During the season, the summer resident has to resist the forces of nature, pests, and also bacteria and other pathogenic microorganisms.
All these misfortunes and force majeures try in every way to destroy the harvest. And the worst thing is when diseases catch the summer resident by surprise.
It happens that after an absence, a gardener discovers the first signs of a fungal infection, and only one package remains of the means that could stop the infection.
In this case, experienced gardeners use ordinary salt.
Fighting late blight
Of all the fungal diseases, late blight is constantly on everyone's lips. It is worth being on the alert in damp weather. The first to suffer from it are nightshades - not only tomatoes, but also peppers, eggplants and even potatoes.
To prevent the spread of the disease, the plantings are sprayed with a salt solution. The composition is prepared from 1 kg of salt per 10 liters of water.
The same composition can be used to combat other fungal diseases.
By the way, salt is used to protect onions from downy mildew.
To prepare the solution, you need 200 g per 10 l of water. Onion sets are placed in it for several hours, which strengthens the immune system and improves the germination of the sets.
