Homemade Weed Killer / Will It Work?
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Comments (4)My favorite homemade weed killers are these great tools attached to the end of my arms -- four flexible tines plus a really handy opposable tine. There's a great attachment for these tools which involves a blade at the end of a long stick. Hands alone or hands and a hoe are the best organic weed killers, particularly in an established garden. They will be much more effective, no more time consuming and less likely to harm plants you want that walking around spraying vinegar....See MoreHomemade Bug Killers?
Comments (16)Our gardening guru recommends 1 part liquid detergent in 40 parts water. Spray thoroughly, make sure to cover undersides of leaves too. Wait 10 minutes, rinse with clear water. Repeat 3 times over 10 day period to get hatching eggs. This works like a charm, even on big ugly tomato worms. For the veggie garden, I actually use my hose end sprayer filled with liquid detergent and as soon as I've finished spraying, begin rinsing where I started. It works out to about 10 minutes all round. If I spray before actually seeing tomato worms, often there are hardly any later on. It's excellent for aphids but you really have to do the repeat spraying for it to work. This is all I ever use in the garden for spray. This year I tried using wood ash for my squash beetles and it worked fairly well, at least kept the bugs down long enough for the plants to get going. Just put some in a flower pot and shook it over the plants to spread it around on the leaves, especially in the centres. Here is a link that might be useful: Gardening With Ed...See Morehomemade bug killer
Comments (1)Google the topic because the pesticide has to be organism specific. One fits all does not exist....See Moredo ya have a homemade recipe for grass only killer??
Comments (6)Depending on the grass a good mulch might work on the wimpy but desireable grasses many of us prefer, the Blue grasses, Perennial Ryes, Fescues. But for the more aggressive, and invasive grasses, a mulch will only provide a good growing media, moist, enriched soil. The best means of eliminating grass from a planting bed is to mechanically remove it, roots and all, and then put a physical barrier in so the grass cannot grow back....See More
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