"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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Gardening Aus recently had a show where the elderly chap in Qld (Colin by
name if I got his name right) had a whole lot of organic solutions for
probs. One of the organic solutions was the vinegar weedkiller, but it's
not just vinegar. The recipe is 1 Cup cooking salt (not iodised)
dissolves in a Litre vinegar - brush on weeds and dont' get it on anything
else because he says it'll kill it.

well, that's the effect i'd be hoping for ;-)

The other organic solution he had which we're now trialling is to stop
grasshoppers which was 1 Cup molasses dissolved in 1 litre of water and
sprayed on plant foliage - this solution seems to actually be working.

But back to the f***ing sheep sorrel! I too have a problem with it but
more in my paths than in my beds (generally). One bed does have a problem
with it but I didn't prepare that bed at all well and one thing I've found
with sheep sorrel is that it really doesn't seem to like well prepared
beds - it grows best in shit soil. I've also found that Roundup does not
kill it.

Sorrel in paddocks is always an indication to farmers that they need to
apply lime. We did that on a paddock of our other farm and that has
certainly worked well in the paddock - you dont' look across the paddock
now and see that typical red tinge of the sorrel flowering - it's still
there of course but the other species are more dominant now. It works to
some extent to check it so you might try adding lots of dolomite and see
if that helps.

well, i can do that no worries, thank you.

what i can also try today is applying a bit of vinegar (without salt) to
something, & see what happens. well, in fact i can try a vinegar & salt as
well, (i have cooking salt but not all that much vinegar) if i get to it.
apparently, i'm meant to be painting my house, not fussing about the weeds!

in reality it's so dry i have hardly any weeds anyway. but the sheep sorrel
seems not to care about such things - it's having a grand old time.

i'm curious if anyone knows - does the vinegar or vinegar/salt work like
zero does by entering the cambium system & thus travelling round the plant
(to kill it all plus its runners) or is it like boiling water where only the
contacted parts will die?

thanks!
kylie