will vinegar &/ or boiling water kill my green bean plants and cuke plants.?

Question

i was told that vineger / or boiling water would kill weeds in my garden. will that kill my green bean plants and cuke plants if i pour it on the weeds near my plant?
is using vinegar on gardens considered organic?
will use vinegar and boiling water have any effect on anything else in my garden? (dirt, my gr bean plants and cukes, tomatoes...)
i just want to make sure it KILLS the WEEDS NOT my PLANTS!

Answer 1

yes boiling water will kill the weeds and shouldnt hurt your garden as long as the water isnt poured on the plants.....

Answer 2

Boiling water???!!!!!! That will kill any plant, they like cold water.
Far as I know, vinegar doesn't do much harm to weeds but is an excellent bug repellent.

Next year plant your beans and cukes on a trellis, and after they start to climb mulch underneath with wood chip mulch. They look very pretty and are way easier to harvest, and weeding (id required) is a snap.

For this year looks like you will be removing the weeds the old fashioned way.

Have fun.

Answer 3

Unfortunately the best way to get rid of the weeds is right from the beginning when you put in your plants. After you weed, put in plants, scratch some preen into the soil. It keeps weed seeds from germinating. It doesn't kill existing weeds but it sure keeps them from growing back. So if you can weed now and put in the preen and you should be weed free the rest of the season. You can get Preen at any store such as Walmart, Home Depot, ....Good luck!

Answer 4

vinegar is a great vegetation killer...it's what I use to kill the weeds in my stone path....I'm assuming it would kill your plants if you get it on them

Answer 5

if you get it on them it will