Vinegar vs Glyphosate

[ado089]

I works fast at high concentrations, pure vinegar, but contact seems to be crucial. I only put it on half of one dandelion the half that I put it on is sick but the untreated leaves seem to be fairly healthy still. The one I fully covered is gone now, two days, but like I said i just dumped it out of the bottle.

[Hopperbin]

Where is Parsley, I think she knows about these organic herbicides.

[mcfarms]

You know what they say you have better luck catching a parsley with honey than with vinegar.....

[mcfarms]

ps anyone know where I can buy 450's of vinegar?

[mcfarms]

Research Results from BARC
Greenhouse and field research have been conducted at Beltsville, Maryland, to determine the efficacy of vinegar for controlling weeds. The
results indicate that vinegar can kill several important weed species at several growth stages. Vinegar at 10, 15 or 20 % acetic acid
concentration provided 80-100 percent kill of selected annual weeds, including giant foxtail up to 3 inches in height, common lambsquarters
up to 5 inches, smooth pigweed up to 6 inches, and velvetleaf up to 9 inches. Control of annual weeds with vinegar at the 5 % acetic acid
concentration was variable. Canada thistle shoots were highly susceptible with 100 percent kill by 5 % vinegar

[AG_guy]

I think Vinegar would be a better fit for muncipalities or in town even. Or in parks i wonder how it would react when placed around rivers or streams. Would aquatic life be damaged if we used vinegar close to water. It may also be a fit for weeds on ducks unlimiteds land. If we were in the states there would like be an incentive for using it around sensitive land.

[ado089]

Food grade vinegar is only 3-5% acetic acid depending on the brand if I remember science class properly.

[PDF]

Is anyone really trying this on more than a few weeds in the garden? Seems like a project for organic extension researchers....

[AG_guy]

Why the organic extension ? The topic isn't meant to go farm scale i meant to show there is an alternative to almost everything that is harmful. people have to take the blinders off and stop thinking this belongs here or that belongs there. Agriculture is agriculture and many techniques can be applied to many field's, organic or conventional. organic farmers can still add products to protect seed and to increase microbial activity in the soil and to increase decomposition in there fields. there are products out there that work just as good if not better that don't have a skull and cross bones on the lable and they actually work for you not against you. And guess what they work in conventional farming to but guys won't use them cause they get uptight when they hear organic guys use them.

But hey if anyone is going to try vinegar on more then there garden i'll be there to help out and see what happens lol !!!

[per]

Hey Ag, give me a heads up on where to find enough of high percentage vinegar and I will give it a field sized trial. My whole farm has become a big experiment anyway.