Kill weeds organically, safely, and quickly with the Garden HotZot

UPDATE 10/9/18 – We’ve launched our Kickstarter campaign

Early Bird Specials will be available for the first 300 backers!

 

Gardeners – are you tired of having to choose between weeding by hand and herbicides?  Well, now there is a 3rd option that is safer than herbicides and easier than weeding by hand – the Garden HotZot.  Think of a re-engineered espresso machine that sits quietly in the palm of your hand until you push the button.  Then, instead of making you a nice triple shot, it boils weeds to death right in the ground.

The Garden HotZot is designed specifically for gardeners.  It is an organic point and shoot power sprayer that kills weeds with jets of boiling water.  No stooping, no kneeling or crawling in the mud – just point and shoot.  Attach your hose directly to the HotZot (any standard garden hose will work) and an extension cord plugged into a standard electrical outlet (110 volts).

Since the dawn of agriculture, gardeners have had the same enemy – weeds.  And until recently the only solution was weeding by hand – a hard, dirty, never ending task.  More recently science has given us herbicides which, although effective, are hazardous to our health and the environment. The Garden HotZot solves both these problems with a point-and-shoot variation of the method that our grandparents used – boiling water.  Point the HotZot wand at a weed, push the button and the weed is scalded by jets of boiling water – literally cooking it in the ground.

 

Is it Safe?

The answer is “Yes”.  The volume of water sprayed is tiny – just 2 ounces every 15 seconds!  That’s the secret sauce of the HotZot – a tiny amount of searing hot water applied to just the plant you want to kill.  The hot water transfers the heat to the weed and then cools and runs off  harmlessly.

Does boiling water really kill weeds?
These gardening sites say “YES”
GardenWeb
Dave’s Garden
National Gardening Association
Gardening Know How

 

Our Story

The Garden HotZot was invented because too many times I watched my wife (Master Gardener, Landscape Designer and Major Plant Nerd) put on her “weeding” face and head out to spend 2-3 hours weekly doing the gardener’s equivalent of cleaning the toilet.

I decided that there had to be another, easier method for killing weeds – so I started experimenting with different options . . .   It had to be organic, fast and easy to use and above all it had to be safe.  After many bad ideas, I was making myself an espresso one morning when I hit the wrong switch and a jet of hot water shot out on the counter!  That’s what I wanted!  That afternoon I went out and bought a half dozen used espresso machines (thanks, Starbucks Barista), tore them apart and put together the first prototype.  It was literally a boiler bolted to the end of a one-by-four and it looked dangerous – but it worked!  Many versions later we have a hand held espresso machine that cooks weeds.

Easier than weeding by hand, safer than herbicides and torches, the HotZot makes it easy to walk through your yard or garden and kill weeds individually without harming the plants you want to keep and without leaving toxic herbicides in your yard or environment.  With a target retail price of $150 (about the same as a mid-range string trimmer) the HotZot is a revolutionary new tool in a very old market.

Where can you buy your own HotZot?  You can’t, yet – we plan to start shipping Zots in Spring of 2020.  But for now our Kickstarter campaign will launch on October 9, 2018 and we’ll be asking for a pledge of $187 for your own personal HotZot.

Does boiling water really kill weeds?
These gardening sites say “YES”
GardenWeb
Dave’s Garden
National Gardening Association
Gardening Know How

The GardenHotzot – Because Weeds Never Sleep