How to use soda in the garden

The main dream of a summer resident is to get a good harvest that will be stored for a long time. Trying to protect their vegetation from pests, gardeners and gardeners buy many poisons. And they make a big mistake.

Because the chemicals are unsafe, some of the harmful substances get inside the vegetable. There is an alternative to using folk remedies. Like baking soda.



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Vegetables in the garden of Soda can be easily purchased at any grocery store. Its scope is very wide: it can help in almost any situation.

Let's start with grapes. In our region, he took root, and caring for him is simple: just cut in the spring, tie and feed a little.





But there is one attack that often attacks it - gray rot. Soda will help. During the ripening of the berries, spray the vine with this solution: 75 g of soda solution in 10 liters of water. So you will heal the plant and increase the sugar content of the berries. With a similar solution, you can spray fruit trees to combat leaf-grazing caterpillars.





In order to process the bushes, you need to add some more components. Gooseberry and currants are more suitable for this solution: 1 tablespoon of soda, 1 aspirin tablet, 1 teaspoon of any means for washing dishes or liquid soap, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, 4.5 liters of water.





DepositPhotos Cucumbers will also come to the aid of soda. Often the leaves of even young cucumbers turn yellow, and the fruits cease to develop. This is not premature withering, but a sign of illness. Make a solution: 1 table bed of soda diluted in 10 liters of water. Spray them with cucumbers, so you will prevent this attack.





DepositPhotos Soda is also an opponent of floury dew, which often attacks cabbage. One teaspoon of soda dilute in a liter of warm water and spray this plant solution. You can do it every three weeks for prevention, there's no harm.

If cabbage is attacked by caterpillars, sprinkle the cabbage leaves with dry soda powder. The larvae will go away.



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There is another proven tool, thanks to which you can improve cabbage - valerian. In 3 liters of water you need to add a pharmacy bubble of valerian and 1 tbsp. l of liquid soap. This solution should be sprayed with pest-affected cabbage. They do not tolerate it, die and no longer prevent the vegetable from growing.



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A month before cleaning for storage, cabbage should be sprayed with ammonia. 1 bottle of ammonia (40 ml) diluted in a 5-liter bucket of water and add a couple of tablespoons of liquid soap. Processed cabbage will spoil less, will be stored longer.



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Vegetables from your garden It's much safer than shopping. We can never know for sure. vegetable-processingThe ones on the counter. We can be sure of our own. Soda, for example, will never hurt them.

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