Vinegar vs Baking Soda Weed Killer Comparison
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- I compared Vinegar with Baking Soda as an effective way of killing Weeds. I created vinegar solution with some soap, baking soda solution diluted in water in 1 to 1 ratio, and sprinkled baking soda powder on weeds on a full sunny day and the rests are in!!!
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Boiling hot water poured on weeds sun or shade. One to two days dry...rake or pull, pour boiling water again to kill any remaining roots. Done.
Esp good for my small garden area where I hope to grow plants later (viniger salt baking soda will change the soil PH)
May I ask will it also kill the glass around? Thanks.
@@ronyho5678 No it will not. The grass will be just fine, as long as you pour directly on the top of the weed, enough to penetrate down to the root. Try it on a sidewalk or driveway area first and you'll see...
@@pilove30 Thanks, definitely will try.
How long will it last till u have to do it again
The vinegar and dish detergent solution really works! I tried it on my driveway and it killed all the weeds in just a few days. Thank you,!
Yes, Sun makes a big difference. You might also try 30% industrial vinegar for the shaded areas, however it is very expensive. And also can cause skin and eye irritation, so use it with great care and eye protection.
The sun helps the vinegar solution to become much more concentrated by evaporating the water away.
This is great, I buy weed killer which is about 10 times higher the price of vinegar and it does not kill the roots either within 8 weeks you see them growing, this is much much cheaper option, thanks for the share
Yep. I wasted a lot of money buying weedkiller solutions at home improvement stores. None of them worked. They only wasted my time.
Thing is weed klllers have cancer causing chemicals and they seap into underground water. Besafe when using weed killer....
The baking soda may work but it may take a little longer. At least a week or more. It is good to know that the vinegar only takes one day though. Thanks so much for sharing.
FYI....Use the baking soda to get rid of bugs, and powdery mildew....works great.
Informative video! I think i'll add salt for weeds in my driveway, not for my plants. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this information, I am going to try this on my garden, and sidewalks. Again thank you 🙈🙉🙊, I will be so happy to see them go!
Have a great week.
Blessed be 💜
Clara Bowling my. aren't you so verey polite i meen that seriously
Straight to the point with great information and examples. Thanks!
Used vegetable oil thats been heated 400 degrees in fryer, pour on Bermuda grass. This heat oil absolutely kills everything it’s poured on.
thank you so much for doing the comparison and explaining the part about adding salt/ sun versus shade. Great teaching, simple, practical. Loved it
Baking soda powder works on crab grass...I have no problem with salt for areas away from other plants ground roots. There is salt in the soil in coastal Florida anyway.
Would be nice to see what the weeds looked like after a week or two, do the weeds return after three or four weeks after treatment?
In my experience the vinegar does not kill the root and the weeds grew back. Have you noticed this at all?
It has been 10 days since i made the video and sprayed vinegar, the weeds have not yet grown back but will keep an eye on it and post an update here.
I agree. He didn't wait weeks to see if they grew back.
Agree. Vinegar kills fast but not permanently. I poured vinegar on some spots in my lawn with heavy weeds. The weeds turned brown and stayed browned for about a month, but then new growth would slowly reappear.
any organic method is going to take time and effort, they are different animals than cancer causing chemicals
@@msk3905 who said anything about cancer causing chemicals, yes if you dump enough acid filled vinegar on the soil nothing will grow, and microcosmic life in the soil will die too. It's not a viable solution. Spraying this mixture will not kill your weeds unless massively over used. I suggest pulling them regularly or finding harmony with them. Or just drown them in compost.
Nice vid but it makes it seem as if the baking soda doesn’t work. To be clear baking soda will kill plants by sucking moisture out of the plant, But this process takes longer than the vinegars method of burning the leaves. Vinegar is a “burnout” herbicide.
However, neither of these methods translocate poison to the roots. This means you aren’t actually killing the weed, just burning the exposed area. It’s more effective to use a glyphosate(roundup) based chemical which will kill the espoused area AND the roots. Then hand pull any weeds that sprout afterward. If you keep up on pulling the weeds they will never mature which means they will never produce seeds. The end result will be a very low maintenance garden.
Yes your right, but people are lazy and do not want to bend forward LOL
I tried to kill some bugs with baking soda and it also kill the plant, will never used it around another plant again
Some plants thrive in alkaline soil (baking soda is alkaline). Other weeds prefer acidic soil. Depending on the plant, either could kill or assist.
Thank you for sharing, didn't know that
Wow! This was amazing, thank you so much for this video! I was originally going to try baking soda, but we’re going with your vinegar solution next year for sure! Thanks again! 🌱
Thankyou so much! Will definitely give it a go on my allotment. I am overwhelmed with weeds. Was going try salt.NOT NOW! 🙏🏻😊
No more poisonous Roundup. Praise GOD
Roundup is safe.
