What to do with extra homemade weed killer?

bumpuser5078523

I tried the homemade weed killer. It didn't do a damn thing. Now I have almost a gallon of vinegar (with half a cup of salt and a splash of dawn in it) that is going to waste if I can't use it. Ideas?

CLLDLL

My mom uses salt in her toilets once a month to kill any tree roots that might try growing into her pipes going out to the street?? That's all I got.

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freezorburn

Use it to strip diapers in the dishwasher?  :P

PipSqueak0313

I remember reading a message from someone from a local state extension office or something like that saying that the vinegar/epsom salt/dish soap "weed killer" was just plain bad for the soil because the vinegar is an acid which makes the soil acidic, the Epsom salts just add too much magnesium, and the dish soap....well that's as much of a chemical as the commercial weed killer that people are trying to avoid....and the whole thing does nothing for killing weeds....or it destroys the soil so that nothing grows.

unaveragejane

Would it work as a bathroom cleaner? It sounds like other homemade cleaner recipes I have heard, except for the salt.

bumpuser5078523

I think a tiny bit of dawn mixed in a gallon of vinegar is not as chemically as dousing the stuff in Round Up..... it literally is like half a teaspoon.

I think I will just use it for my vinegar water cleaner. Do you think the salt would be an issue?

freezorburn

Maybe do a spot test? And you might even be okay diluting the stuff.

bumpuser5078523

I was told that solution works if it's Epsom salt, not regular..... now to find out if I can add it to this solution or not. Ugh.