City of Decatur facilities maintenance superintendent, Felix Floyd, impressed us all when he told us about the eco-friendly herbicide he mixed together to use on the MARTA plaza. Some of you might already know about this recipe, but for those of you who don’t, here’s how you can make your own chemical-free weed killer:
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1/4 cup salt
- 1/8 cup dish soap
Of course the MARTA plaza needs more than one little spray bottle of weed killer, so Felix makes his in bulk. He estimates that for every gallon of vinegar, he adds 2 cups of salt and 1 cup of soap. It takes a couple of applications for the stuff to work, but I’m sure the plaza will be weed-free (and chemical-free) by Decatur Arts Festival weekend.
I’m sorry to inform you that the plaza will not be chemical-free by DAF weekend, nor is this a chemical-free weed killer. Eco-friendly, perhaps, but not chemical-free. Vinegar, salt, and dish soap are all, of course, chemicals.
And it smells just like pickles:-)
NancyB, Thanks for the correction. You are absolutely right. I should have written that the plaza will be free of “harsh fertilizers.”