Baking soda, we know all the uses at home.
But did you know that it is also super useful for the garden?
It is used in particular for natural weed killer recipes.
But, it has many other outdoor uses that no one knows about.
Here are 12 ways to use baking soda effectively in your garden . Watch:
Simply mix 4 teaspoons of baking soda in 4 liters of water. Then, spray this mixture on the roses to fight against black spots or mildew. But you can also do the same on grapes and vines when the fruits start to appear.
After the garden, our hands are often very dirty. Just rub your wet hands with baking soda after gardening to get them spot on. Then all you have to do is rinse well.
Powdery mildew appears in rather humid gardens and causes quite a bit of damage. It affects many plants but mainly impatiens, squash and cucumbers. To remedy this, mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda in 4 liters of water. Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon of dishwashing liquid. Mix well and put in a sprayer. Spray once a week on a day with little sunshine.
Mix 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt in 4 liters of water. This recipe can reboost about 4 roses.
Pour pure baking soda into cracks in the patio or walkways. This will remove any small weeds growing in the holes. And it will also prevent regrowth. Awesome, isn't it?
Tomato plants are very often prone to fungus. Fortunately, we can treat them without harmful products and avoid toxic pesticides. For this, mix 4 liters of water with a tablespoon of baking soda and 2.5 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a spray bottle. Add 1/2 teaspoon of Castile soap and mix well. Spray this mixture on the foliage of young tomato plants until the fungi completely disappear.
Crabgrass is a grass, with hairy leaves, which mixes with the grass of your lawns and invades it. To get rid of it, take out your baking soda! Just water this weed down and sprinkle a healthy dose of baking soda on it. Crabgrass will die in just a few days. Of course, avoid the surrounding grass if you can.
Wet the floor and put a small amount of baking soda on it. If bubbles form, your soil is acidic with a pH level below 5.
Sprinkle baking soda on your garden soil. Rabbits, ants, silverfish, cockroaches and slugs hate it and stay away. Be careful, do not put it on the plants!
Dilute 10 to 20 grams of baking soda in a liter of distilled water and add 3 tablespoons of oil. It also works against scale insects.
Mix baking soda, flour and a little earth in equal parts. Spread this mixture on cabbages, broccoli or kale which tend to attract worms.
If you make your compost, you know that sometimes it doesn't smell like roses... Especially in summer when it's hot! Sprinkle the compost with baking soda to prevent bad odors easily and durably.
