Vinegar has a myriad of uses in the kitchen, but it can also work wonders in the garden! Check out these 12 amazing vinegar uses to learn more.
Vinegar is a useful natural product for the home and garden.
- Clean 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 ugly. If you want to bring them back to their original glory, use vinegar. Here’s how to clean them with vinegar.
- 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 the crevices of the walkway. To kill them, simply spray the area with pure white vinegar. - 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 the anthills in your garden. At home, look for ant entrances, countertops, sinks and windows. The strong vinegar scent will cause ants to avoid areas sprayed with vinegar.
- Keep animals out of 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 garden visitors away by soaking several old clothes in white vinegar and placing them around the post where they come most often.
- Extend the life of cut flowers
You can use vinegar to extend the life of cut flowers: add 2 tablespoons of vinegar and 1 teaspoon of sugar per liter of water.
- Killing Weeds
If you want to get rid of those pesky plants in your garden that pop up again and again: Use vinegar. Vinegar is an 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.
- Vinegar Garden Insecticide Spray
Vinegar is an effective solution for killing garden bugs. To create a vinegar spray that works on garden bugs, combine three parts water with one part vinegar in a spray bottle and add a teaspoon of dishwashing detergent. Shake the spray bottle to thoroughly mix the contents before using in the garden. Here’s more on that.
- Fruit flies
To save your fruit from fruit flies, make a bait with vinegar. For this, you will need one cup of water, half a cup of apple cider vinegar, a quarter cup of sugar and a tablespoon of molasses. Mix it all together and put this solution in an empty container or can and hang it on an affected fruit tree. You will then see how it will attract and trap it. The similar solution can also be used for houseflies. - Keep acid-loving plants happy with vinegar
Leave acid-loving plants, such as rhododendrons, gardenias or azaleas, in vinegar. Although its effect is temporary, you can still give vinegar-containing plants a quick acid boost. Mix a cup of white vinegar with a gallon of water and water acid-loving plants with this solution.
- Cleaning rust from garden tools
Vinegar can be used to make garden tools rust-free. Simply spray or soak the tools in undiluted vinegar and let them sit for a few minutes, then rinse and clean them. - Save plants from fungus
You can protect plants suffering from fungus and mildew; the vinegar fungicide recipe is simple and easy – add 2 teaspoons of vinegar to brewed chamomile tea and spray this on the affected plants in your garden. It’s safe and organic!
- You can get rid of slugs and snails
Among the many uses of vinegar, this one is becoming popular among gardeners. You can kill snails and slugs with vinegar.