@@DukeGMOLOL safe to say it kills
@@CarlosTV4u --It is safe to say it is safe.
I mix my roundup with vodka. Tasty and so healthy.
@@prairiestrong4037 LOL. Great answer there, friend!
Why not invest in a pump sprayer and save some effort? (They're inexpensive.)
It was a small controlled experiment.
I’m pretty sure the amount of salt you would use isn’t enough to cause soil problems . Plus unless you’re using it in the garden . You’re spraying where you don’t desire plants to grow.
For sidewalk or driveway weeds salt is a big plus. It keeps them down longer. But I can see why it would be a big no no in a garden.
Thanks for this. I appreciate the comparisons to see the affectiveness. Best wishes to you!!!
I used a plant based hypoallergenic, soap and it was effective within minutes!
Guess I won't be apart of the " Round-up Law suit"! LOL
Keith Douglas Hi Keith! Are you able to tell us what brand you purchased? I live in Ontario, Canada and I have interlock in my backyard. The weeds are growing horrifically. I have been using vinegar on my front driveway which is also interlock and it does keep weeds at bay. My neighbour once brought me a weed killer from the USA. Not only did it kill my weeds but it killed two of my most beautiful trees. I never realized how harmful these chemical weed killers can be. If you can’t tell us I do understand. Thank you so much and have a wonderful day, Susan.🌹
Roundup is very dangerous its cancerous. . Imagine they now find out that
@@bernardjohn4699 They always knew. Just hidden. And the companies (often Rx companies which make many highly toxic products Bayer Aspirin Bayer Pesticides) make money doing this research (often paid for by tax payers) I did research on the horrors of animal lab testing when in collage. Imagine paste of that and every chemical made by man put in your eye (Draize rabbit eye test) or down your throat into your stomach (50/50 where beagles with their longer frames are used. The lab workers are allowed to cut the vocal cords to the screams "won't bother them". I almost puked each time I had to turn the page. I have gone holistic and "not tested on animals" for decades now.
Also sunny days for a few days AFTER the treatment are important to be sure the plant is dead at the roots and the vinegar is not simply washed away by the rain.
The soap is used as a surfactant. Baby shampoo works as well and is much cheaper and smells great 👍🏻
Also just sprinkling just table salt (35p from Tesco's)on small areas also works.
On dry days only
I find that when I spray bleach, a base like baking soda although stronger, to kill alge on my deck that the plants around the deck don't seemed to be bothered by the bleach. So I'm guessing the acidity is harder on the plants. Also there are higher acidy vinegars you can buy that are made to use in laundry and other cleaning applications. I've nevr noticed thm in stores but someone in another natural weed killer video had some.
The vinegar works very well on sour grass and chick grass. After a few days I sprinkle lime over the area. This fixes the ground so the good grass can take over. I noticed with wire grass, it didn't hardly phase the weed. You need a total vegetation killer to get rid of that.
Good Info - More concentrated vinegar (20 or 30 percent ) would work even better .
I have focused a propane torch on weeds. Very effective - very fast. If weather is cool it takes longer to kill weeds. Use cleaning vinegar because the concentration is higher than household vinegar. It works faster.
Used a small flame torch with lance sold in hardware shops in australia. It worked well . Then one hot sunny day , I was working the torch along a dry lawn. Yup.....the lawn went up in flames in 5 secs. The fire ran up trees and it became a big blaze that was goin to the nearby houses. I rang the fireys somehow. guy next door ran out with a hose and ..and I was amazed how a big blaze could be put out with a water hose . The trees saved me . And the fireys were there in 5 mins, too.
@@hesh2892 You are lucky! I have used a micro torch - about the size of cigarette lighter. It has a small pencil flame. Its flame is very focused. Also, I tend to use a grass trimmer a lot to cut the weeds down to a size of a dot in the lawn. That slows down the weeds.
@@sparky7915 those torches can start fire if you work in dry hot areas . But they are fine in cool weather. Just remember location of nearest hose. The vinegar also works quite well
Thank you for the wonderful video I literally just got done watching another video where the guy said to put salt in the mixture so I'm glad to see your video cause yours makes much more sense and so now I will not be adding salt in my solution of vinegar thank you so much for the fantastic video great job!!!
Salt increases the acidity of the vinegar. You fucking moron
Great to know the baking soda is not going to cut it. Thanks for the video. How long before they come back??? I am no a person who likes to do the same thing over and over. ( That's the trouble with housework. You clean and 6 months later you have to do it all over again. 🤣 ( stolen from Joan Rivers))
I am not watering the dirt and they seem to grow from the dew in the morning and that is it. It is so easy to have weeds grow and so hard to have plants you WANT to grow.
