Re: Revisiting vinegar for weed control

In a message dated 6/5/02 12:14:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
greenn@icehouse.net writes:

<< live in an ag area none was to be found in Farm/Feed stores.Did find some
 in a chemical supply biz.for a (minimum)55 gal drum $370. some odd >>

Chemically formulated acetic acid and vinegar are not the same thing.  The 
base of these two have different chemical properties. 

If you want kill weeds in a path, boiling water will do the same thing 
although it needs to be repeated over the summer a number of times.  It also 
requires toting a lot of boiling water to the site.

I would not apply commercial acetic acid to my garden for any reason.

There has been a good examination of this subject here with information from 
all over the country.   Apparently all readers on this list.  A 55 gallon 
drum of acetic acid is a hazardous waste chemical here in NY.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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