How toothpaste can help in the garden: these secrets are known by advanced gardeners

30.01.2025 22:08

As you know, toothpaste can be used for other purposes than just its intended purpose.

This product can be useful even in the garden.

We tell you how toothpaste can help in the garden and how to use it.

How to Use Toothpaste in the Garden

Firstly, you can use toothpaste to protect cabbage from pests.

Dissolve 50 grams of mint toothpaste in 10 liters of water, leave for several hours, and spray on the cabbage.

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You can replace the toothpaste with mint mouthwash (one part mouthwash, two parts water).

You can also sprinkle the cabbage bed with a mixture of tooth powder, tobacco dust and ground red pepper. The ingredients are mixed in equal parts.

To protect against slugs, use a mixture of tooth powder, ground eggshells, pepper and mustard powder.

Secondly, toothpaste can be used as a remedy for late blight.

Dissolve a tube of toothpaste in two liters of warm water, dilute with 10 liters of water, and spray on tomatoes.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor