Kill Driveway Weeds In Florida With This Simple Cheap Trick
Driveway weeds are something that we deal with year round in Florida. Especially if you have a paver brick driveway. But before you reach for the weed killer, let me tell you about an easier, cheaper, and much more environmentally friendly solution.
The first angle I’ll take on this is the environment. Anything you spray or spread on the ground finds it’s way back to the water. And I like our water here in Southwest Florida . I like to go to the beach, go boating, and enjoy fresh caught seafood. We really need to do a better job of polluting our sea life. The Florida gulf waters are already loaded with prescription drugs, fertilizer, insecticide, and other stuff. So any steps we can take is welcome.
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Secondly, personal health. Without naming any one company, there’s a lot of lawsuits out there saying that weed killers cause cancer. So, why use it on driveway weeds if you don’t have to?
How I kill driveway weeds in Florida
Normally the Walmart one is cheaper, but this was BOGO. Real Floridian’s know.
You can use iodized or non-iodized salt, but not rock salt or sea salt. Get the cheapest one you can find. Just pour some salt in the cracks on a day when it’s not going to rain and let nature do the rest. I’ve got yet another use/solution, but first, let me show off my Catholic upbringing:
Judges 9:45 So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
Using salt to kill plants is nothing new. It’s in the bible. Invading forces would salt the earth so that nothing would grow there. Ruining the area. But here’s another reason to use salt instead of weed killers.
Weeds poking through the cracks of a pool deck.
These little weeds pop through the cracks of your pool deck. Your family members and pets walk across your deck, if my dog licks her paws after she walks through something, I’d rather it not be weed killer.
And now the downside. It takes a few days for the weed to dry up and die. Not instant. On the pool deck I rip up the weed and pour some salt on any remaining roots. It’s a little more work, but weeds will not return there for quite awhile.
The other thing to note is that the salt will remain in soil, so don’t do this trick too close to an area where you want plants to grow. Be careful spreading salt on driveway weeds next to your lawn.
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