Many people recommend vinegar. Boiling water can be very effective as well & doesn't leave any residue.

Goodness, no, not that! Epsom salt is not sodium chloride; it's magnesium sulfate, in other words, fertilizer. And I don't know of many plants that would be upset at dishwashing liquid--I use DW liquid plus garlic powder in solution to discourage insect infestations.

BTW, as far as salting fields goes; it takes a powerful lot of salt and no rain at all to make that one work. Many years ago I tried salt and vinegar to eliminate weeds between the pavers on my patio and they just regarded it as a spa treatment.

ETA FWIW, I also do an intense bleach of my patio every few years, with full-strength outdoor clorox scrubbed into the tiles to kill the mold. The edge plantings don't even wilt. (Chlorine bleach breaks down into salt and water pretty quickly, incidentally.)

Agree, I use Epson Salts to fertilize my Palms and even orchids. It will not kill weeds.

Vinegar will work but it take a lot. I tried it one year undiluted. You have to use it in full sun and let it cook the weeds.

Throw cardboard or newspapers over the seedlings then cover with mulch or wood chips. It will smother them. The weeds around your flowers have to be pulled.

Yikes, I hate thinking about it! I just hate this time of year.

Jane

I use boiling water for a lot of my weed control can't use it everywhere but it helps a lot just can't use it where there are other plants I want but cracks are fair game. And there are some spots I salt like at my gate between walkways and the gravel around my well pump. No worries about the pump it's raised up. I also salt the gravel around my carport. The only thing I got planted over there Is coconut and it likes salt.

you know I got a new stove and it has an induction stove top...it boils water SO quick! This stove is the cat's meow! I love it. So, maybe I will try boiling water.