My 3-ingredient spray will get rid of weeds outside your house – they’ll be dead in 2 hours, just follow my steps
GARDEN lovers everywhere listen up – the fight against weeds could be over.
That’s according to one proud homeowner who has found a way of protecting her green patch from unwanted visitors.
She uses a three-ingredient spray to rid these pesky plants outside her house.
Once she’s finished distributing this concoction, weeds are history and dead in two hours.
But this mixture shows no mercy, so be careful where you spray it.
Gabriela & Dee’s (@gabriela.atty) method and recipe is super-easy – all you have to do is follow her steps.
She said her spray “kills weeds in a more natural way.”
DIY NATURAL WEEDKILLER
What you need:
- 1 gallon vinegar
- 1 cup salt
- 1 tablespoon Dawn dish soap
- 1 spray bottle
How you do it:
- Mix ingredients
- Pour into a spray bottle
- Spray weeds from the bottom to make sure they are well-saturated
When to do it:
- Do this on a sunny day
- Do not do this on a windy day
- Do not do this on a rainy day – the rain will wash the mixture off
“Salt drowns the soil from any growth,” she said.
The contrast in her ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures was stark.
Where her patio was once blighted by unwanted weeds, after using the spray, it was free of them.
“This is a more natural solution for your pets and family. In two hours you will be done,” she said.
A professional in the comments to her post confirmed this method worked.
Easy gardening tips to save money, maximize space, and repel pests
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- Banana peels, vinegar, and coffee grounds are often recommended as natural fertilizers.
- Dollar Tree sells four packs of seeds for $1.25.
- Try a vertical planter like Amazon’s Mr. Stacky 5 Tier Stackable Planter, $35 to make more use of a small space.
- Use netting like the Garden Netting Pest Barrier, $8, from Amazon to keep away bugs that eat your vegetables.
- Try sacrificial planting to reduce the use of pesticides and keep pests away from your garden. Deliberately growing certain plants to attract agricultural pests can keep them away from the plants you want to protect. Examples include marigolds, lavender, catnip, and chives.
- For pesky weeds in your garden, the Grampa’s Weeder – The Original Stand-Up Weed Puller Tool with Long Handles, $45, from Amazon is a helpful tool you can use without having to bend over.
“As a landscape contractor and designer for 30 years, I’ve switched to this and it works. It even kills poison ivy so just be careful where you spray,” he said.
It was a view shared by another person.
“Only do this in areas you don’t want any plants growing at all. It makes the soil too acidic for flowers etc,” they said.
And this fan saw almost instant results.
“Used this the other day and three hours later the weeds were already wilting. Works great,” they wrote.