Has anyone tried baking soda?

[Rescued One]

Have you ever put baking soda along the borders to your flower beds? I read that it keeps the grass out. However, if you let your grass grow, the seeds would probably blow into the bed. Has anyone been successful with baking soda?

 

[ByTheSpirit]

I've put baking soda in pancake mix before thinking it was baking powder. Man was I surprised!

 

[brinny]

Ever put baking soda in vinegar or lemon juice?

 

[*LILAC]

Have you ever put baking soda along the borders to your flower beds? I read that it keeps the grass out. However, if you let your grass grow, the seeds would probably blow into the bed. Has anyone been successful with baking soda?

I've never heard that it keeps grass out but that it's supposed to keep ants away..

 

[Rescued One]

I've never heard that it keeps grass out but that it's supposed to keep ants away..

Speaking of ants, I really had a problem with them year after year in my kitchen. I bought ant traps but they continued to come in. One year I poured vinegar behind the A/C unit to kill the weeds back there. No more ants!

 

[Rescued One]

Ever put baking soda in vinegar or lemon juice?

Me thinks it would make a mess!

 

[Rescued One]

I've put baking soda in pancake mix before thinking it was baking powder. Man was I surprised!

LOL!

 

[brinny]

Me thinks it would make a mess!

LOL!

 

[brinny]

Speaking of ants, I really had a problem with them year after year in my kitchen. I bought ant traps but they continued to come in. One year I poured vinegar behind the A/C unit to kill the weeds back there. No more ants!

That is awesome to know.

 

[Rescued One]

That is awesome to know.

Believe me, I'm thrilled with the knowledge!

 

[brinny]

Believe me, I'm thrilled with the knowledge!

You could make a fortune with that remedy.

 

[Rescued One]

You could make a fortune with that remedy.

Nah, it's already on the internet. I love spending hours on the internet. When we were kids we read the encyclopedia which often disappointed us because it didn't cover enough topics.

 

[*LILAC]

Nah, it's already on the internet. I love spending hours in the internet. When we were kids we read the encyclopedia which often disappointed us because it didn't cover enough topics.

Yep! I discovered vinegar can kill weeds eons ago! Along with precious potted plants that autistic son decided to spray, not realizing he was using vinegar water to spray with!

 

[Rescued One]

Yep! I discovered vinegar can kill weeds eons ago! Along with precious potted plants that autistic son decided to spray, not realizing he was using vinegar water to spray with!

OOPS! We lived in an apartment when Kennedy was elected. My mom was trying to carry in groceries from a taxi cab, and one of the paper bags slipped out of her grasp. A glass vinegar bottle broke and lo, and behold, we had dead grass the next day. I don't think my husband was autistic, but he did some pathetic things with sprays and weed eaters.

 

[JacquelineDeane55]

Now now now. There is nothing wrong with being Autistic. I am Autistic but I am living just fine.

 

[Rescued One]

We have some autism in our family, too.

 

[Hiep]

Have you ever put baking soda along the borders to your flower beds? I read that it keeps the grass out. However, if you let your grass grow, the seeds would probably blow into the bed. Has anyone been successful with baking soda?

I haven't tried anything like that seems good to know.

 

[Hazelnut]

Speaking of ants, I really had a problem with them year after year in my kitchen. I bought ant traps but they continued to come in. One year I poured vinegar behind the A/C unit to kill the weeds back there. No more ants!

Hey. Just want to mention that methods differ depending on ant type. At first, they all are somehow attracted to oils and sugars, especially sugar ants. But species like carpenter ants can literally destroy anything organic, this includes not only aging wood but meat, seeds and plants as well. This article and this thread say that baking soda will work as a repellent for a while but they would keep damaging your garden and other property. A proper trap is the only solution because it should kill the ant queen which is the main source of problems.
As for weed control, I wouldn't advise using it because you might harm other plants. Use other natural ingredients like cinnamon for this.