Gardening fans reveal the cheap three ingredient mix they swear by to banish ugly weeds this spring and summer
PESKY weeds can ruin the look of your garden if you don’t know how to get rid of them properly.
With summer just around the corner loads of us are looking forward to spending more outside, so keeping your outdoor space spick and span is must.
Of course, there are plenty of chemical weed killers you can buy, but they’re often pricey and can damage other plants.
That’s why gardening fans took to the Mrs Hinch Gardening Tips Facebook group to share the simple three ingredient homemade mix they swear by.
One green fingered member wrote: “I have numerous weeds coming through my block paving.
“I’m fed up of weeding them all to be just as bad the next week. Any ideas please?”
It turns out you’ve probably got all you need to make to solution in your kitchen cupboards already.
“I use white vinegar, washing up liquid and salt. It works fab, swear by it,” one gardening whizz wrote.
A second agreed the mix works wonders, they said: “Salt, vinegar, water and washing up liquid mixed and sprayed on the area.”
And someone else commented on the post “I use white vinegar, a good squirt of washing up liquid and a good amount of salt.
“Mixed together it forms a magical homemade weed killer spray, put in a spray bottle and spray on the weeds this stops weeds coming back.”
The reason the simple solution works so well is because each ingredient works together to stop weeds from coming back again.
White vinegar will dry out the top portion of the weeds, salt will make for a stronger mix to kill hardier weeds, and adding a dash of washing up liquid will ensure the mixture spreads into the leave and roots.
You can ass the mixture into an old spray bottle and spritz it directly onto any patio weeds, or carefully pour a small amount on top.
Because the mixture is so effective at killing weeds it’s also importnat to keep it away from other plants you actually want to keep in your garden, as it can destroy them as well.
One gardening whizz suggested using the mix on a sunny day for the best results, and as for the smell it shouldn’t last long.
“Vinegar smells, but goes after 30 minutes. Kills weeds every time, cheap and easy. Used this for years, after spending so much on Weedol,” one gardener wrote.