A neighbor in the country shared a recipe for a generous harvest: add half a teaspoon to a bucket of water

Growing vegetables in the country is laborious. And it is even worse when the harvest does not justify the effort spent on it.



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With anxiety and hope, summer residents look at the beds: do plants bloom well, how much fruit is tied, whether they are healthy? Everyone wants to see a better harvest this year than last year.





How to make sure that plants enjoy a good harvest? We need to improve the tying of fruits. And this case will help you. boric acid solution.

Surely everyone in the home medicine cabinet has boric acid. It is a white crystalline powder that dissolves easily in water. To process vegetables, use pharmacy acid or purchase the drug in stores for gardeners.



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Boric acid, or rather its active element boron, performs one of the most important functions inside plants - the normalization of nitrogen synthesis and metabolism.



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Normal development of fruit-bearing plants without boron is impossible. It is necessary for the growth of vegetative mass, increasing the number of ovaries, improving the taste of fruits.

In practice, it has been proven that the use of boron as a fertilizer for tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, pepper, eggplants can increase their yield by 15-36%.





Boron deficiency in the soil leads to poor growth and development, and even to the death of vegetable plants, flowers crumble and poorly formed ovaries. To prevent this, prepare such a solution: half a teaspoon of boric acid powder per 10 liters of water.





To increase the yield of tomato bushes, during the flowering of the second and third flower brushes, it is very good to spray plants with this solution.





Boron helps pollen germination, knitting and fruit growth. Along with this, it also stimulates the formation of new growth points and contributes to an increase in the sugar content in fruits.





Feeding with such a solution of earth before planting the same tomatoes will lead to the fact that the plants form a so-called airbag - a supply of nutrients for the first period of rooting in a new place and subsequent violent growth.

Processed vegetables better absorb organic and mineral substances, while they are no longer so afraid of various diseases, including dangerous and insidious phytophthora. Gardeners with experience often use boric acid to treat seeds, thereby increasing their germination and immunity.

It is best to spray plants with a solution of boric acid early in the morning or evening. During the day on a hot day, processing cannot be carried out, otherwise the leaves of the plants will get burned.

The procedure is carried out using a sprayer, putting it in the “fog” mode so that there are no large drops on the surface of the leaves, and the distribution of the composition is uniform.





DepositPhotos Another purpose of using boron fertilizers is protection against ants. Garden ants often cause a lot of inconvenience, spoil the fruits, aggressively defend their territory.

To kill two birds with one stone, you should use boron traps: so you feed the plants and get rid of annoying insects.

Boric acid affects the intestines of ants, after its absorption in insects, the peripheral nervous system is paralyzed. So in a few hours, you'll get rid of any colony of ants.

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No cockroaches, no grass, and they still come back, even if you maintain perfect cleanliness in the house. As it turned out, boric acid is a terrible poison for cockroaches. We have prepared some tips for you on how to use it.