Re: Revisiting vinegar for weed control
- Subject: Re: Revisiting vinegar for weed control
- From: t* c* g*
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 09:27:43 -0700
I got some of the Greenergy Blackberry and Brush Blocker last year...a 20%
solution of vinegar which was effective when I used it on a gravel path.
Unfortunately, it cost about $50 a gallon! I hear cheaper brands can be
found. One thing, if you use it on a garden bed, you are then supposed to
have to add lime to the soil to resweeten it before you can plant. Also,
Dr. Elaine Ingham of ...oh no! I have forgotten her
webite!...soilfoodweb.com?....wrote a newsletter in which she expressed some
concern that soil biota would be killed by the Greenergy product...or
something like that...but Ann Lovejoy wrote a column or two in which she
theorized that the soil biota just go dormant and then return. Oh, and you
are not supposed to use it near water.
Skyler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Martinson" <llmen@wi.rr.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: RE: Revisiting vinegar for weed control
> >If household vinegar is only a 5% solution...where would you find
> >the 10-20% mix strength solutions?
>
> Take a look at the following sites:
>
> http://www.savvygardener.com/Reviews/Products/bradfield_vinegar.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.bradfieldind.com/
>
> --
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> l*@wi.rr.com
>
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