NATRIA Grass & Weed Control with Root Kill

came upon this weed killer a couple of years ago, after trying numerous other well known brands, that never gave me positive results. This one does as it says. Spray in AM and they are down by PM. Works on vines as well, at least better than the other brands. Doesn't always completely kill the vine plant, but sure negates the runners and popups.

I needed a natural weed and grass killer for my yard and wooded area, wanting to avoid the chemicals in the more popular weed and grass killers. This works very well and I’m comfortable with the safety of using it. Easy to use sprayer. No need for a large sprayer to carry around, the size was perfect.

I had heard a lot of great things about this product so I had high expectations. There are a lot of bad reviews, but mainly due to the bottle not operating so they did not deter me from giving this a try. They should have. Not because my bottle didn’t work because it did. Worked as expected, but the product did not work. It says to allow 5 days. In the 5 days, while parts of the weeds looked like they dried up the weeds themselves are still flourishing. They just grew new shoots around the dried parts. The sad part is I sprayed the weeds quite liberally. To the point I was concerned I sprayed too much and may have damaged the actual plants that are supposed to be there. Very sad. Now I have to find something else to conquer these weeds. Weeds = 1, Me = 0

After reading so much bad press about roundup, I went with this product. It works well and kills grasses weeds etc. But it is not as effective as roundup. Also, my most recent order of two bottles of concentrate came without their measuring cups and the bottle seals were broken, so there had been some seepage of product inside the shipping box. Not enough product loss to worry about, but still not a good thing. UPDATE: I now realized that nearly 1/2 the bottle had leaked out. But since I used the other 1/2 of the bottle, I really don't have anything to return, so I'm not going to bother with the whole return hassle. ANOTHER UPDATE: I bough two more bottles. But now they don't come with measuring cup any more. Glad I held onto the cup from a prior purchase. Annoying. Would take 1/2 star off if I could...

UPDATE: I did find the company's information and contacted them explaining the problem. They responded quickly on the next business day to correct the issue, requested my address, and sent a new sprayer & hose component w/ batteries through standard mail. The replacement part works well and is void of any corrosion or other defects. While waiting for the replacement part I used the remainder of a similar product I had tried previously alongv with Natria (Captain Jacks Dead Weed Brew). In the end I couldn't distinguish a significant difference between either and both worked as expected compared to a glyphosate-based herbicide. Some established weeds required a second application from both products, but I expected this & keeping in mind which weeds each item is able to target. One or two applications dried the tough weeds enough to allow them to be removed. This is still a chemical to use cautiously and follow recommendations! I changed to 4 stars for great customer follow-up and effective product. The faulty part delayed task completion ~~~~~~~~~~ Just received the item and immediately discovered the battery operated sprayer is defective. In the attempt to check the batteries I found at least 2 of the included batteries were heavily corroded as well as one other looking compromised. It takes 4 AA batteries. New replacements didn't work as well because at least one of the contact springs were also corroded. The $30+ item is useless as is. I'm tentative in using a separate sprayer I can fill with the contents until I get feedback from Natria customer support. As it's the wknd - when people tend to do yardwork- I shouldn't expect any response until business hours. I hate using any herbicide, but I've used this brand before and the results were ok within the group of "safer" herbicides. Definitely safe if it can't be used! I question if the item I purchased was the only in the lot that is defective. For now I would be cautious in ordering until this issue is resolved. I will update accordingly following the company's customer service response to correct the issue.

Im very anti round-up due to how horrible it is for the environment and its serious cancerous effects. This stuff is so much better - largely a natural product and it’s targeted to whatever you spray it directly on. Does a great job on most weeds, some particularly hardy ones need a second application like pokeweed and periwinkle. It’s not perfect but it’s way safer and I’d personally much rather use this. Image is of about 4 days after application, you can see where it did a great job and where you either need to pull or reapply.

Picture day of treatment and day 2. Has worked well in a few areas. I would buy again

Natria states that this both kills and does not harm most grasses. I went to their web site, contacted them twice and asked for clarification on whether or not it is selective for weeds or just kills everything. No response. So tried it out. Killed grass for sure, knocked back the weeds and killed some. Very expensive product for sketchy results. Also the directions for mixing are vague. Instructions state "mix 24 oz with 120oz water" — none of which is helpful since Natria doesn't come in a 24oz size AND what standard size does 120oz water represent (a gallon constitutes 128 oz). So, you have to do the math: about 1:5. Overall this company is very lazy about their info, customer response, performance claims, results, etc. Fiesta is a competitor that doesn't make you jump thru all these hoops, is reported to have superior performance, is all natural (and doesn't disguise ingredients), answers emails, etc. Only problem is that is harder to find but can be ordered on Amazon (with high shipping costs built into the pricing). Happy that you are looking to find a more environmentally friendly weed killer - good for you/good for the rest of us. Anything is better than 2-4D!!! Keep looking is my advice, avoid Natria, and check out Fiesta.