PORT ANGELES — People looking for household alternatives to over-the-counter herbicides can find a lot of recipes on the Internet for home remedies to kill your weeds — but do they actually work?
Jefferson County Master Gardener Christine Heycke will discuss this at noon Thursday in a Green Thumb Gardening Tips Zoom presentation.
To join online go to tinyurl.com/SEQweeds. To join by phone, dial 253-215-8782 and use meeting ID 920 0799 1742 and passcode 709395.
Heycke will talk about the most popular home remedies for weed killing — as well as some more outlandish ones — to examine what really works.
In “Weeding Out the Truth: What Works and What Doesn’t for Weed Control,” Heycke will discuss how the components of these recipes work on plants and talk about potential cautions or side effects, since home remedies can be effective on some plants and not others. Other ingredients can be hazardous to people, their soil and plants.
“Knowing how the components of these recipes interact with each other and how they affect your soil and plants will help you make informed decisions about how to control weeds in your garden,” Heycke said.
Heycke is a Washington State University Jefferson County Master Gardener and also serves on the Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board. She holds a master’s degree in urban and regional planning, and has had a lifelong interest in plants, insects and gardening.
Sponsored by WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners, the Green Thumbs Garden Tips education series seeks to provide home gardeners with education on research-based sustainable garden practices in Clallam County.
The series is offered via streaming presentations from noon to 1 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday each month through October (in November, December and January, one program is offered).
Scheduled presentations are subject to change. Visit the WSU Extension Clallam County website calendar (extension.wsu.edu/clallam) for the latest information on upcoming presentations.
For more information, call 360-565-2679.
