Re: Revisiting vinegar for weed control

In a message dated 6/4/02 5:57:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:

<< I have had mixed results - I found sorrel ( my biggest problem ) 
 loves the stuff. Dandelions died, but it took several sprayings.
 Cheryl >>

Cheryl, sorrel, or sourgrass - is it a weed that has long thin white roots 
running underground and popping up new plants  where you break the root - 
comes up all summer?

I had a visitor last summer who ID'd this "sourgrass" and said it was good to 
eat.  I think it is a chenopodium related to another bummer called "Good King 
Henry" and in most herbals.

If we have the same weedy plant, it is a native of acidic soils and you only 
helped it along.  The plant is killed by liming the area where you want it 
gone, say a planned vegetable bed.  My visitor thought it good stuff for some 
kind of soup and added it is an indicator plant of acid soils.  It must have 
loved the vinegar fix. 

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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