How to Make a Salt Weed Killer

Working in the garden is a favorite hobby of many people. Owning a finely manicured lawn and garden can be very important to some folks. Even if you're not a work in the garden type of person, if you have a lawn, you probably will still encounter a problem with weeds at some point. There are many choices of weed killers on the market today, but most are extremely toxic and very pricey. There is an easy homemade weed killer you can use instead of the poisons, and you only need two ingredients- both of which are probably nearby right now. The following tips will show you how to make a homemade weed killer.

Things You'll Need

• salt, water, pan

Instructions

Making the salt water weed killer and using it

1. Fill a kitchen pan with 2 cups of water.

2. Place the pan on the stove, and turn the burner on high.

3. Pour 1 cup of salt into the water.

4. Remove the salt/water mixture from the stove as soon as it begins to boil.

5. Pour the mixture right on the weeds, making sure you get plenty around the base and roots. The high salt content in the water will kill the weeds.

6. Repeat the process, and pour salt water on the weeds again the next day. If it happens to rain soon afterwards, wait a day or two so the ground isn't saturated with rainwater (this dilutes the salt greatly) and then use more salt water.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't boil the water until you're ready to use the mixture immediately, you don't want it to cool

• Wait one week before you re-plant in the area you treated for weeds. You need to give the salt water time to dissipate

• You can make more of the salt water mixture by doubling the recipe as needed, just keep the water to salt ratio at 2 parts to 1

• Make sure you don't get any of the salt water near your prized plants, it will kill them too!