Did you know that you can use common vinegar as an eco-friendly herbicide, fungicide and insecticide product?
Steps
Step 1. Spray it where you need it
First of all, if you have the problem of pests and small creatures in the garden, you don't have to worry anymore. If you want to keep cats away, spray the undiluted vinegar wherever you want to dissuade their presence, especially in sandboxes where you let children play, which cats usually like to use as a personal litter box! Sprinkle the vinegar liberally around the edges of the sandpit and remember to reapply it after rain.
Step 2. Soak the corn on the cob in vinegar to keep the rabbits away
Do you eat vegetables, especially beans and peas? Soak the cobs in pure vinegar for a couple of hours until they become completely soggy. You can also soak them overnight if you wish. Then arrange them strategically all around the garden. They will keep rabbits away all the time as long as you soak them in vinegar every two weeks.
Step 3. Spray the entrances to get rid of the ants
Do you have an ant problem? Again you can apply pure vinegar and you will see that the ants will not come closer. This treatment is very useful if you find a trail of them entering your home. Just spray the charms and reapply every couple of days to make sure you keep them off.
Step 4. Use it as an eco-friendly insecticide
Snails are real pests, because they eat all vegetables, especially lettuce and plants. In this case, the vinegar acts as a poison, because, when sprayed directly on the snails, it will kill them. You can treat snails in exactly the same way. However, since vinegar is also a herbicide, be careful where you spray it. Sage, for example, dies if it accidentally comes into contact with vinegar.
Step 5. Save your fruit trees
Are they invaded by fruit flies? Try this fruit fly bait, which is deadly and effective. Take 240 ml of water, half a glass of cider vinegar, 60 g of sugar and 1 tablespoon of molasses. Mix everything together. Get some old tin cans without lids and drill two holes in opposite ends to attach flush handles. Secure the handles and put 2.5 cm of mixture into each can. Hang 2-3 cans on each tree. Check the traps regularly to refill and clean them if necessary.
Step 6. Protect your equipment
After digging in the garden with your garden tools, soak them in a bucket of diluted vinegar. This acts as a fungicide and kills anything that can potentially be a pest, so it eliminates any possibility of cross-contamination when you use them next time.
Step 7. Use vinegar as a fungicide
Are your garden plants suffering and are the roses suffering from black spots or other fungal diseases? Take 2 tablespoons of white vinegar and combine them with 4 liters of compost tea. Now spray your garden plants with this mixture and see the difference. For roses, the method is slightly different. Take 3 tablespoons of cider vinegar, and mix it with 4 liters of water to keep your flowers in check for fungal diseases. Of course, don't forget compost tea on roses too, for best results. For powdery mildew take 2-3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, add it to 4 liters of water and spray the mixture on the plants. This treatment helps to keep the problem under control.
Step 8. Increase the acidity of the soil
How are your plants like azaleas, gardenias and rhododendrons that need acidic soil? Did they bloom as they should? If not, the acidity of the soil increases. In areas where the water is hard, add 240ml of vinegar to 4 liters of tap water. In this way you also free the iron present in the soil so that the plants can use it. And if you have too much lime in the garden, add vinegar to neutralize it.
Step 9. Use vinegar to combat inappropriate weeds or weeds
Do you have weeds on the edges of your narrow road or paved path that you can't remove manually? Do not use an environmentally toxic herbicide. Instead, apply an eco-friendly alternative. Take 1 liter of boiling water, 2 tablespoons of salt and 5 tablespoons of vinegar. Mix everything together, and while it is still hot, pour it over the "offending" herbs.
Step 10. Improve germination
Did you know that the success rate of seed germination can be improved by using vinegar? This is particularly useful for those seeds that have more difficulty germinating, such as asparagus and okra, bindweed and morning glory. First, gently rub the seeds between two pieces of thick grit sandpaper. Then soak them overnight in 500ml of warm water, 125ml of vinegar and a squirt of liquid detergent. Plant them the next day as normal. You can follow the same method, but without the sandpaper, for nasturtiums, parsley, beets, and parsnips.
Step 11. Stop fights between chickens
And finally, do your chickens peck at each other? Add a tablespoon of cider vinegar to their water, and they'll quit!
