Why Baking Soda Is a Gardener’s Best Friend
To protect the fruits and veggies from mildew, spray them with a mixture of one tablespoon of baking soda, 2.5 tablespoons of horticultural oil, and one gallon of water.
To get rid of weeds, especially crab grasses that grow between the cracks in your walkways, moisten the area, and add a thick layer of baking soda into the cracks to create a paste.
3. Compost and Soil
To test the pH of the soil, you’ll need half a cup of baking soda and half a cup of vinegar. Next, get two samples of soil and place them into separate containers. Pour vinegar into one of the samples, and if it bubbles, its pH is above seven or alkaline. In case it doesn’t, add baking soda with half a cup of water to the other sample, and if it bubbles now, it is acidic.
To decrease the intense odor of compost, sprinkle just a bit of baking soda
on the top of the pile.
4. Taste and look of the plants
Tomatoes are sweeter when grown in less acidic soil, so sprinkle a bit of baking soda in the soil around them.
To stimulate the blooming of begonias, hydrangeas, and geraniums, water them monthly with a unique tonic made of two quarts water and one tablespoon baking soda.
