{"id":58711,"date":"2025-03-10T19:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=58711"},"modified":"2025-03-10T19:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:49:06","slug":"homemade-weed-killer-better-than-round-up-safe-for-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58711","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Weed Killer | Better Than Round-Up | Safe For Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Three_Ingredient_Weed_Killer.jpg\" alt=\"Three Ingredient Weed Killer\" width=\"1291\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Three_Ingredient_Weed_Killer.jpg 1291w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Three_Ingredient_Weed_Killer-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Three_Ingredient_Weed_Killer-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Three_Ingredient_Weed_Killer-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three ingredients. Per gallon\/4 liters of water:<br \/>\nHalf cup of Clorox pool salt.<br \/>\nOne quarter cup of 45% vinegar.<br \/>\n3-4 ounces of soap.<\/p>\n<p>Mix until dissolved and water or spray on paths. Best done when hot and dry. This mix does kill soil microbes so if used on soil you intend to plant in, the soil will need to be left for a year before planting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Homemade Weed Killer | Better Than Round-Up | Safe For Pets\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PP1GK-veCu8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three ingredients. Per gallon\/4 liters of water: Half cup of Clorox pool salt. One quarter cup of 45% vinegar. 3-4 ounces of soap. Mix until dissolved and water or spray on paths. Best done when hot and dry. This mix does kill soil microbes so if used on soil you intend to plant in, the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58711\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Homemade Weed Killer | Better Than Round-Up | Safe For Pets&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58713,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58711\/revisions\/58713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}