Houseplants purify the air, humidify it, release oxygen and phytoncides that kill germs and viruses.
However, indoor plants also need care and protection from pests and diseases. How to help your green friends be healthy and beautiful?
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to care for indoor plants using folk remedies.
There is one simple and effective way that will help you with this. All you need is garlic.
What is needed to improve the condition of indoor plants
To improve the health of your indoor plants with garlic, you will need the following ingredients.
• Garlic is a source of phytoncides, which have antibacterial, antiseptic and antifungal effects. Garlic helps fight pests such as aphids, scale insects, spider mites and others, as well as diseases such as gray mold, spotting, rust and others.
• Water is a solvent in which garlic phytoncides will dissolve and be transferred to plants.
• Spray - a product for spraying a solution of garlic on plants.
How to make garlic solution
To prepare a garlic solution for indoor plants, follow these steps.
1. Take 3-4 cloves of garlic and crush them using a grater or a garlic press.
2. Place the crushed garlic in a glass jar and pour 1 liter of boiling water over it.
3. Cover the jar with a lid and leave to infuse for 24 hours in a dark place.
4. After 24 hours, strain the solution through cheesecloth or a paper filter. You will have a concentrated garlic solution.
5. Dilute 100 ml of the solution in 1 liter of water at room temperature. Your garlic solution for indoor plants is ready to use.
How to use garlic solution
Use garlic solution for indoor plants as a preventative and treatment for pests and diseases. To do this, follow these steps:
• Fill the spray bottle with the garlic solution and shake it well.
• Spray the plants with the garlic solution on both sides of the leaves and stems, as well as the soil in the pot.
• Repeat spraying once a week as a preventative or every other day as a treatment until pests or diseases are eliminated.
Why does it work?
This method of improving the condition of indoor plants with garlic works on the basis of the natural properties of garlic, which have been known to mankind since ancient times.
Garlic contains phytoncides, which are natural antibiotics. They kill microorganisms that cause plant diseases and also repel pests that feed on plants.
A solution of garlic sprayed on plants creates a protective layer that prevents the penetration of infections and insects.
In this way, plants become healthy, strong and beautiful.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
