How about some vinegar with those weeds, page 2

Vinegar: More than just a salad dressing?

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They started using vinegar instead of chemical weed killers and recommending it to friends. Not all of them were entirely Graphic of a farmer sinking a hoe into the soil.   /  Copyrighted image used with permission by NVTech Inc. convinced, though, and some had questions that the scientists could best answer. Like, would vinegar ruin the soil because it is such a strong acid?

Graphic of scientists, one of which is in the foreground holding up a flask of liquid.   /  Copyrighted image used with permission by NVTech Inc. Three Agricultural Research Service (ARS) weed scientists in Beltsville, Maryland--Jay Radhakrishnan, John Teasdale and Ben Coffman--decided to do scientific experiments to find out. Graphic of forward arrow Click for next page.