15 ways to use baking soda for a vegetable garden

There is baking soda in every kitchen. Few people know, but this universal remedy can be used not only in cooking and in everyday life, but also in garden work, and quite effectively. Especially for you 15 ways to use soda in the garden!

Soda Against Weed

Everyone finds their own way to control weeds. Someone regularly pulls them out, someone uses “slurry” (infusion for fertilizer) to prepare, someone prefers to just put up and refers to the fact that weed grass helps to create shadows around the plantings and save more moisture. Of course, you can take radical measures and use chemicals. But, firstly, it is very harmful, and secondly, the result is not at all what we would like.

Try using soda against weeds. It is necessary to prepare a solution of a liter of warm water and 3 tablespoons of soda and spill them problem areas in the garden. It will be necessary to carry out the procedure at least 3-5 times with an interval of two weeks, but the result will be excellent, and this method will not cause harm either to nearby crops or to the soil.

Powdery Mildew Soda and Phytophthora

These diseases are a nightmare for every gardener. Almost every cultivated crop can suffer from them. Soda will do well with the prevention of diseases, and as the main method of treatment can also be used.

There are several proven recipes:

1. Dissolve a spoonful of soda in a liter of water, add a spoonful of vegetable oil, mix and spray the plants with a spray bottle. In some sources, I advise you to add a glass of dishwashing liquid to the solution, but this is a chemical compound, so we do not recommend using it. Processing should be carried out three times with an interval of a week when the first signs of infection appear.
2. For prophylaxis, you can use a solution of five liters of water, two tablespoons of soda and half of a bar of laundry soap grated on a fine grater. Spraying should be done at least five times per season. The first time before flowering, and after every 10-14 days.

Soda for roses

To plant roses on the site is not so simple. Most flower growers are upset when an adult bush begins to age and does not respond to pruning.

Do not turn to chemical feed dressing for rejuvenation of bushes. It is enough to prepare a solution of five liters of warm water, a spoonful of soda, 15 drops of ammonia and a teaspoon of English soda.

Rose bushes should be sprayed from early spring once every 10 days and very soon new shoots will appear on them, the color will become more stormy and long, and the aroma will be saturated.

Soda for cabbage

If gardeners refuse to grow cabbage, then 70% of the cause is pests that destroy the plantings. Soda in this case will come to the rescue. You just need to mix it in equal proportions with ordinary flour and sprinkle along the beds, as well as dust the plants after watering. Neither caterpillars, nor aphids, nor midges will exist. But the procedure must be carried out regularly, at least every 10-14 days.

Tomato Soda

Carrying out such top dressing will significantly increase the quality characteristics of tomato fruits, as well as protect plantings from diseases and pests.It is advisable to carry out both root and foliar dressing, making a break between them in a week-10 days.

For spraying, a 0.5% soda solution is prepared, and for watering under the root, the concentration must be increased three times.

Soda vs Aphids

 

Aphid affects flower, fruit and vegetable crops. For prevention, it is necessary to prepare a solution of finely grated bar of laundry soap, 10 liters of water and a spoonful of soda.

Spraying should be carried out before flowering and during it every two weeks. If the aphid has already filled the area, a soda solution prepared in the proportions of a teaspoon per liter of water will help. They can be sprayed once every five days, but no more than 5 times in a row.

Soda for the soil

The increased acidity of the soil is one of the most common problems among gardeners. No top dressing, no fertilizer will help to achieve a good harvest if the soil is depleted. Soda will help regulate the composition of the soil. To do this, you need to prepare a solution of a liter of warm water and 100 grams of soda and water the garden. After a day, it is necessary to rake the soil well with a rake.

Grape soda

Grape lovers should also buy more soda to feed and control pests that affect planting. A 5% soda solution is used for watering in the spring when new ovaries form, then during flowering and at the time of formation of the ovaries.

For the prevention of gray rot of grapes, it is necessary to spray during flowering and during the formation of fruits. If grape treatment is necessary, a 10% solution is prepared for spraying. Processing is carried out every 5-7 days.

Compost Soda

Everyone who creates a compost pile in their own area knows how unpleasant the smell is. In addition, this place is a favorite among microbes and pathogenic bacteria. To get rid of these two problems at once, just pour on a heap of odors on a tablespoon of soda.

Soda Against Slugs

 

In the second half of summer, slugs appear throughout the garden. What gardeners just do not come up with. They set traps, and manually collect them, and they buy expensive storefronts. And ordinary soda can scare them away.

If the plantings are not mulched, it is possible to spray with water after watering, when the water is absorbed into the soil. This should be done at least once a week. If freshly cut grass or straw is spread around the bushes, it is necessary to prepare a solution of 2 tablespoons of soda and a liter of water and spray so that no liquid gets onto the leaves and stem.

Currant Soda

Berry bushes begin to bear fruit actively from the third year of life. Normally, one can collect more than 5-7 liters of berries. If we talk about adult plants, then the number of berries increases to one and a half buckets. To achieve this result, it is necessary to ensure sufficient watering, timely pruning of old branches and feed planting. Soda in this regard gives an excellent result. To water one young bush before flowering, you need to prepare a solution of 3 tablespoons of soda for 5 liters of warm water. When the ovaries are formed, it is necessary to water each currant bush with the same solution of 10 liters, and at the time of fruiting - 20 liters.

Soda for cherries and cherries

Cherry berries are looking forward not only to people, but also to birds and various insects. The sweet flesh after a long winter is a real delicacy. To protect the tree from aphids, scare off caterpillars and butterflies, you need to spray with a solution of a spoonful of soda and 1.5 liters of water once a week.And to improve the taste of berries and to increase the shelf life, you need to water the tree until the color appears with a 5% soda solution.

Strawberry Soda

For irrigation or foliar processing of strawberries, soda is not used, but as soon as it comes to a transplant, it just needs to be remembered. For normal fruiting, strawberries should grow in one place for no more than 3-4 years. And in order for the bushes to normally transfer the movement to a new place of residence and give a harvest the very next year, instead of store growth stimulators, you can use a soda solution prepared from a spoon of soda in 1.5 liters of water.

The beds prepared for strawberries should be shed 3 times with a break of 7 days, and the bushes themselves should be immersed in it before transplanting for 30-45 minutes.

Raspberry Soda

For normal fruiting, raspberries must be protected from diseases and pests. Very often, planting affects aphids and bedbugs. Soda solution will help scare them away. For watering, you need to mix 2 tablespoons of soda in 5 liters of water, and for foliar treatment - 5 tablespoons in 10 liters of water (in addition, you can add a little soap shavings).

Processing is carried out from early spring once every 15 days to the beginning of active fruiting, alternating watering and spraying.

Radish Soda

Despite all its unpretentiousness, radish very rarely gives a good harvest. Often the beds are affected by a flea and other pests. To protect the plantings from such attacks, it is necessary to dust the plantings with a mixture of wood ash and soda (2: 1), and also once every two weeks to water them with a solution of 5 liters of warm water and a spoonful of soda.

This is the result that ordinary baking soda can provide! Do not rush to buy store preparations, use the safe tool that is always in your kitchen and will always come to the aid of your garden residents.