5 Weird Ways To Get Rid Of Weeds That Actually Work 

I cut the weeds low then covered with cardboard and then pine straw or oak leaves. It’s worked very well for the last two years.

I’ve fought weeds in my flowerbeds for years until an elderly lady told me to remove all my mulch, lay several (about 5-6 single sheets only black and white papers, no color) of news paper on the ground, wet and cover with a good layer of mulch. I never had to worry about weeds again for 3 years. When my weeds started coming through after 3 years I just repeated the process. It works.

It's simple... Weeds don't like to read the news paper 😄

“Next time you're boiling pasta, dump the hot, boiling water right onto the weed growing in the cracks of your sidewalk or patio or along garden paths.” *shows a guy splashing scalding water directly in front of his exposed feet and legs.*

My family has done the news paper thing for years and it really works

Salt never leaves the soil. Seven years ago we sold our horses, but deer still dig where the salt block was. Vinegar changes ph.

The paper or cardboard work great, both have the added benefit of being what works love to eat. Moisten it really well before mulching and worms galore will get to work around your veggies.

Thanks for the information. I like how you can make a home remedy. Weeds can be a nightmare at times.

I did the newspaper thing about 15 years ago. My neighbors thought I was nuts while I was doing it. It was awesome - instant landscaped gardens. The following year, all the weeds came back.

Never thought to use hot boiling water - thanks. This tip has made me very happy indeed!

Watching this was like sitting thru a meeting where the presenter reads every word on every slide.

Use a layer of leaves from trees to suffocate the weeds, I see it done all the time. Now if u do that u could also add burkdust for that clean finish look on top of the leaves. I'm going to try it.

Works just fine! And lasts a good while too!

I did this can truly attest to the newspaper working! Plus you are adding nutrients into the soil when the decompose

Thick carboard works good too, and its free, lay down cardboard, get it wet(helps keep it un place) spread about 3-4 inches of good mulch(like hemlock) and the preen it, preen will keep any seeds that blow in from germinating

Brilliant, Thank you.x

Boiling water works...used it in Hawaii on some really tough grasses...and can say it does work....

Weeds grow in mineral deficient soil. Have a soil test made and then add minerals as required to your soils.

Great tips, thanks.

my moms put rexin and advt flex sheet on soil. It worked like a charm. She mentioned here the agriculture Dept is also recommending that. I

I have dogfennel and cockleburs. I combine machete and shovel with burning the roots and seeds and spreading the ashes on the soil as recommended in biodynamic agriculture. It's not perfect and takes a few years to work, but at least it's not an herbicide.

We did this all over my home state to combat valley fever. Now we have many native species that are nearing the endangered list because of it. Weeds and ants and gophers may be a nuisance to you, but they’re necessary for the survival of many wild animals and the health of our ecosystems

I love the natural solution!

Salt and vinager? I'm off to sprinkle weedkiller on my fish n chips :-/

4. Is old school and extremely productive way to get rid of them ❤

Wow Easy Quick Not expensive Nice simple quick video an easy to follow Brilliant Keep this up

While weeds are a nuisance in your lawn or garden, please remember that so called “weeds” have very good medicinal properties and do serve a purpose if you know how to use them. Weed is an umbrella term for a plant that grows in an unwanted area, it’s not a trash plant with no usefulness. People kill dandelions everyday and then will go to the store and buy dandelion greens!! Lol

Salt does not stay put , it moves through soil with moisture , salinity toxicity is already a problem in soils and salt leaching into gutters then into storm drains is not helping the environment. Salt your margarita glass or French fries not the soil.

I like the news paper idea.

I have tired all this for long time, all worked very well..... 👍

It really works I have done it, needs to be put down in double layers

How Much salt is recommended? Also should you water it in after applying?? We're Looking to get rid of the weeds in the Alley behind our fence... Keep getting cited warnings by the City for 2 feet weeds that grow it seems like over night!!! They are to big to get the roots!! Thank you Shey

Weeds are plants just as any other plant growing in your garden they are living things Greetings fae Scotland

If you use the vinegar approach be sure and rinse your sprayer out as it will ruin the o rings. Simple water rinse is sufficient

Good info

The salt option needs a lot of salt to work and will rust anything made of iron you leave near it during rain.

