weed treatments are better avoided around lawns, flower beds, vegetable gardens, and areas where you plan to grow plants.
Why Add Dish Soap?
Dish detergent is sometimes added because it can help a liquid spread across the waxy surface of leaves instead of simply forming droplets.
That can improve contact between the spray and the unwanted vegetation.
However, ordinary household dish detergents aren’t designed to be herbicides. Penn State Extension warns that dish detergents can affect soil properties and beneficial microorganisms.
So calling the mixture completely “natural” or harmless can
