Is there a safe spray to kill weeds around my pen?

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kentuckynet

Joined May 2011

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Western Kentucky

Discussion Starter
• May 20, 2012

• #1

Hello, is there a salt mixture or something that would not potentially harm my deer for killing weeds?



I just have too many feet of fence to try and weedeat every week! They are getting inot my electric fence.



Has anyone found anything safe?



thanks

 

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kentuckynet

Joined May 2011

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Western Kentucky

Discussion Starter
• May 20, 2012

• #2

what about this:



While there are many different recipes out there for a homemade weed killer most of them are based off of the following:

• 1 gallon of white vinegar

• 1 cup of table salt

• 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap



Anything here that would kill my deer?

 

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TRIPLE R WHITETAILS

Joined Apr 2009

340 Posts | 0+

ALABAMA

• May 20, 2012

• #3

I hope round up or the off brand is safe, we spray it alot and haven't had any problems..

 

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Scott Heinrich

Joined Mar 2009

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Blairstown, LA

• May 21, 2012

• #4

Round up or its generic is fine for spraying fences.

 

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fallow

Joined Sep 2011

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Bemidji, MN

• Jul 12, 2012

• #5

I just spray with pure white vinegar. Kills fast, and the most harm it will do is make your deer smell like a pickle if the eat it.

 

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Johnny B

Joined Jul 2010

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Grand Rapids, MI

• Jul 12, 2012

• #6

You can even add to the white vinegar mix. If you add 4 tablespoons of salt to each liter of vinegar you will kill the fire out of most any plant that it touches. I will second that fallow! It works great on driveways too!

 

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fallow

Joined Sep 2011

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Bemidji, MN

• Jul 13, 2012

• #7

Yes it sure does Johnny B! We have a terrible problem here with stinging nettles, and I use gallons of vinegar to get rid of them every year.

 

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RLAwhitetails

Joined May 2010

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Kinmundy Illinois

• Jul 13, 2012

• #8

Round up or the generic's are animal safe, I spray the fence and also weed's inside the fence never had a problem with cattle or the deer.

 

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obrionag

Joined Aug 2012

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Madison WI

• Aug 12, 2012

• #9

Food grade 35% hydrogen pyroxide or pure vineager act as natural weed killers.

 

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Tom Gleason

Joined May 2012

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Hartshorne, OK

• Aug 12, 2012

• #10

kentuckynet said:

what about this:



While there are many different recipes out there for a homemade weed killer most of them are based off of the following:

• 1 gallon of white vinegar

• 1 cup of table salt

• 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap



Anything here that would kill my deer?

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If that will kill weeds it looks safe to me. I clean my water bowls with dish soap. Vinegar is safe and salt is in their food already. Sounds good I may try that.

 

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obrionag

Joined Aug 2012

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Madison WI

• Aug 12, 2012

• #11

What also works even better is if one mixes liquid carbon or humates with the vineager or h2o2 instead of dish soap. The dish soap acts as a "sticking agent". The humates will do similar things, plus you can see where one sprays better as the humates color the spray darker. Plus when one used liquid carbon it also acts as a soil "conditioner" and with this nationwide drought, we all need to maximize any and all rain we get. We need that rain to enter the soil verses run off. Monty's sells a liquid carbon product that I use.