Soda ash: application in the garden and garden

Among gardeners and truck farmers who prefer harmless methods of protecting cultivated crops, soda ash is very popular. The use of white powder in the garden is quite effective in combating pests and diseases - phenomena that threaten the growth and development of plants.

Sodium carbonate is widely in demand in many industries: in the production of glass, cast iron, household goods. In everyday life when washing laundry, knowledgeable housewives also use soda ash.

Application in truck farming against powdery mildew

Anhydrous sodium carbonate, obtained by calcination (calcination), is one of the main assistants in the control of powdery mildew. Fungal disease of plants, caused by various microscopic fungal parasites, is easily recognized by the greyish-white coating on the leaves and characteristic dark brown balls on their surface and young stems. Beginning at the bottom, the infection gradually spreads to the entire plant, causing yellowing and falling foliage, cracking and rotting fruits and even leading to the complete death of garden crops. Combat with powdery mildew can be done with a solution of 50 grams of soda ash diluted in a bucket of water. Here you should rub 40 grams of laundry soap. Once a week in cloudy weather, such a composition requires spraying the damaged plants. As a preventive treatment, treatment against powdery roses is recommended 1-2 times during the summer season, starting from the moment of tying the kidneys.

Against gray rot: soda ash

The use of calcined soda in the garden gives an excellent result, in which plants do not receive a harmful portion of chemicals, but are protected by a "home" remedy capable of defeating even gray rot. This disease is very dangerous for plants, it quickly infects neighboring specimens. It carries danger almost to all garden crops: salad, cucumber, radish, cabbage, onions, beets, beans, potatoes. In a cool, rainy summer, gray rot can kill the entire harvest of strawberries. Instead of sprinkling Bordeaux with liquid, Oxyhom, Topaz, Kuproskat, Champion, a soda solution is recommended against this disease. For its preparation, it is required to dilute 4 tbsp water in a bucket. Spoons of the substance and twice a month to carry out the top watering of the garden crops.

Saving Kalina

Calcium soda, whose application in the vegetable garden shows successful results, is able to help in the fight against the beetle beetle, a beetle that feeds and develops exclusively on Kalina. The dirty gray larvae overwintering the cortex of young shoots cause huge damage to the plant: pests simply rustle the leaves and are able to completely swallow the bush, depriving them of the green mass. To protect the bush, it is recommended to treat leaves from the lower side with a solution consisting of 10 liters of water, a bar of green soap and a tablespoon of soda. Apply once a week until the pest disappears completely.

Soda ash against cabbage pests

Appearance on the leaves of cabbage caterpillars of cabbage moths, whites, fire, scoops threatens partial or complete loss of the expected harvest, which will be rescued by a proven home remedy - soda ash. Application in the vegetable garden for cabbage is recommended by copious strewing of bushes with this substance, mixed in equal proportions with flour. For greater effectiveness, it is recommended to add a little pollen of the cruciferous plants to the obtained composition. Treatment is not recommended in hot weather, as there is a risk of burns to the leaves.

To save white cabbage from the invasion of slugs can be by pollinating plants and beds with a mixture of a glass of soda and half a bucket of wood ash.

Getting rid of aphids

The real trouble for the villa is the aphids. Small insects gathering in huge colonies at the expense of the mass nature mercilessly ruin plants, sucking out their cellular juice. Along the way, pests give off a poison that causes deformation and dying of foliage, curving of apical shoots and their stopping in growth. The surface of the leaves is contaminated with sweet secretions that disrupt the normal activity of garden and garden crops. Rapidly multiplying and giving up to fifty colonies over the summer, aphids are capable of inflicting enormous damage to anyone, even the most well-groomed, suburban site. In the line of proven folk methods of combating this pest, the quality of calcined soda is effective. Application in the garden of aphids is recommended by spraying the damaged crops with a solution based on onions. For its preparation, a glass of onion ground through a meat grinder must be diluted in 10 liters of water. Add a tablespoon of soda ash. The resulting mixture is recommended to spray copiously damaged plants, the latter procedure being required no later than 20-25 days before harvest.

Rejuvenation of rose bushes

The use of calcined soda in the garden and the garden is economically advantageous due to the low cost of this substance. For rejuvenation of rose bushes it is recommended to sprinkle them every 10 days with a solution of diluted in 5 liters of water ½ tsp of ammonia, 1 teaspoon of soda and 1 teaspoon of English salt.

Soda in the fight against weeds

Calcium soda, whose use in the vegetable garden is aimed at protecting crops from diseases and pests, is capable of destroying weeds. For example, if a concentrated solution several times to shed a small grass penetrating between the tile seams, the latter will instantly disappear. This procedure is recommended in dry, hot weather. The resulting tool for disinfection is also recommended for processing garden tools.

Application of soda for shrub plantations

The use of soda ash is effective during the ripening of grapes and is aimed at increasing the sweetness of fruits and reducing the incidence of gray rot. To do this, spray the above-ground part of the bushes with a solution of 70-80 grams of soda and 10 liters of water. On the fruit trees, this means is destroyed by caterpillars.

Soda ash, the application in the garden is quite popular, is able to save gooseberries and currants from yellowing and untimely falling leaves. For this, shrub plantations are recommended to be treated with a solution of a glass of soda ash diluted in a bucket of water.

Useful recommendations

The use of calcined soda in the garden is useful for tomatoes, the taste of which can be significantly improved (sweeten) by carrying out several treatments with soda during the flowering of the vegetable culture. Premature yellowing of the foliage of cucumbers will help prevent the rooting of the root part of the solution from a tablespoon of soda, diluted in a bucket of warm water.

To get rid of the invasion of ants, you can by treating the places of their accumulations with soda powder. When mixing the latter with wood ashes in equal proportion, the result will be pleasant enough: insects will not perish, but quickly migrate to new habitats.

Many gardeners use the calcined soda, which is a strong alkali, to determine the acidity level of the soil in their area. For this, two containers require a few spoons of soil to be poured. Vinegar should be added to one of them. The reaction in the form of hiss will indicate that the soil is alkaline. In another container with ground, it is required to pour a little water (to the consistency of a liquid gruel) and add soda. The hissing of the resulting composition will determine the acidic soil. In the absence of reactions, the soil is neutral, which is considered a very good indicator for most plants.