Almost all of us have baking soda in their kitchen. It is famous for its loose and foaming properties, which is why we use it mainly for baking. Few people know that this kitchen product can also be used in the garden, including to chase away ants and snails, but not only.
They can bite fruit, suck out flower buds and bite the rhizomes of plants. Sometimes they testify to the presence of aphids because they live with them in symbiosis. In addition, a swarm of insects on the terrace or gazebo can be really annoying.
Snails are worse than ants. We notice their activity at night and after the rain. It is these pests that cause huge damage to the garden.
They can completely destroy all crops by eating leaves of young specimens. They leave holes and sticky mucus on them. In addition, they also bite roots, especially in parsley, carrots or beets.
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We will get rid of snails and ants from the garden if We will spread soda baking around the attacked plants and on the paths they follow. It will constitute an insurmountable barrier for these pests.
If we have other pests in the garden, i.e. aphids, spider mites or flour, then it is worth preparing a solution from this kitchen product. How to do it?
We dissolve 2 teaspoons of baking soda in 10 l. Pour the prepared solution into the watering can and water the infected specimens with it.
Baking soda helps in the fight against fungal diseases of plants. I am talking about leaf spottedness, powdery mildew and alleged powdery mildew.
It is worth using spraying from this kitchen product for tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. To make it, we need to dissolve 1 teaspoon of baking soda in 2 liters of protruded water. Then add a few drops of vascular fluid to such a solution and spray the contaminated plants with such a prepared agent.
This product from the kitchen is also great for weedswhich grow in hard -to -reach places, i.e. narrow gaps at the curbs, spaces between plates or scalers. After weeding, we spread the white powder and pour it with boiling water to slow down the increase in unwanted vegetation.
Baking soda, we can examine the soil reaction. We start this examination by taking the ground with a spatula. Then we cleanse it of stones, plant residues, crush and translate into a glass dish. Then add some water to it to get the consistency of mud. We add white powder – if it starts to foam, then we are dealing with a sour ground.
We also recommend cleaning gardening tools with this kitchen product. Just sprinkle them with white powder, wipe them with a sponge and rinse thoroughly with water.