Number 5 works fine for me. I'm not sure why so many people treat it as a hard chore,perhaps if they've got a very large overrgrown garden. A lot of seem to think they have to get backache bending over to do it - but why do it standing up? I just sit there on the ground,in something I don't mind getting a little muddy or grubby,on a nice day in the fresh air with a drink near my side and manoevre around at an easy pace,no rush. It's always good to get the whole root or as near to it as possible out,and I find that most things can be removed with a small trowel and a bit of pulling as low as possible towards the root. I only do two main sessions of weed removal,one around March before the mad spring growth takes place and one at the summer's end when all the summer flowers are just about finished. A certain type of weed does take over a lot of it in the summer regardless,but I then let it be until the end of August/start of September because its little blue flowers attract tons of bees - I had to escort 5 bees out of my place on one day recently,2 honeys and 3 bumbles. One or two straight-laced types think it looks "untidy" but why oh why does your garden needed to be as hoovered and "tidy" as your indoors? And their gardens look drab and brown and lifeless,especially in the autumn,probably in keeping with the contents of their minds. Perhaps it's just the regimented attitudes that some are conditioned into adopting. I do not use any chemicals or poisons,which tend to impoverish the soil by killing many other things besides the things they're targeted to kill. As a consequence the soil in my garden has become rich,supporting a good eco system which is the base for everything else. It does mean that everything grows like crazy,though,which I don't mind at all. Anything that passing birds drop grows and flowers,so that I've obtained some daffodils in the spring that weren't there before and something with bright yellowsummer flowers that someone said is a Rose of Sharon but may not be. I always get different flowers adding splashes of colour all year round,from honeysuckle,Winter Jasmine and some wildflowers that produce little pink and yellow flowers in the middle of winter,through snowdrops in February,bluebells in April-May,deep red and pink roses and an apple tree that produces crisp,sweet,juicy organic apples in September-October. I'm currently getting lots of butterflies - I gently escorted two out of my place back outside this morning,one a Red Admiral type that was sitting on the living room ceiling and the other a pale yellow one that was in the kitchen.

you can buy weed block & roll it onto a pvc 2 pieces of pvc pipe & this works great for raise garden beds or areas where you do not want weed to grow like under shad trees

I Pull my weeds then lay them down to dry. Helps slow new stuff from growing!

When cleaning my coffee makers, I take Vinger & hot water from carafe &dump it in cracks in driveways or sidewalks works best with hot weather too.

I use paper bags from the grocery store under the mulch.

I use salt for patio and path cracks but I also eat a lot of the weeds: Dandelion, lambs quarters, chickweed, purslane, clover blossoms, burdock and so on are edible and nutritious. Don't eat them close to a trafficked road and don't eat anything previously sprayed with chemicals or herbicides.

I've used this method and it works with the news paper that is.

I use the spray bottle formula to great effectiveness. Also, many weeds are edible and have medicinal purposes to make tinctures with.

This has been the best simple video on killing weeds, every other video is way more technical then is has to be and dosen’t even answer anything. Always leaves me more frustrated.

the thing about #4, once the newspaper composts, the grass grows back through the mulch. When you 'suffocate' them it only grows the root system..

Boiling hot water works well, it's easy done in cracks between concrete slaps. Even dandelions don't like the boiling hot water and die.

I have done this for years and it works as a weed mat, a worm lure and also a bird stopper. The birds can't hear the worms and don't hunt them and throw the mulch everywhere :-) It's brilliant, it's free and it works.

If I have an area I know I want to use for spring planting, I put cardboard on it for the winter. In spring, you just pick up the cardboard and grass and weeds are gone.

I really like

I find military issue flame throwers quite effective. 😀

I use a flame thrower. It works for one season. I spend about an hour doing that rather than being on my hands and knees laying cardboard, newspaper or a weed blanket.

I use black Garabage Bags, I pull up as much of the weeds that I can poke down black garabage bags between the fence where my weeds are giving me trouble then poor some mulch on top of it to cover the bags up.. Cannot afford to do it all at one time so doing one section of fence as I can but once done you will not have to worry about it for a long time

Also the definition of a weed is any plant growing out of place

The difference between a weed and a flower is a judgment. Most weeds are medicinal or even food.

There is a product you can purchase for nut grass that does work ... specific for nut grass..I used it...can't remember what it was...got it at local lawn & garden

Sprinkle salt over block paving or patio then water with a watering can..it works ,upto 6 months free of weeds.

Vinegar and water work fine--for that season. Then the weeds come right back from the roots. Also, EVERYTHING is chemicals. I think you mean "toxic chemicals," maybe? As in, toxic to people and pets? Because these things are toxic to weeds.

Haha, use some gramaxone...pull them out by hand is the best way but takes the longest, you can also safely eat vegetables of your garden and out of your garden

Thanks, I'm about to go till/rotate my soil with weeds. But first I'll wet a section while watching videos

Killing them all once is easy. But their seeds and roots will always come back so the best way to keep them in check is maintenance. You gotta check for new weed growing and wack them every week. After a few times they will rarely reappear due to the wind bringing new seeds.

Using newspaper does not work, weeds returned after a couple of months. They started also just growing on top of the mulch. I refuse to spray poison so now will try thick cardboard under heaps of mulch.

