We all have vinegar somewhere in our kitchens, it’s a useful ingredient that can be used in cooking and many other kitchen tasks. But vinegar isn’t only useful in the kitchen, it has many benefits for your garden and your plants.
In this article, you’ll find 12 gardening uses of vinegar, keep reading to find them out.
1. Clean the clay pots
Clay pots help keep the soil cool inside the pot in summer, prevent water from getting trapped, and their warm reddish color also makes them look attractive. However, as they age, they absorb calcium, minerals and salts from water and fertilizers, making them awful. If you want to bring them back to their original glory, use vinegar. Here’s how to clean them with vinegar.
2. Remove weeds from walls and walkway
Using vinegar is a great way to get rid of weeds that appear on your garden walls or in crevices in the driveway. To kill them, simply spray the place with pure white vinegar.
3. get rid of ants
Vinegar is very effective in getting rid of ants. To repel ants, mix equal amounts of water and vinegar (white cider or cider) and spray the solution on anthills in your garden. At home, look for entrances, counters, sinks and ant windows. The strong scent of vinegar will cause ants to avoid places sprayed with vinegar.
4. Keep animals away from the garden
Many animals, including common garden destroyers such as rodents, moles, cats, dogs, rabbits and deer hate the strong scent of vinegar. You can keep these unwanted visitors away from the garden by dipping several old clothes in white vinegar and placing them around the pole where they most often come.
5. Extend the life of cut flowers
You can use vinegar to extend the life of cut flowers: add 2 tablespoons of vinegar and a teaspoon of sugar per liter of water.
6. Kill the weeds
If you want to get rid of those pesky plants from your garden that come up again and again: Use vinegar. Vinegar is a herbicide and can be used for effective weed control. The spray kills weeds within 2-3 days of application. Here’s how to kill weeds with vinegar.
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