If you think that flour can only be used for culinary purposes, you are deeply mistaken.
It turns out that the product can also act as a garden remedy.
Thus, experienced gardeners use flour as a “drug” against pests.
The bulk product is also used by savvy and thrifty summer residents to feed plants and speed up the maturation of compost.
Flour as a remedy against pests
If you sprinkle cabbage, radish or horseradish with a small amount of flour, the plant will gain protection from such a dangerous pest as the cruciferous flea beetle.
Thanks to the loose product, a sticky film appears on wet leaf blades, which the dangerous insect simply hates.
It is worth adding that flour also demonstrates effectiveness in the fight against other pests. For example, caterpillars and gastropods.
Flour as a fertilizer
If you add a little flour to the soil, you will get ideal soil for seedlings.
The fact is that the product contains microelements that are important for young plants: nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
In addition, flour helps improve the condition of the soil.
The main thing is not to overdo it with the additive: 5 tbsp per bucket of soil will be quite enough.
Flour as an "accelerator" for compost maturation
By sprinkling the contents of the compost bin with flour, the gardener can be sure that the fertilizer will “ripen” faster.
And all thanks to the activation of microorganisms.
Important point: before using flour as a soil “improver” or compost maturation “accelerator”, a small amount of a biopreparation such as Trichoderma should be added to the product.
