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Has anyone tried Adios ?

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#1 ·
Just wondering if anyone has tried Adios organic selective weedkiller? Seems to be Sodium chloride based - not too many reviews online but apparently this company has some municipal contract for weed control and other endorsements.

I was just a bit skeptical in terms of the impact of salt on the lawn and soil in particular. Here's the link:

https://herbanatur.com/
 
#3 ·
Just saw this. I posted a similar question on TLF earlier this year and didn't get much in the way responses.

I can comment from my own very limited experience. I applied it on a few small test patches that had a mix of clover and tttf

It successfully nailed ALL the visible clover leaves, and it left the grass OK (TTTF) - that much was very effective. Then a week or two later some clover leaves had come up, but less than there had been at the start - I'd say roughly 30% of what had been before.

So that's says repeat applications, at best.

To me, I WOULD be fine with that (going with the strategy of repeat applications to ding the clover while pushing the grass)

But my concern is yours - what's the effect of repeat applications of salt on the grass and the lawn. And how much is too much.

The grass did get a brown tinge temporarily (As they warned it would). To be clear it did NOT go all brown like it had been hit with glyphosate, we're just talking just Green with brown tinge

I asked TLF about the effects of salt and how much would be tolerable and I didn't get much of an answer. The papers I found seemed to be oriented towards grass growing near saltwater.

I think we could ask the company for any data/ Academic papers on tolerable Amounts of salt. They should have that and supply it. Of course we'd have to review it critically since the company is sending it, but it's be better than nothing

(take it with a pinch of salt?)
 
#6 ·
DO NOT use this on your lawn. I mixed exactly to the instructions to kill the clover in my lawn. It took out the grass, too. Now I have to replant I guess the “special formulation” of regular salt must be it. In actuality, it is over 95% sodium chloride along with three other salts they claim are inert. Bizarre.
 
#8 · (Edited)
Heres the label. I think ADIOS means A Dumbass Is Ordering Salt


Do not apply to desirable plants. Hahahahaha. The label doesn’t say selective but website does

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$400 for 44# (20kg) with free shipping. I am offering a 5 gallon bucket weighing 53# for $329 with free shipping.

Better yet give me $100 and I will tell you to order 50# from Walmart with free shipping for $93 plus tax.
 
#10 ·
Why not just buy a bag of water softener crystals and make your own brine.

Every time I clean out my softener brine tank, I take the residual brine and pour it in the street, at the curb. It kills whatever is there and keeps it that way for the rest of the summer.