Baking soda can sweeten tomatoes and deter pests, but must be used sparingly to avoid harming plants. A light sprinkle around the base wards off slugs, ants, and aphids, and a diluted spray mix helps ...

Why Smart Gardeners Are Keeping Baking Soda in the Tool Shed originally appeared on Dengarden. Baking soda, an essential part of many baking recipes, is also valued for the many ways it can be used ...

Baking soda can be useful as a fungicide when mixed with water and sprayed on the affected plant very early in the infestation of powdery mildew. Banana peels are high in potassium, but they can also ...