homemade herbicide??

[Fancy123]

i am planning on planting a butterfly garden in a flowerbed off of our porch... it hadn't been landscaped in awhile so i just de-weeded it yesterday... i found a recipe for natural herbicide consisting on vinegar, salt and dishwashing liquid... my question is... how long should i wait after using this herbicide before i start planting??

PS-> i'm totally new to this whole gardening thing.. my fiancee and i just bought our 1st house last year, and this summer i want to make the yard look pretty =)

Any advice would be helpful!!! thanks! =)

-Fancy

[Newt]

Hi Fancy,

Sounds like a wonderful project you are doing. I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you spraying this on the ground or on the weeds? You shouldn't be spraying it on the ground, but on live green leaves of weeds. Do be VERY careful as vinegar is non-selective and will damage or kill what you spray it on. Salt is not good for the soil or the plants in it, so overspraying is not recommended. If you have pulled the weeds and still see a few weeds before you plant, spray the leaves and plant.

Newt