5 great uses for milk in the garden

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Use milk to grow plants and
    vegetables always works and brings many benefits. In the next lines, we
    let's explain why and how this turns out to be very
    useful.
    Cow's milk is a food rich in acids
    amino acids, proteins, enzymes, natural sugars.
    Thanks to its characteristics, it is excellent
    to drink, but it can also be used in cultivation. The components of the milk are perfect, between
    others, to ensure good soil nutrition and
    Plant.
    In the following paragraphs, we explain the
    different reasons why milk is a
    ally for plants.
    Milk is a disinfectant for cutting shears.
    garden and other tools:
    When a plant becomes ill, the branches
    can be removed to prevent other branches from being also affected by the
    sickness. To do this, you need to use tools
    gardening tools, such as secateurs.
    Instead of using a toxic solution, it is possible
    to effectively disinfect the tool(s) used
    for the operation by immersing them in milk.
    Milk is a natural fungicide:
    It is possible to spray a solution of milk and
    water in equal parts on the leaves of the plants,
    to avoid the possible presence of mold
    and mushrooms.
    To create this mixture, simply add water and
    milk in a spray bottle, if the milk is
    whole . If the milk is skimmed, adding water is not
    necessary.
    By spraying the milk on the vegetables, it is also possible to improve the absorption of chemical pesticides, in order to hinder their flow,
    possibly due to wind and rain.
    Milk is a natural fertilizer:
    Being an excellent source of calcium, milk can
    be used as fertilizer once a month.
    How to proceed? By creating the aforementioned solution of equal parts water and milk (or by
    using only skimmed milk) in order to spray the liquid on the leaves of the plant, or by
    pouring it around the base of the plant.
    Milk is a natural insecticide:
    The aforementioned solution of water and milk (or, alternatively,
    default, only skimmed milk) is useful for
    spray plants for another reason:
    the sugars naturally present in milk are
    a poison for soft-bodied insects, a
    category in which for example also lice
    plants (aphids).
    Therefore, milk can also be used
    as a natural insecticide, in order to protect its
    cultivated plants.
    Milk prevents fruit from rotting:
    Skimmed milk or a solution of equal parts water and
    of milk mentioned several times, can also
    be used to irrigate, without too much frequency
    (once a month may be sufficient), the plants which are
    wants to prevent the fruit from rotting. Proceed from
    this way is very useful especially when the ground
    is calcium deficient.

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