By: Rudy Silva
Submitted: 2010-09-27 21:26:40 | Word Count: 554
Would you like to know how to kill weeds? There are many ways to kill weeds, including using commercial chemicals specifically designed to kill grass weeds. However, if you are concerned with the health of the earth, you can try any of the four ways to kill weeds naturally.
White distilled vinegar is effective in ridding weeds, although it does not directly kill the weeds. The mechanics works by increasing the pH level of the soil, which makes the weeds to wither and die. The pH level of the soil goes back to its normal level after 24 hours or less and does not affect your other plants.
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Choose the vinegar with 15-20% acetic level. The higher the acetic level, the more efficacious it is in killing weeds. Pour vinegar into a bottle spray and apply it onto the weeds. The US Department of Agriculture scientists confirmed the efficacy of vinegar in controlling weeds particularly on sunny days. It can burn the plants.
Ensure that your other plants do not get contact with the vinegar as they too would get affected by its acidity. The best time to spray vinegar is on a dry day. If you are not sure how to do it, you can watch videos on how to kill weeds using vinegar.
Disinfectant alcohol or rubbing alcohol is another substance used in getting rid of the unwanted grass in your garden. Depending on how stubborn the weeds are in your garden, mix five tablespoons of alcohol with 4 cups of water in a bottle spray. Mix it thoroughly and apply to your plants on a dry day. Be careful not to spray the alcohol to your precious plants.
Another weed killer is boiling water. Pour it straight to the weeds; it will kill the plants and their seeds. You can also mix 5 tablespoons of liquid soap with your boiling water before you hurl it into the weeds. Again, choose a sunny day to work on your weeds.
Now, if you do not want to get into the trouble of boiling water and using vinegar and alcohol to kill unnecessary weeds, you can choose a natural pre-emergent weed preventer and killer. One brand that comes to popularity is preen.
Preen weed killer is safe to use around vegetables, flowers, trees and other precious plants. You do not have to be very careful in not touching your other plants as preen weed killer is a pre-emergent herbicide that comes in granules.
Once activated by water, preen granular weed killer prevents weeds from germinating. It does creating a weed-killing barrier beneath the surface of the soil. It can be used anytime of the year. Like all tips on how to kill weeds provided by all pre-emergent herbicides, you have to be careful that you do not use it on flower seeds, as it could prevent their germination.
The internet is a good source of information-such as articles and videos-on how to kill weeds. It also provides tips on how to use natural weed preventer and controller.
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