What to Sprinkle on Soil to Make Tomatoes Grow Sweet: This Garden Trick Really Works

01.05.2024 00:30

Every gardener wants to learn how to grow sweet tomatoes.

And there is one simple trick that practically guarantees that you will get tomatoes of the desired taste.

We are talking about using the most common baking soda.

It turns out that in many cases, to improve the taste of the fruits formed on tomato bushes, it is enough to sprinkle the soil with the above-mentioned powder.

An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told about an interesting dacha life hack.

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What does baking soda do to soil

Sodium bicarbonate makes the soil less acidic.

As a result, conditions arise that are most suitable for the formation of sweet tomatoes.

The fruits completely or almost completely lose their sourness and acquire a very pleasant taste.

So sprinkling baking soda on the soil underneath your tomato plants is a great way to sweeten your tomatoes.

But, of course, you shouldn’t use this life hack if the soil isn’t highly acidic to begin with.

Earlier, the expert named 5 mistakes that can cause you to lose your carrot harvest.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert: Anastasia KovrizhnykhExpert / Belnovosti