When not to use baking soda in the garden to avoid losing your harvest

22.02.2025/17/12 XNUMX:XNUMX    294

Soda, which many summer residents use in their gardens to combat pests and plant diseases, can both help and harm plants.

The danger of using soda in the summer cottage

Excessive sodium in the soil is not suitable for all plants. If you overdo it with the use of soda in the country, you can lose almost the entire crop.

The soil will quickly become saline, turning from fertile to carbonate or soda, and its structure will be disrupted, which is detrimental to all living things.

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Some summer residents have already stopped using soda on their site and advise caution in using this product as a tool to combat pests and diseases.

Even if you use soda on the site, you should not forget about basic safety rules.

The easiest way to try is to sprinkle baking soda on a small patch of soil or garden bed and see what happens.

If you like the reaction, then you can use soda within reasonable limits, otherwise it is better to forget about such an element.

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Soda, which many summer residents use in their gardens to combat pests and plant diseases, can both help and harm plants.

The danger of using soda in the summer cottage

Excessive sodium in the soil is not suitable for all plants. If you overdo it with the use of soda in the country, you can lose almost the entire crop.

The soil will quickly become saline, turning from fertile to carbonate or soda, and its structure will be disrupted, which is detrimental to all living things.

Some summer residents have already stopped using soda on their site and advise caution in using this product as a tool to combat pests and diseases.

Even if you use soda on the site, you should not forget about basic safety rules.

The easiest way to try is to sprinkle baking soda on a small patch of soil or garden bed and see what happens.

If you like the reaction, then you can use soda within reasonable limits, otherwise it is better to forget about such an element.


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