Thank you Jack for sharing this.
I am surprised that 5% vinegar works so well, as other CZcams videos show they are too weak.
They recommend more than 20% acidity.
You have clearly shown they work - in hot sunshine.
Use cleaning vinegar because it has a higher concentration than store vinegar.
Great info and thanks for showing the 3 examples. Super informative
LoVe this video! Tip: mix the baking soda and water in a bowl, then pour into the spray bottle!
I'm trying to kill foxtail weeds that have taken over the landscape rock a previous homeowner installed. Last year was not successful, but the mixture was different, I plan on trying your straight vinegar and one other mixture this year, but earlier, even though it's not hot enough, we do have full sun, and because the weeds are just now emerging and haven't set seed yet.
When you use baking soda, you are adding salt to your vegetation.
What is baking soda made of chemically?
Sodium bicarbonate (IUPAC name: sodium hydrogen carbonate), commonly known as baking soda (mainly North America) or bicarbonate of soda, is a chemical compound with the formula NaHCO3. It is a salt composed of a sodium cation (Na+) and a bicarbonate anion (HCO3−).
My solution is change our attitude towards weeds so that we like them.
Great stuff as always.
This is a really good comparison... So it means that, the pH of the vinegar... I googled, is around pH 2. And then the baking soda is actually 8. So the acidity of the vinegar, kills off the growth, when the plant is trying to grow in the sun. Interesting....
I found out why the Round-up doesn't work in my garden !!!
www.monsanto-ag.co.uk/roundup/roundup-agriculture/best-practice/water-quality/
Glysophate acid is around pH 1... but because some areas in the UK is hard water... It stops the acid from working.... So vinegar in bulk it is !! My sister-in-law swears by hot water. I don't know why... lol... So pH 3... for vinegar is good enough. The Round-up which we get are diluted, so it is around 3-4 also... but because of the hard water.. in the ground. It does not work. Hm... :)
Unfortunately the foul smell of vinegar is too much.
Results at 2:20
I plan on spraying with vinegar asap! I subscribed, thanks so much!
Cheryl A/T I did works great .and just think all these years ive been useing damn weed killing they try to chare you more than a tank of gas would cost me
Thanks for the great video. Can we use this Vinegar+Soap to kill the weeds around the Pecan Trees? Will it cause any damage to the trees?
Good job. Thanks for posting. Very clear!
What part of salt doesn't belong in the garden, the Na or the Cl? Baking soda has Na in it (chemical composition: NaHCO3).
If you mix the vinegar with the baking soda, you make a volcano
If you mix lemon juice with baking soda, it'll smell like a skunk. I've mixed this up before as a joke.
The weeds will grow back in around a month
yes you need a lot of vinegar
Thank you for sharing. It's amazing that so many people promote baking soda but it didn't do a thing in your experiment. Regarding the argument that the roots grow back, I bet a higher horticultural grade of vinegar would take care of any crabgrass returning.
No, vinegar is a contact herbicide not a systemic herbicide. It does not kill the roots.
It works but don't use a cheap plastic spray container. I did and when I put the top on to mix it it blew up in my face. Sounded like a bomb and scared me to death. Thank God I had on safety glasses. It went went everywhere. What a mess. So when I re-did it I used a bucket and just poured a small amount slowly on the unwanted grass and weeds and that worked well 🙃
The vinegar kills them on the surface, but the roots are not dead, so they will return.
I don't mind adding the salt, especially if it works better, because I am spraying cracks in pavement where bad weeds are constantly growing. In fact I have palm trees that have taken seed, and they are insidious.
Ancient peoples used to sow the fields of their enemies with salt because it killed the soil and made it impossible to grow crops on the ravaged fields. Vinegar and soap will break down and disappear. Salt will contaminate your soil forever.
The correct amount of Epsom salt will help some types of peppers develop properly and fully
Epsom salt is actually not really a salt at all. It contains no sodium. It's called epsom "salt" merely because it looks like course salt, but it's not a salt at all.
Great for tomatoes also!
30 ° lol, England , it's unlikely even with climate change, but thanks, I'll try it.
That was very interesting, thank you.
Baking soda is sodium by-carbonate.
VINEGAR REALLY IS A MIRACLE LIQUID SOLUTION !
thank you for testing this... helped me make a new solution that will work in my back yard and driveway
much better than spraying glyphosphate/round up!
