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gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8956
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 19 7:36 am Post subject: Vinegar for weed suppressing
What proportion white vinegar:water should be sprayed on weeds? We've just re-sanded brothers block paving after weeding and pressure washing. He could have got sand called No Weed..expensive,but it works by having a high Ph... Could he get the same result by watering with a vinegar/water solution?

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 19 8:24 am Post subject:
Oh, interesting to see if vinegar will work. I'd prefer to use that than something like round-up.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 19 11:54 am Post subject:
Hmm, it must have to be extremely acid to stop germination. I'd imagine it leaches out too, have you checked for reviews of the product? If it needs to be that acid then you'd probably be dissolving your slabs when spraying anything of that pH

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2573
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 19 1:30 pm Post subject:

Vinegar is acid, will lower the pH. Kitchen vinegar is relatively mild, for weed killing there is some special, stronger vinegar available.

Since you mention "sanding" I'm not clear if you mean the blocks are wood and were sanded, or if they are stone and you were sanding the gaps between them.

If stone, then flame off the weeds. There's a garden flame weeder over here, made by Flame Engineering. The Red Dragon is like a Bernzomatic shop torch used for soldering. You are not incinerating the weeds, just slowly sweep back and forth until the weed leaves change from green to not so green. That indicates the leaf cells have ruptured. It is great for gravel areas, cracks in pavement, etc. There is even a field crop model used for row crops.

Here is a discussion on my website about coping with weeds from last year

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46247
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 19 4:30 pm Post subject:

even paving has run off

mechanical( sharp hook, wire brush, stiff broom etc pressure washer )

flame thingys are ace for regular control

add a bit of dry lime to the dry sand you brush in, it helps solidity and reduces the number of things that can grow.
any white staining can be taken off the blocks with a hose if done after a couple of days or with a light acid wash later

try a discrete corner for the surface staining before you go for the whole thing

there is sand and sand, fine silver sand looks good in most BP but fine sharp is cheap and will fill gaps 5 mm or wider

avoid owt with grits in when sanding

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8956
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 19 9:47 pm Post subject:
ISTR it mentioned a Ph of 8.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15998

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 19 6:47 am Post subject:
That is alkaline. pH7 is neutral and anything lower than that acid.

gray_b

Joined: 24 Jun 2011
Posts: 254
Location: Leafy Shires of the Midlands

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 19 7:17 pm Post subject:

Tried with white vinegar. Not particularly effective as it only burns the leaves. Maybe good for annuals, but not perennials

Try Acetic acid.

White vinegar is only 5% acetic acid
Horticultural vinegar is 20% acetic acid
Acetic acid can be up to +99%

Tried to find if vinegar etc etc is cleared for horticultural purposes, but I cannot see any clearance.

Tried gallons of undiluted white vinegar on Liverwort a few years back, but it had no effect.

Midlandsman

Joined: 22 May 2014
Posts: 116

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 19 10:45 pm Post subject:
Don't forget that an effective solution may kill plants for a long time and leach to affect surrounding areas. I'm far happier using a weed membrane under slabs. MM

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