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Fungicides

Mixing 4 teaspoons of baking soda with 4 liters of water is very effective. You can try it yourself and then teach it to more flower lovers. Compared with other disinfectants, this method basically contains no harmful substances.

Killing cabbage leaf bugs

Mix equal parts baking soda and flour to create a powdery substance, then sprinkle the powdery mixture on your plants (broccoli and cabbage are most effective). It sounds incredible, but this mixture can kill cabbage loopers. Of course, this secret recipe for flower lovers is only effective against this type of pest. (Leaf-eating cabbage worms)

handwashing

During gardening or other daily chores, if your hands are covered with a lot of sticky substances and dirt that cannot be washed off no matter how hard you try, what should you do? You can use a little baking soda, and you will find that the dirt will fall off with a poke. Of course, you must wash your hands thoroughly afterwards to avoid irritation.

Make the flowers bloom more beautifully

You can mix 1 teaspoon of baking soda with 4 liters of water and use it on plants that prefer neutral soil. A little extra baking soda can help them grow better and bloom more beautifully!

(Do not water too much or too frequently, usually give a little before flowering, the ratio of baking soda to water is 1:5000)

Killing Slugs

If slugs or snails regularly eat the stems and leaves of your plants, then you can use this very harmless method. Use a little baking soda and pour it on the places where small pests are infested or committing crimes. Baking soda will not harm the plants, but do not use too much.

Reduce compost odor

Have you ever been smoked when making compost? Now you can use baking soda to improve it. You can add baking soda to the compost. After a while, you can smell it clearly and the bad smell will slowly disappear a lot.

Keep potted plants fresh

Sometimes you find it difficult to keep potted plants fresh, especially those just bought from the flower shop. In fact, you can add a thin layer of baking soda to the pot before transplanting it. This will help keep the potted plants fresher for longer.

Cleaning the flower pots

It is best to disinfect old flower pots before planting plants, otherwise they will carry some harmful bacteria, so you need a very harmless sterilization method. You can rinse the pot first, then use a damp rag, dip it in baking soda, and use water to wipe off the dirt and stains on the pot. It can also sterilize it. Then rinse it clean. Would you try such a harmless method?

Remove ants

Ants are very hateful little creatures. I didn’t hate them very much before I started growing flowers, but after I started growing flowers, I saw that they often helped aphids to harm flowers and plants, and I still hated them very much. If you can find the ants' nest, that would be great. Mix baking soda into a slurry and pour it into the nest. After half an hour, pour some vinegar in. This way, you can remove the ants very cleverly. Isn't it great?

Testing Soil pH

First wet your potting soil, sprinkle a little bit of baking soda solution into the moist potting soil, then you can test the acidity and alkalinity of the soil, soak a little soil in water, and then use pH paper to test the acidity and alkalinity of the water. A pH of 7 is neutral, less than 7 is acidic, and greater than 7 is alkaline.