Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

muriatic acid = hydrochloric acid

I would not recommend using that on your weeds. Your better bet is to get a
propane torch like the one listed
here http://www.amazon.com/Ridge-Rock-Propane-Burner-Torch/dp/B001NDK8C8 or use
a heavy mulch (i find collapsed cardboard boxes work well) .

--Ray

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From: jimb1138 <jimbofla1138@yahoo.com>
To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 2:00:31 PM
Subject: [Organic_Gardening] Acid for weed control??

Hello --
Jim in Zone 9 southeast Florida here seeking suggestions on how I might safely
kill off some of our tough little weeds down here. Last year I lost a whole plot
of peppers to Nut grass which is impossible to pull up b/c it leaves a little
"nut" behind about 5 inches down and just re-grows thicker and thicker. I would
have had to dig up the whole plot to get 'em and that would've smoked the
peppers.

I've seen posts online about using vinegar and/or dishsoap but can only find the
weak 5% acetic acid version. There are some that refer to distilling or
evaporating it down to greater strength but that could get messy and corrode
stuff if done inside.

Anyone ever tried to use Muriatic acid?? It's 10% acid already, but I'm
concerned about what it may leave behind in the soil because I really don't know
what it's manufactured from.

Thanks all!

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