Comments on: Salt as a Weed Killer

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:59:04 +0000

I thought about doing this, but wouldn’t you need to be concerned about it leaching into the ground beside the pathway? I would imagine that eventually it would damage the gardens or grasses beside.

I used borax, which is also natural, on a flat grassy anthill once. It killed the quack grass there, which surprised me, and after three years, there is still no grass growing there, and the area around is not affected. Only now did some new ants appear there. I found that to be quite interesting. Have you ever tried doing this?

By: Tricia @ This Happy Home

Tricia @ This Happy Home — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:28:06 +0000

Make that..do you know HOW it works.

Thanks!

By: Kim M

Kim M — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:10:54 +0000

Great tip! I didn’t know that.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:46:16 +0000

Jane,

It really doesn’t take a lot, I just sprinkle it kind of heavy on the thicker areas.

I know that’s not a real clear answer. )

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:13:58 +0000

Now that I think about it, whenever we made homemade ice cream and we would dump the salt/ice water mix after we were finished, it would kill whatever you dumped it on. Thanks for the tip!

One question, how much salt in how large of an area?