Careful with salt it can kill grass and plants you do NOT want to die. The only thing that really works is to pull by hand and digging out the roots.

does it work on ivy or should I just go with the salt warter idea? hay brainstorm how about boiled salt water on the itchy stuff. lol

ok, if you are looking for a quick fix this is not it. It did work. It took about a week to start to kill the weeds I poured the hot water on. We had alot of rain in the last week, so I am not sure if that kept the hot water from working or not. Either way, I would use this method again. I would come up with a better way of pouring the water. I just poured it directly from the pot I boiled it in. A little tricky for the smaller patches.

Thanks for the salt water tip. I will try that on the back pathway. Today is the day. I have emptied my first pot of hot water on the weed field growing up front that will someday be a patio. I have more water boiling. I will post again when something happens (or not):)

I always heard that salt water used from a squirter bottle would have the same effect as a toxic poison. It will not discrimenate between grass, weeds or trees, but will kill weeds in a walk or area where you can get a fine stream of this liquid to hit it’s intended target.

Not that I mind picking weeds, it gives me time to meditate. Sometimes, there is just not enough hours in the day to get everything done so I will definately give this a try.

Someone told me that bleach also works, but if you want to go chemical-free this is a great alternative. Will have to try it !

Once it stops raining here and dries up a bit, I’ll give this a shot

I just read this idea and I will try it in the morning.

I love this idea of boiling water, I’ll try it tonight.