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10 Ways to Use Baking Soda in the Garden

March 19, 2015 by Kasi Smith 24 Comments

We often rely on the newest, most expensive gardening products in order to protect our plants. Sometimes it’s necessary to pull out the big guns on hard-to-tackle garden problems, but many issues can be solved with the creative use of baking soda! Here are ten ways to use baking soda in the garden.

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Contents
1 10 Ways To Use Baking Soda In The Garden
1.1 Fungicide
1.2 Kill Cabbageworms
1.3 Washing Hands
1.4 Soil Booster
1.5 Test Soil PH Level
1.6 More Ways to Use Baking Soda in the Garden
1.7 Kill Slugs
1.8 Reduce Compost Stench
1.9 Keep Potted Plants Fresher
1.10 Clean Birdbaths
1.11 Kill Ants

10 Ways To Use Baking Soda In The Garden

You should use baking soda in the garden for a whole host of benefits! From pest control to boosting the soil, baking soda in the garden is a great idea!

 Fungicide

Mix 4 teaspoons with 1 gallon of water to get a homemade fungicide that works as effectively as some store bought ones! This concoction is cheaper and has much fewer chemicals and toxins than other fungicides.

Kill Cabbageworms

Mix an equal amount of baking soda and flour together and then dust the mixture over your plants (like broccoli and cabbage). This mixture will kill cabbageworms without you having to do much more at all!

You should use baking soda in the garden for a whole host of benefits! From pest control to boosting the soil, baking soda in the garden is a great idea! You can even use it to wash your hands off after working in the garden all day.

Washing Hands

Nothing is worse than coming in from the garden and having gunk and grime on your hands that you can’t seem to get off. Use a little bit of baking soda and watch the dirt melt away. Just make sure to rinse your hands thoroughly to avoid irritation!

Soil Booster

For flowers that thrive in alkaline soil (like begonias and hydrangeas), mix a teaspoon baking soda in with water and use it on those plants. The extra baking soda will help them grow and flower beautifully!

You should use baking soda in the garden for a whole host of benefits! From pest control to boosting the soil, baking soda in the garden is a great idea! You'll love the results.

Test Soil PH Level

Wet your soil and sprinkle a handful baking soda over the damp part. If the soil begins to bubble then it has an acidity with a PH level of 5 or under.

More Ways to Use Baking Soda in the Garden

Kill Slugs

If you have an issue of slugs eating and destroying all your plants and hard work, then here’s a solution for you! Take a little bit of baking soda and pour it on the little pests and they’ll die off. Just make sure to clean baking soda off your plants so it doesn’t harm them.

You should use baking soda in the garden for a whole host of benefits! From pest control to boosting the soil, baking soda in the garden is a great idea! Plus, baking soda helps reduce the stench from compost.

Reduce Compost Stench

If you have a compost that reeks, then use some baking soda to fix it up! Just add it to your compost pile and, after a while, the stench should start disappearing. Baking soda helps stop acid buildup so the smell isn’t as overwhelming.

Keep Potted Plants Fresher

Sometimes it can be hard to keep potted plants fresh. Before you plant them, coat your clay pots with a thin layer of baking soda before adding the soil. This will help keep your plants fresher for longer.

You should use baking soda in the garden for a whole host of benefits! From pest control to boosting the soil, baking soda in the garden is a great idea! You can even use it to clean bird baths.

Clean Birdbaths

This is a great way to clean your birdbaths without toxic or dangerous chemicals. Take a damp cloth and use the baking soda and water to scrub away dirt and stains. Make sure to rinse the birdbath with water afterwards and it won’t be harmed at all!

Kill Ants

Ants can be an enormous hassle for any gardener. Get the anthill damp and then pour baking soda on it. Half an hour later, add some vinegar to the anthill and the ants will ingest the mixture and die, making your garden ant-free!

Filed Under: Garden, natural pesticides, Soil, tips and tricks Tagged With: Baking soda, baking soda in the garden, Dirt, DIY, Garden, insecticide, Landscape, Mulch, soil, Yard

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Comments

  1. Tracey Green says

    March 30, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    I battle with cabbage worms every year! I am definitely trying this, I have tried everything else organic.

    Reply
  2. Patty Williamson says

    April 6, 2016 at 6:57 am

    I am going to get rid of all these ants with the soda and vinegar. I swear this apt. complex is living on top of a HUDGE ant hill.

    Reply
    • Maria Obando says

      July 18, 2016 at 10:35 pm

      How do you mix soda and vinegar to kill ants?

      Reply
  3. Diane says

    April 13, 2016 at 11:01 am

    This is really fantastic. Dise

    Reply
  4. PS says

    April 22, 2016 at 4:23 am

    Definitely going to try t his. I have tried everything else, to no avail.

    Reply
  5. sherry pought says

    April 25, 2016 at 12:29 am

    love will be trying on my gardens

    Reply
  6. Mary M Thompson says

    April 26, 2016 at 2:31 pm

    Really good ideas.

    Reply
  7. Alice adams says

    April 30, 2016 at 1:16 am

    You show blue hydrangea… But using baking soda to improve the alkaline with make the hydrangea pink!!!

    Reply
    • Judy says

      June 27, 2016 at 7:16 am

      If u want your flowers to be blue stick some penny’s inthe dirt around the base of the plant

      Reply
      • Judy says

        June 30, 2016 at 1:08 am

        Are you talking about hydrangeas

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        • Linda Johnson says

          August 4, 2017 at 9:29 pm

          Hydrangeas??????

          Reply
  8. Carrie y Robinson says

    May 8, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    I’m getting the bugs of my green veggie

    Reply
  9. Naseer Ahamd Panah says

    May 14, 2016 at 7:39 am

    I am facing grub and snail problem in roses and seasonal flowers

    Reply
  10. Moi says

    June 3, 2016 at 8:11 am

    Thank you so much on uses of baking soda in garden. Help, have termite problem on lawn and in garden.

    Reply
  11. Janie says

    June 4, 2016 at 12:50 pm

    I tried this with my cabbage and the next day all the outer leaves were burned white like I had poured bleach on them!

    Reply
  12. Diane M says

    June 17, 2016 at 4:17 pm

    how much water

    Reply
  13. Rihana Mohammed says

    July 10, 2016 at 12:09 pm

    Would the baking soda help bachac it a type of large ants that eat leaves and flowers of certain plants.

    Reply
  14. Mimi says

    September 4, 2016 at 3:56 pm

    How about spiders or insects that produce those cobwebs in my patio. I’m sorroundef by trees by the way like magnolia trees. Not sure where are they coming from.

    Reply
  15. Randall Garrity says

    January 28, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    Any suggestions for getting rid of hornets? They make their nests on the ceiling & walls of my outdoor patio. I’d like eradicate these pests.

    Reply
    • Joy says

      January 30, 2017 at 8:38 pm

      https://www.getridofthings.com/pests/bees-wasps/get-rid-of-hornets/ has a few good ideas. Just make sure they aren’t bees (we need to save those bees)!

      Reply
  16. rob says

    May 27, 2017 at 9:45 am

    Would be intresting if I can read the writing on these pages.Maybe using a black colouring would help.Otherwise no good to a lot of us with reading problems.

    Reply
  17. Rita says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:24 pm

    Some fantastic ideas here, my favourite being the ‘sweeten your tomatoes’ I never knew it was possible to use baking soda in such a versatile way.

    Reply
    • Joy says

      November 6, 2017 at 9:37 pm

      Thank you for reading! I’m glad you enjoyed!

      Reply

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