I have loads of wild onions in my flower beds. They are mixed up with other plants. I can't seem to get rid of them. They popped up 2 years ago. Just a small clump. Now they are EVERYWHERE. All i can think to do is cut the flower/seed heads off. Then dig up as much as i can to remove as many bulbs as i can. Finally cover as much over the top as i can with roofing rubber and hope they die.

And pulling them out doesn’t keep them from coming back lol

I use my used cooking grease I want to dispose and put that directly on to weeds never seen them since

weeds are good for plants, they put nutrients in garden, I pull weed out 1 half of the garden ,and the garden that did better is the weed side!

Will a newspaper app work the same way as a newspaper?

Use cardboard boxes. Remove any tape or address stickers, cut open (if desired), lay across ground. I like to use the thick cardboard usually used to ship furniture. One of those will cover a huge area and keep weeds from ever growing in that spot. I suggest you do this BEFORE planting your garden. Been doing this for years and love it. It also breaks down over time, helping you grow soil quicker.

Tried that. The vinigar , salt , and dish soap ugh. Weeds thrive on it. Didnt work for me.

my Mom use to lay several layers of newspaper down. the paper disintegrates and becomes compost

It's a shame that fun channels like this one are not immune from the usual obnoxious RU-vid smart-arses.

I've tried the salt vinegar and soap and that did nothing. Sounds crazy but I might try aluminum foil. My weeds grow through weed barrier in a month. Getting desperate and want to end it this year lol

Many weeds are actually highly medicinal and nutritional!! Dandelion for one..

Any of these methods are much safer than using Monsanto's "Round Up"!

Vinegar? Doesn't work. I've tried this idea and it only killed the foliage. The salt being added is something I may try.

Weeds will grow through paper, heavy plastic and CARDBOARD. I've worked really hard to reduce and remove it.

What if the weeds and grass are mixed together well🙂

Don't put political newspapers over weeds.... You'll grow mushrooms.

cant wait to carry boiling hot water down a flight of stairs and not burn myself

NUT GRASS. None of this works on Nut Grass. Does anybody have a solution that works? I even put down 8 layers of newspaper with cardboard, plastic garbage bags, and concrete blocks on top, and the nut grass grew through and around it. You can’t pull out the weeds because the root is a “nut” 3 feet or more down, and when one stem breaks off, about 20or more new ones form from the same place. Boiling water killed only what was above the ground, not the root. Salt will render my raised beds useless for growing vegetables. Vinegar didn’t work. Even ROUNDUP didn’t work, and I hated to resort to that. Anybody ever have any success?

Or just go to a hotel and get all the coffee grindings that are used for making coffee and then put down newspaper and the waste coffee crap on top.

Make a weed killer without chemicals: add dilute acetic acid, some sodium chloride and a gigantic amount of unknown chemicals in dish soap! WOOOOOOO!

Some of these are either Toxic for the good plants or largely ineffective. I use several layers of cardboard and cover with wood chips.

#6 Cement Everything. Everything.

Almost all the weeds you’re trying to kill... you can eat!

When pulling weeds grip them below the soils surface to get a grip on the roots, prickly weeds don't have prickles there either so no need for gloves. Always water after pulling weeds to avoid the roots of plants you do want being exposed to the air. Just after weeding is a good time to add compost too, pull the weeds, sprinkle your compost and water in, it will fill the holes left by the weeds getting it deeper into the soil.

Eat those dandelions, bees love them too.You like local honey dont you.If you have allergies or when flu season comes around, you might want to take local honey.

Like edible weeds in the garden?

Bermuda grass laughs at all attempt to keep it out. Even Round Up has a problem. You can lay down mine belting and kill that one spot.

Does salt actually work? Really want to get rid of my weeds but don't want the wind blowing salt everywhere help?

Don't put salt in the vinegar if you plan on growing anything else in that area.

Newspaper works great if you don't have squirrels.

Well I tried the vinegar thing and it didn't work. So I spread the goat's blood on them that I'd used to marinate the steak in and that seemed to work for a while. Then the rats came back. I don't have weeds anymore. Just lots of decaying rat corpses with air gun pellets in them. Fun times. Time for a nap I think, your honour.

I eat my weeds. They are my life line.

Best to me was hair shampoo (with salt and vinegar)...

0:47 Can you use Epson salt?

I have tried just about everything and am considering a weed farm. A question on news paper or cardboard. Does it not really work for a very short period of time? I could put down rocks - later cardboard on top, later landscaping fabric and still get weeds. I do not know what to do but I hate weeds, and I think they have formed a Seal Team Six Squad against me. HELP!!!!!!

It's clear newspaper containing Pb and its heavy metal

Dissolve the salt in little hot water

This is crazyy