Want to know an easy way to kill the weeds in your yard with regular dish soap? Check out this post.
While researching ways to kill the pesky weeds in our grass, I stumbled across a brilliant idea. Want to know what is less expensive than a 10lb bag of weed killer? Dish Soap. Did you know one of the uses of soap is to help kill weeds? I didn’t. Soap is not only tough on grease soft on hands, it is also tough on WEEDS soft on the environment.
How to Make a Solution to Kill Weeds
The measurements for the weed killing concoction seemed a little extreme – a whole gallon of vinegar to treat my small backyard?! I think not. I combine 2 cups vinegar, 1/2 salt, and 1 tablespoon of dish soap. Then I mixed the concoction in a spray bottle and headed outside to tackle some pesky weeds.
The most annoying weeds in our lawn live by the cement patio. We hate using weed killer from the store because Annabelle likes to play in the grass, and I always worry she might end up eating something that has been contaminated. The soap, vinegar, and salt combination is harmless to children. I sprayed the heck out of those weeds (and also a few ant hills).
I sprayed the area 3 times last week, and then when my husband went out to pull some of the longer weeds, he noticed that the ones I sprayed were DRIED OUT and dying! I guess the spray killed the entire weed down to the root? Hip hip hooray! Goodbye weeds!
Mixing 1 tablespoon of dish soap, 1 cup of salt, and 1 gallon of vinegar is how you make a solution to kill weeds.
Supplies to make a homemade non-toxic solution to kill weeds: SOAP, spray bottle, vinegar, salt, water
Note: I have also used the concoction in the spray bottle to clean off our patio table. The combination of vinegar. salt, and dish soap cut right through the muck that had built up on our glass table top. My next task is going to be to spray this stuff on my glass shower door. I’ll let you know how that turns out.
Dish Soap can be used for so many different things. From cleaning your dirty dishes, to making big bubbles for your kids, it seems like the uses for soap are endless.
Awesome I love coming across products that are safe for the environment! Thanks for sharing.
Watch out with that mixture in a plastic bottle! I’ve used it to clean my shower & it was okay (though stinky) but it exploded through the bottle & the cleanup was no fun.
I used a Dawn & vinegar mixture on my soap scum in my shower. It worked wonders, but beware the fumes! I used a cheap pink plastic spray bottle from the dollar store and it actually melted my bottle!
This is such a creative idea! Who knew you could use Palmolive to remove weeds! I can’t wait to give this a try. #client