What to do with sprouted onions and garlic after winter: a secret trick of gardeners

22.05.2023 07:45

Pests can cause serious damage to the plants that caring gardeners grow in their plots.

In terms of plant protection, chemicals are a proven method, but they are not always useful and necessary if it is possible to use infusions prepared by hand.

Hot pepper

The most popular way to protect plants from attacks by insidious insects and beetles.

Spraying shrubs and trees with a solution of red pepper is a practical and inexpensive trick to prevent plants from getting sick and withering.

To prepare the solution, just take 1 liter of water and 50 g of red hot pepper.

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Mix the ingredients, place in a container on low heat, bring to a boil, remove and let stand so that the pepper gives its pungent properties to the water.

Dilute the concentrate with 5 liters of water, add a little liquid soap – and you have a ready solution for treating plantings.

Sprouted onions and garlic

After winter, there are sprouted heads of onions and garlic that are not suitable for food, but can still be used in the garden.

Collect them and chop them, you can add a little hot pepper, put the ingredients in a 50-liter flask, fill with water.

After 10-14 days, the solution will stop fermenting and you can take it, filter it, add it to the sprayer and treat the trees.

Simple folk methods effectively protect plants from harmful insects, they are safe and practical to use.

Elena Gutyro Author: Elena Gutyro Internet resource editor


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  1. Hot pepper
  2. Sprouted onions and garlic