You’re gonna love this frugal gardening tip for making your own natural Homemade Weed Spray with White Vinegar.
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Homemade Weed Spray with White Vinegar
Got weeds? Grab some vinegar!
That’s right… thanks to this DIY Homemade Weed Spray with White Vinegar Spray, you can get your yard back under control!
Weed remover can be so, so expensive… and full of such icky ingredients, until now!
The combination of white vinegar + lemon juice will send your weeds off crying, and that’s exactly what we want!
Not only is this Homemade Weed Remover with White Vinegar a great natural alternative to the weed removers at stores, it wills save you SO much money!
Here’s what you’ll do…
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If you’ve been wanting a way to remove those pesky weeds without paying big bucks for harsh chemicals… here’s a great frugal alternative!
It’s all natural, and works like a charm!
Homemade Weed Spray Ingredients
You’ll just need a few simple things to make your own weed spray with vinegar!
Check your cupboards, or fridge, or add the following to your next grocery list to make sure you’ve got everything you need…
1. 3 cups Distilled White Vinegar.
Most vinegars are 5% acidity, but the higher the percentage the acidity, the better the weeds will die. Heinz Cleaning Vinegar is 6% acidity, many Pickling Vinegars are 7%+ acidity, and you can find 20% acidity Vinegar at Home Depot.
2. 1/3 cup Lemon Juice.
3. 1 tsp. Dawn Dish Soap. (This will help the mixture ‘stick’ to the weeds.)
See… I told you this was going to be EASY!
How to Make Homemade Weed Spray
You won’t believe how easy it is to make your own homemade vinegar weed remover!
Here’s what you’ll do…
1. In large bowl, mix together Vinegar, Lemon Juice, and Dawn Dish Soap until well combined.
2. Transfer to large spray bottles using a funnel.
3. Spray generously on all parts of the weed (leaves and root area) earlier in the day when the weeds are in full sun. (The hotter the day, the better your results will be!)
4. The combination of the acid from the vinegar, citrus from the lemon, heat, and sunshine will make those stinky weeds shrivel up!
5. Be careful to spray only on the weeds you want to remove, and keep away from your grass and plants that you want to live! 😉
6. Vinegar can be hard on soil, so this is best suited for driveways, courtyards, and patios where you don’t intend on growing plants in the future.
Weed Spray Examples
For example, this is out it works.
Here is a weed near my driveway…
Here is the weed near my driveway 1 minute after spraying with vinegar… (buh-bye, weed.)
The weeds were total goners within one week, just like that!
Wow ~ what a simple and thrifty Homemade Weed Remover!
And, the best part is… even my boys can spray weeds now. (which, at least for now, are excited about this new ‘job’) 😉
Vinegar as a Weed Remover Reviews
What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Weed Remover Tricks…
Rosanna said: “I just discovered VINEGAR as an “organic” weed-remover! I’ve had monkey grass growing in ugly patches around my magnolia tree. If you have monkey grass, you know it’s impossible to get rid of. On a hunch, I took some vinegar and didn’t even spray it. I just sort of poured it on while jiggling the bottle around. One week later, no more MONKEY GRASS! The Vinegar is safe for the tree, because the tree roots are too deep to be bothered by it, and the vinegar is not strong enough to harm the tree. It works much faster on common weeds.”
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So have you ever tried Homemade Weed Remover with White Vinegar?
Or do you have a thrifty DIY Weed Spray trick?
Leave a comment & share!!
Hi Heidi,
Thanks for sharing awesome tips!
You’re very welcome, Rob… so glad you’re enjoying the gardening tips and tricks! 🙂
However, this homemade weed spray is non-selective and should be applied with caution in areas where there are good plants.
Any weed spray no matter if it’s homemade or readymade needs to be applied with caution in areas where there are good plants.
Nice article, Heidi! I have tried the trick with the vinegar to kill weeds before and I was very happy with the results! Thanks for reminding me!
Hi. I utilized Homemade Vinegar Weed Spray alternative to get rid of dandelion. I generally boil the vinegar to make the acetic acid to become concentrated as this may inevitably generate a more potent alternative. Thanks for the sharing. – Paula
What can I iuse to kill weeds but not hurt my plants. Veggie snd flowers
Here’s a different approach for slugs. I had a sick box turtle that had a badly cut front leg. I had to keep her inside to heal. She didn’t like the dry box turtle food from the pet store so I was trying to think of what she would be eating outside. I went out after dark and since we had tons of slugs, thought I would try one. Well, she went crazy. She gulped it down so fast, I went back out and got a couple more. I started catching 2 or 3 every night. She was a little box turtle. After about 5 nights, suddenly I couldn’t find any more. We had way more than 15 on any given night and now there were none! I think those little critters sent out the word and they all skedaddled out of our yard.
Earwigs n ants n spiders
My barn used to have thousands of earwigs. Reduce the population by pouring some beer or sweet drink on the grass near the structure and cover with any flat object, I use a small square of plywood @a square foot. Lift it up next day n get ready to do the earwig stomp. Yuukk.
Every spring we have an antapalooza period, I put a couple drops of honey where they are coming in. A couple times a day just wipe them up with a wet paper towel.
Spider control, in the spring and especially the fall do a super vacuum in every nook and cranny inside and out of your dwelling, garage n porch too. Keep on the lookout for the next weeks they will be looking for a new place to live cause you’ve ruined their hideouts. Squish the ones you see and sprinkle diamatious earth around areas they are seen. It’s not a poison its crushed stone that cuts and dehydrates all crawling insects. Gardening stores carry it. Poisons, any kind, are not allowed where we live so we have to accept some critters but you can reduce the population by just making your space not so pest friendly. Thank you frugal girls for all your hints. Bill@lupton.net
I used this in the past because it was safer for pets… I found it works best if you remove the leaves and just spray the roots, making sure it is in the sunlight. Even then it was a 50/50, some it worked on and some it did nothing!