Using vinegar, tko, soap as herbicide

Mum · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Maryneal,TEXAS

Has anyone used 20% vinegar, orange oil & soap as a herbicide on cut cedar? When one uses 20% vinegar, orange oil and soap as a herbicide in the garden how long before you can plant?

Dchall_San_Antonio · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 1986 Location: San Antonio,TEXAS

If you use the mix as a foliar spray and not a soil drench, you can plant as soon as the stuff dries on the leaves.

Nadine · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 1162 Location: Carrollton,TEXAS

Dchall_San_Antonio wrote: If you use the mix as a foliar spray and not a soil drench, you can plant as soon as the stuff dries on the leaves.

The 20% vinegar, orange oil, and soap mixture, without anything else is the herbicide. Is it not? :?

As a foliar spray, the vinegar would be the 5% natural apple cider kind. Also, it would be diluted with water and combined with other things such as compost tea. (Orange oil too, but using a much smaller amount than the herbicide/soil drench recipe).