Everyone wants to kill all the weeds in their lawns and have a clean and beautiful field of green but many people struggle to remove all the weeds permanently. There are many weed killer products available in the market that one cannot really know which one will work better for them. Commercial weed killers are popular among many people, yet some won’t consider using them and they are unaware about the safety of using weed killers.
The manufactures of commercial weed killers and even government agencies declared them as safe to use and can be used for long term effects. If you are worried to make use of chemicals in your garden then you can opt some natural methods to remove the weeds. Following some are popular natural tricks to remove weeds from a garden. Prepare Homemade weed killer: Try to make a weed killer by yourself, all you need is a gallon of vinegar, one cup of salt and one tablespoon of dish soap. Mix all these ingredients until the salt is dissolved, use spray bottle for application so that you can control the nozzle for either spray or stream. While spraying weed killer, be careful not to spray on grass. The vinegar will kill weeds but can also kill some grass, spray them during hot and sunny day. This method is considered as best homemade weed killer. Boiling Water: This technique is the most cheapest homemade treatments. Boil a pot of water and then pour it straight to weeds just make sure that doesn’t spread to surrounding plants. This will work well for small weeds coming up through the cracks in driveway or pavements. Rubbing alcohol: Mix two table spoon of rubbing alcohol with a liter of water. Pour the mixture into a spraying bottle and spray directly onto the weeds, the alcohol will remove moisture from the weeds and quickly dry out and die. Newspaper: If your garden is infested, lay down some old newspapers sheets. Make sure that the layer is thicker enough to block the sun rays, the lack of sun light means the weeds won’t be able to sprout. They block beginning weeds from growing and new seeds from forming into a plant. Lemon juice: Citrus lemon juice will act as a natural acid to kill weeds in a garden. Fill the spray bottle with lime juice and any perpetrators, this natural solution will dry and kill weeds within two sunny days. For extra strong formula, mix lemon juice with acidic vinegar. You can even try hand pulling weeds from the soil, moist the soil well enough that weed can come out easily with one small pull. Eventually, the weeds will loose its ability to create food for their roots to continue to grow and they will die off.
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