Not many gardeners know, but apple cider vinegar can replace a number of purchased chemicals. In this article I want to tell you about the most common ways of using it in the garden and the garden.
1. Apple cider vinegar as fertilizer
One of the main applications of apple cider vinegar in the garden, fertilizing it and solutions to acidify the soil.
1.1 Feeding
Apple cider vinegar is an excellent fertilizer for the crops that prefer acidic soil. To prepare the dressing, it is necessary to dissolve a 10-liter bucket water 1 liter of 6% apple vinegar. After thoroughly mix until a uniform solution.
You only need to fertilize the land, without affecting the plants. Try to keep the vinegar falling on leaves and stems.
1.2 Acidification of the soil
If you decide to plant in their area culture that likes acidic soil, you must check the current measure pH. If he is at around 8 to 14, then you need to acidify the soil. This will help us to a solution of apple cider vinegar.
In 10 liters of water diluted with 1/2 liter of 6% cider vinegar and mix thoroughly. Abundant and evenly pour the flower bed to give a solution. We check the next day measure pH. If the soil is still not enough acid, the procedure can be repeated.
Check the acidity of the soil can be both bought-in appliances, and by a plurality of the popular methods. Devices can be purchased from 500 rubles in any gardening store. About folk ways I wrote earlier.
2. Apple cider vinegar against pests
Besides fertilizing, apple cider vinegar is successfully used in the control of many garden pests, including various rodents, flies and even mosquitoes.
2.1 Rodent
Mouse and many other suburban rodents can not stand the pungent smell of vinegar. That is why it is often used to deter these pests. Take any absorbent cloth and makes a small convolution. Impregnate 6% apple vinegar and decompose near locations frequent data rodents. Pests will not tolerate the pungent smell and prefer to leave your site.
2.2 The bait for flies
Apple cider vinegar is a part of the lure for fruit flies. The recipe is simple. Should be diluted in 300 ml of water, 150 ml of vinegar, adding half tablespoons of molasses and a third cup sugar. The mixture should be sort of a small open container.
Get the bait you need to hang out in places where flies. Sweet basis will lure the pest, and being a part of vinegar to give any chance to insect survival.
Thus, we can get rid of the preferential amount of fruit flies.
2.3 Protection against mosquitoes and horseflies
As well as rodents, horseflies and mosquitoes can not stand the smell of apple cider vinegar. Therefore, if you are very annoying these insects, anoint exposed areas of the body with vinegar. Just be careful, vinegar has a pungent odor and can even cause irritation. Also, you can soak some parts of clothing. But it is worth it to do only with the old and useless things.
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