How to Use Wheat Flour in the Country: It Turns Out It's a Real Super-Remedy

09.12.2024 07:17

Wheat flour is one of the basic food products.

However, this loose mass can be used not only in cooking, but also in gardening.

The fact is that flour can easily become a fertilizer and a means for improving the condition of the soil.

In addition, the product is used by experienced gardeners as a means of pest control.

So, let's look at both options for using wheat flour in a country house.

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Flour as a fertilizer

The product contains a huge number of components that are necessary for garden crops: there is potassium, magnesium, calcium, manganese, iron, etc.

However, flour should be added to the soil cover with caution: do not allow the nitrogen balance to be disturbed.

Flour as a pest repellent

The bulk product can be used to combat aphids. It is enough to simply dust the vulnerable crop with flour. The product used clogs the spiracles of the pest.

Flour also copes with such dangerous pests as caterpillars and Colorado beetles. To obtain the desired result, you only need to sprinkle the product on wet leaf blades.

In this case, it is worth using special preparations against pests: a combination of flour with “chemicals” gives an ideal result.

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


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  1. Flour as a fertilizer
  2. Flour as a pest repellent