So much incorrect information. Let's dive in. First, baking soda _is_ salt. It's _sodium_ bicarbonate, which is a salt. BTW, the combo of vinegar _and_ baking soda can, with respect to certain plants, amplify and prolong the herbicidal power of the vinegar. Second, as for the castile soap you're using, first, one of the primary ingredient in it is _potassium_ hydroxide, which is…you guessed it…another salt. But regardless, soap is just a surfactant and thus is almost useless as an herbicide. The only potential benefit it could have here is to allow the vinegar and/or baking soda to cling to and coat the plants. But even then, you don't specifically need castile soap to do this (any kind of liquid soap would work). Finally, please don't say things like "dish soap might contain some chemicals." Might? Of course it contains chemicals. It's made of nothing but chemicals. The bottle it comes in is chemicals. The air we breath, water we drink, food we eat, our bodies, the earth itself, the sun, the moon, and everything that has physical form is made of chemicals (i.e., molecules, which are made of atoms).
Thanks for the video . Does it kill the grass in the process?
Appreciate your sharing, it was helpful! THANK YOU! 👍
Gosh you have stunning eyes with your dark hair and skin. Lol
Thank you for the tip!
Because Singh is always king
Use the vintage and Baking soda together 👌🏻
Living in Canada...SO...basically we don't have a lot of days with 30 degree celsius...
We do in the East Coast
in Ireland it will never work than as it is never 30 Celsius and it always rains
Pickling vinegar is 7% and works much faster.
It would have been interesting if you had also tried just water in full sun verses the vinegar solution to see how much more effective the vinegar was. On a hot day even water applied at noon can kill plants. I water at night or in the morning or am really careful not to get the foliage wet on a hot day.
If water in full sun kills your plants it's probably from chlorinated tapwater, otherwise rain would kill as well.
Thanks Jack. Gonna try it.
i have a gravel driveway and this is just what i need! thanks so much for sharing
Gravel driveways are hell to keep up with. I tried diesel fuel, vinegar & salt solution, and brush be gone. You're out there every month putting something down. I gave up and blacktopped the driveway. Now I just have to weed whack the edges to keep even straight lines.
Thanks for the information my friend happy growing
Pure organic oils are still chemicals
Tq for the tips.... Will try... U doing great video., All the best for ur upcoming videos...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I put vinegar on my French fries and it dried them up as well.
Thank you for the video. I am curious what is the reason for not using salt to kill weeds?
It can leach into your entire garden or lawn and destroy the soil chemistry PH wise.
Epsom salts however is (are??) a different matter.
""""Epsom salt is also known as magnesium sulfate. It's a chemical compound made up of magnesium, sulfur, and oxygen."""
Used vinegar and didn't do anything to the weeds
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.
I sprayed it on my privates. It didn't get rid of anything.
And a few weeks later they are back.
Thanks for the tips mate... Cheers
can i apply the vinegar solution to kill weed in my vegetable garden? Will it affect my vegetable plants (tomatoes, peppers, watermelon, luffa, squash, eggplant, okra)
It only burns the leaves. It all grows back
Exactly. Roundup is safe and cheap and kills roots and all.
Duke Steele Roundup is a cancer causing agent!
@@miranduri --Not a single regulator or health agency in the world finds that roundup is a carcinogen.
@@DukeGMOLOL Whether or not it is a carcinogen is irrelevant - it's bad for your health and the health of the ecosystem in which it is introduced.
@@VladTheImpalerTepesIII --Glyphosate has been found safe in all aspects at the less than tiny levels we are exposed to.
Ecosystem? What impacts to the ecosystem do you refer to?
vinagigre soap salt i used it today within a hour it started killing the weeds .
50% white vinegar + 50% rubbing alcohol + 1 tbs dish soap :-)
Please can you explain why salt should not be added to soil ? I am curious to understand.. Vinegar is not bad to soil..? and Vinegar is very expensive - for small area it may be fine, how about if I have to control week for 10 acres , very big farm lands ? Please explain.
What affect does salt have in the garden? Thank you for your video!
Don’t use vinegar on your lawn weeds unless you want to kill the grass too.
Great, informative video!
Doesn’t baking soda contain sodium? Also the “weeds” around your pavers are grass.
Thank you for posting the video. Really interesting! :)
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For those lonely nights if you know what I mean..
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@@VladTheImpalerTepesIII It's a joke, saying I liked him so much.
My raises bed is full of baby weeds, that is were i will transplant my seedlings. Can i follow same steps? Will it affecr my veg seedlings later
Earlier today I saw a video where the baking powder was applied dry, yet then watered in immediately. It would be interesting to know if that improved the result compared to these.
Any update?
@@nickabel8279 I can see what you can see. No response yet.
I need something I can spray on my entire back yard, not something that is spot spray. I wish I could use this as a ground spray.
Do you think the solution could be injected into the base of the weed plants instead of poured on the weeds?
Thanks. Great video
I used it didn't die.
Buy the 75% vinegar