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"Euugghh! That's disgusting."
— The foul taste of this potion[src]

Herbicide Potion (or simply Herbicide) was a poisonous potion that killed or damaged plants.[1][2] It had a disgusting taste and was not fit for human consumption, since it may have negatively affected the drinker's health.[3] The recipe for this potion could be found in Magical Drafts and Potions.[1]

History[]

"Today we will create a potent Herbicide. Do not let one drop find its way to the Greenhouses. Watch closely."
— Professor Snape introducing first years to this potion in class[src]

During the 1984–1985 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Severus Snape taught his first-year Potions students how to brew this potion.[2]

Brewing instructions[]

Herbicide Potion HM Icon

A bottle of completed Herbicide Potion

Part 1[]

  1. Add 4 lionfish spines to the mortar
  2. Crush into a rough powder using the pestle
  3. Add 2 measures of Standard Ingredient to the mortar
  4. Crush into a rough powder
  5. Add 3 measures of the crushed mixture to your cauldron
  6. Wave your wand
  7. Leave to brew and return in 45/51/60 minutes (depending on your cauldron)[1]

Part 2[]

  1. Add 2 measures of Horklump juice to your cauldron
  2. Heat to a medium temperature for 10 seconds
  3. Add 2 blobs of Flobberworm Mucus to your cauldron while it is still heating
  4. Stir 4 times, clockwise
  5. Wave your wand to complete the potion[1]

Behind the scenes[]

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Potions (class)
Wideye-or-awakening-potion
Potioneers
Arsenius Jigger · Baruffio · Bella Navarro · Bilius Finbok · Blossom Degrasse · Dai Ryusaki · Damocles Belby · Dorothy Sprottle · Erica Stainwright · Fatimah Lawang · Fleamont Potter · Gethsemane Prickle · Gilderoy Lockhart · Glossy · Glover Hipworth · Golpalott · Gregory the Smarmy · Gunhilda de Gorsemoor · Hector Dagworth-Granger · Hesper Starkey · Jalal Sehmi · J. Pippin · Laverne de Montmorency · Libatius Borage · Linfred of Stinchcombe · Mulpepper · Mundungus Fletcher · Nicolas Flamel · Phineas Bourne · Priya Treadwell · Quintia McQuoid · Regulus Moonshine · Rogue alchemist · Rubens Winikus · Sacharissa Tugwood · Skower · Tilden Toots · Dr Ubbly · Vindictus Viridian · Zenith Xeep · Zygmunt Budge
Potions at Hogwarts
Cauldron cupboard · Dungeon Five · Potions basement · Potions Classroom · Potions Club · Potions Staircase · Potion Master's office · Potions Storeroom
Professors Bartholomew · Horace Slughorn · Severus Snape · Swoopstikes · Unnamed Professor (16th century) · Aesop Sharp (19th century) · Unnamed Professor (2021)
Textbooks A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick, and Surgery · Advanced Potion-Making · Ingredient Encyclopedia · Magical Drafts and Potions · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
Potions studied at Hogwarts
Ageing Potion · Amortentia · Antidotes · Antidote to Common Poisons · Antidote to garish pink blended poison · Antidote to Uncommon Poisons · Antidote to Veritaserum · Babbling Beverage · Befuddlement Draught · Calming Draught · Cheese-Based Potions · Confusing Concoction · Cough Potion · Cure for Boils · Deflating Draught · Doxycide · Draught of Living Death · Draught of Peace · Elixir to Induce Euphoria · Erumpent Potion · Essence of Insanity · Everlasting Elixirs · Felix Felicis · Fire Protection Potion · Forgetfulness Potion · The Famous French Method for the Bite of a Mad Dog · Garish pink blended poison · Garrotting Gas · Girding Potion · Hair-Raising Potion · Herbicide Potion · Hiccoughing Solution · Invigoration Draught · Laughing Potion · Mandrake Restorative Draught · Memory Potion · Pepperup Potion · Polyjuice Potion · Pompion Potion · Potion for Dreamless Sleep · Rat Tonic · Regerminating Potion · Scintillation Solution · Shrinking Solution · Skele-Gro · Strength Potion · Strengthening Solution · Swelling Solution · Undetectable Poisons · Veritaserum · Weedosoros · Wideye Potion · Wiggenweld Potion · Wit-Sharpening Potion · Wolfsbane Potion · Wound-Cleaning Potion
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