How to Buy Organic Weed Control Products

Due to health and environmental concerns of commercial herbicides, eco-minded consumers often look for alternate ways to control weeds safely. Organic weed control is becoming increasingly popular. Organic weed control products kill weeds without harming other plants, animal life, the environment or humans.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Look for organic herbicides, like Concern Weed Killer. Thoroughly spray on weeds when weather is dry and warm. It kills plant tissue on contact, including weeds, grass, moss and algae.

2. Kill weeds with clear polyethylene sheets. First remove all stumps and weeds from the area. Rent a tiller and uproot any weeds left and loosen the soil. Rake the soil to remove all uprooted weeds. Lay the polyethylene sheets and hold in place with bricks. Leave them in place for 4 to 6 weeks to kill any new weeds or seeds (the process is called soil solarization).

3. Control weeds in your garden with landscape fabric. Lay the fabric on the ground, cut holes for the plants and then put mulch over the fabric. The fabric will keep weeds from growing in the covered area.

4. Get organic mulch, like bark mulch. Spread it around the base of the plants.

5. Use vinegar as a weed control product. Saturate the weeds with vinegar on a sunny day. The sun will kill the weeds within the next 2 days. The higher the acidity, the better it works to kill weeds. If you use culinary vinegar, normally 5 percent acidity, you may need multiple applications.

6. Consider organic weed control products like salt. Put a teaspoon of salt in the center of the weed. The excess salt poisons the soil and the weed dies. Avoid this method if you plan to use the soil for gardening.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid piling too much mulch around newly planted flowers or trees, as it can harbor disease. Remove decomposed mulch and replace with new.
• Avoid spraying vinegar on grass, since it'll harm your grass as well.

Resources

• Concern Weed Killer