3 Easy and Inexpensive Home Made Weed Killers

Do you hate weeds? Me too! I’m sharing 3 easy and inexpensive home made weed killers, along with some other tips and tricks.

Home Made Weed Killers Ingredients

You can definitely pull weeds by hand making sure that you get all of the roots out, but sometimes you’d like a way that is a little easier than that.

Home Made Weed Killers Instructions

1. Vinegar and salt weed Killer

Fill a spray bottle with white vinegar, and the higher the acidity is the faster it will kill the weed.
Add 1/4 cup salt of your choice – table salt, sea salt, or Epsom salt.
Place the lid back on and mix well together.
Spray the weed to coat it.

Here is a look at the weed the next day.

2. soap and salt weed killer

Fill the squirt bottle up with water
Add 2 Tablespoons Castile soap
Add 1/4 cup of salt
Place the lid on and mix together
Spray the weed to coat it.

Here is a look at the weed the next day.

With the vinegar or castile soap and salt mixtures, you can make a larger batch and use a garden sprayer if you like.

3. Boiling water weed killer

Boil some water, I like to use my electric kettle to do this. Pour the boiling water over the weed.

Here’s a look at the weed the next day.

What is a weed suppressant?

Every fall we use our fallen leaves and place them in the garden. This suppresses the weeds and smothers them to keep them from growing. In the spring, we till the leaves into the soil and plant them for the next season. Other suppressants include mulch and hay.

What keeps weeds from germinating?

Smothering weeds is one way to keep weeds from germinating and you can do this by covering the ground or garden with things like fallen leaves, hay, and mulch. Pulling weeds also stops them from going to seed and spreading. When they spread they move into a new space and germinate in the ground which is why it’s important to keep up with them. You can also trim the weed if you cannot get to the root and stop the seeds from spreading. This will then give you time to put weed killer on them.