How to Stop Weeds on a Driveway

Keep your driveway free of weeds to enhance your home's curb appeal.

Just as a weed-free yard improves the curbside appeal of your home, a weed-free driveway does as well. However, a driveway is usually much easier to rid of weeds than a yard. This is because you typically do not have to worry about accidentally killing other plants in your driveway. You can use a number of items that are readily found in your home to help rid your driveway of weeds.

Things You'll Need

• Borax
• Baking soda
• Bleach
• Salt
• Pot
• Vinegar
• Spray bottle

Instructions

1. Pour borax or baking soda into the cracks of your driveway to stop weeds from growing. These products will kill the weeds and prevent them from growing back.

2. Pour bleach over the weeds you want to stop from growing in your driveway. In a few days, the weeds will dry up and die.

3. Boil 2 cups of water in a pot on the stove and mix 1 cup of salt into it. Pour the salt water over the weeds in your driveway. This solution will cause the weeds to dry up and die as well as prevent weeds from growing back in the same area.

4. Pour white vinegar or apple cider vinegar into a spray bottle. Then spray the weeds in your driveway with the vinegar. Spray the leaves of the weeds as well as the base so that the vinegar soaks into the roots.

References

• "Reader's Digest"; 11 Ways to Kill Garden Weeds; T. Barber