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    4. will pouring boiling water on weeds kill them?
    will pouring boiling water on weeds kill them?

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      No, by the time the water reaches the roots, it will be cooled off. So you might kill the weed you can see but the roots will still be there to send up a new weed.

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        Yes it will.This an enviro-friendly solution to chemicals,but can be offset by the energy used to heat the water.

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