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Re[2]: Vinegar as Weedkiller/creating a lazy bed


     

Donna and list,
Vinegar is basically a dilute solution of acetic acid. If you live on the 
southwest coast, it probably would help our alkaline soil!
Shawn
swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
Claremont, CA  USDA9b Sunset19


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Subject: Re: Vinegar as Weedkiller/creating a lazy bed 
Author:  "donnas" <donnas@yancey.main.nc.us>  at INTERNET
Date:    5/22/98 9:24 AM


I have never used enough vinegar to affect the soil ;  I only tried to spray 
it on the foliage of the grass or broadleaf weeds in surrounding area....... 
They turn brown with sun exposure and seem to die.  Some grasses will be 
harder to clear because of their type of root system...... but if the area 
can be dug soon after the foliage turns brown , and the roots sifted out, 
perhaps it would work.  I never sprayed in an area I was intending for a 
garden bed.
     
This would be worth a test though, if anyone has a more sophisticated  pH 
tester.
I only have a  pH   test device with a probe  that you stick in the soil. 
After the holiday I will do a little test patch.
     
When I am creating a new bed   or reviving an old one, I usually turn the 
soil,  grass,  weeds and all,  add a layer of compost or other amendments, 
and then cover with recycled cardboard or several layers of newspaper, top 
with pine needles or straw mulch, or grass clippings, and plant through it 
by poking holes.  I have a sufficient weed barrier, the soil moisture is 
retained better, and by the time the paper/cardboard breaks down, the soil 
under neath is pretty good, because the organic material I turned under has 
broken down as well.  The opening around each plant has to be large enough 
to add dressings of compost.
Donna
in da mtns
     
     
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