How Does Spraying Kerosene Affect Plants In Your Garden?

Kerosine is a petroleum oil product, and it is not highly volatile – ie it does not evaporate fast.

What will happen to plants if you spray with kerosene?

Kerosene will kill weeds. It will also contaminate groundwater.

Consequenly, the use of kerosene to kill weeds exposes you to legal liability, potential fines and or jail time.

What will happen to plants if you spray with kerosene?

What is the fastest way to kill weeds?

All other weeds can be killed with a mulch. 

A 1 part caustic potash to 3 parts water solution, combined with your use of eye and skin protection, can be applied to weeds.

What is the fastest way to kill weeds?

There are selective herbicides that will kill weeds but not grass.

What kills weeds permanently but not grass?

What kills weeds permanently but not grass?

 I find that all of these have compounds in them that are quite questionable in terms of their long term safety. 

What household product kills weeds permanently?

Caustic soda or potash kills weeds permanently and then degrades into relatively harmless compounds after a few days.

After a day or two, residual caustic elements react with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and become bicarbonate of soda or potash.

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