Re: Revisiting vinegar for weed control


Here is one at that URL by  MARTY WINGATE from NW Gardens
".....
6. Use straight vinegar to kill grass and weeds.

This is a great solution for doing in plants that pop up in cracks in the sidewalk or pavement. It also works on weeds in lawn, but in our garden, grass is a weed.

This spring, I doused the grass that comes up in cracks in the concrete walk, and it died off quickly. Some of it grew back again, but I found it much easier to pull out -- because of weakened roots, perhaps? (Thanks to Ciscoe Morris for this tip!)

......"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tangly cottage gardening" <tangly@pacifier.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: Revisiting vinegar for weed control


> That article was by Ann Lovejoy and the product was the Greenergy Blackberry
> and Brush Blocker. It might still be in the online archives at the Seattle
> P-I website
> 
> 
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nwgardens/74326_lovejoy13.shtml
> 
> Or you could contact her and she might email you a copy...
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "connie hoy" <greenn@icehouse.net>
> To: <perennials@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Revisiting vinegar for weed control
> 
> 
> > I know litttle of it except from an article placed online,by a newspaper
> > columnist out of Seattle..I have misplaced the article..But she trialed
> and used
> > it on her misc.weeds.She was very pleased..
> > What she used was vineyard 20% vinegar..
> 
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