLER

Use the cheapest kind of vinegar you can get. Look in the cleaning aisle of the grocery store for vinegar made for cleaning and not cooking. It’s usually cheaper.

VINEGAR

Epsom salt is great for this homemade weed killer recipe but regular cheap salt works just as well.   Just cheap iodized or un-iodized generic salt also known as sodium chloride are fine.

SALT

You only need a few drops of dishwashing liquid so the brand doesn’t matter. The purpose of the soap is to break the surface tension of the vinegar so it sticks to the weeds, forcing them to absorb it more readily.

DISHWASHING LIQUID

Heat vinegar in a pan on the stove until it is hot, but not boiling. Add Epsom Salt and stir in with a wisk until it is dissolved. Let mixture cool slightly so that it is still warm but cool enough to handle. Add Dawn Dish Soap to your sprayer and slowly pour in the vinegar mixture.

DIRECTIONS FOR 3 INGREDIENT NATURAL WEED KILLER

Pick a hot, dry day and spray weeds until saturated, they will wilt and shrivel up within hours. Use caution not to spray any plants or flowers you want to live.

HOW TO USE HOMEMADE ROUND UP

The vinegar draws moisture out of the plant, killing it in the process. Spray during the hottest part of the day and make sure there isn’t rain in the forecast for at least 24-48 hrs.

HOW HOMEMADE WEED KILLER WORKS

How to Permanently Kill Grass and Weeds with Salt, Vinegar and Dawn