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There are many baking soda uses throughout the home. But did you realize you can {and should} use baking soda in your garden? It’s true! Stick around while I show you how to get the benefits of baking soda in your garden.
Here are some of the most effective ways to use baking soda outside in your garden:
- Pour full-strength powdered baking soda right into the cracks in your sidewalk and driveway to kill the weeds that love to grow there. The residual baking soda will also prevent future weed growth.
- Treat your tomato plants suffering with fungus infections. Mix one tablespoon of baking soda into a gallon of water. Add 2 1/2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and 1/2 teaspoon of all-natural castile soap and mix well. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle. Spray this solution on the leaves of your tomato plants to kill the fungus.
- Got crabgrass in your lawn? Try baking soda! Wet the crabgrass and then pour a thick covering of baking soda over it. Within a few days, the crabgrass should die back.
- Here’s a quick DIY way to test your soil’s pH level. Wet a patch of soil, then sprinkle it with baking soda. If the baking soda begins to bubble, your soil is too acidic.
- You can also use baking soda to discourage pests such as slugs and snails. Sprinkle it around the plants you want to protect. The snails and slugs don’t like the feel of baking soda and will avoid those plants.
- Finally, when you come inside after some time spent digging in the garden, use baking soda to help get the grime off your hands. Just add a little to the soap in your hands for a cleaning and exfoliating boost.
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