If you want to keep an organic garden, then you might want to consider ditching chemical pesticides and plant foods and opt for vinegar instead. Vinegar is natural and can be used to clean and both kill and give life to the weeds, fruits, and vegetables in your outdoor spaces.
Here are 16 ways to safely use apple cider and white vinegar in your garden.
1) Food for Acidic Loving Plants
Plants like gardenias, holly, azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, and begonias grow beautifully in acidic soil. Spray them with a mixture of 1 gallon of water to 1 cup of white vinegar to help them grow.
2) Cleanse Your Hands of Allergens
You can wind up with dirt and allergens on your hands after spending a day working in your garden. Wash your hands with some distilled vinegar to cleanse them of debris and make sure that they don’t itch.
If rabbits are ruining your garden you can soak cotton balls in distilled vinegar and place them in a 35mm film container or something similar. Poke holes in the top of the container and place it in your garden to keep rabbits at bay.
Get rid of unwanted garden growth by pouring apple cider vinegar onto weeds. Your weeds will die but your soil will stay healthy.
Spray ant hills with one part water and one part vinegar to kill them. Spray areas where ants are likely to invade to keep them at bay.
6) Wash Your Garden Tools
You can soak garden tools, like a rake or hoe, overnight in vinegar to get rid of rust and grime. You can also fill a plastic bag with vinegar and tie it over a water spigot to keep it submerged. Rinse everything off with water.
7) Get Rid of Slugs and Snails
If slugs and snails are compromising your plant growth, spray them with some undiluted vinegar. This will make them wither and die.
8) Clean Out Your Birdbath
Mix some undiluted water with white vinegar and use it to scrub your birdbath. Make sure to rinse it off with water.
If your kitty is using your garden or your kid’s sandbox as a toilet then you can pour some distilled vinegar into the sand or soil to keep them away.
Help freshly cut flowers from your garden last by adding two tablespoons of vinegar and a teaspoon of sugar to a quart of water before adding your flowers.
Use white vinegar to clean clay pots that have aged. As clay pots age, they absorb calcium, minerals, and salts from water and fertilizers.
12) Extend Life Of Cut Flowers
Use white vinegar to extend the life of cut flowers. Mix 2 tablespoons of vinegar and a teaspoon of sugar per liter of water.
13) Clean Rust From Garden Tools
Soak rusty garden tools in vinegar and leave them for a few minutes. Then rinse and clean the tool to liven it up again.
14) Neutralize Garden Lime
Neutralize garden lime by using white vinegar in the garden. Garden lime is used to “sweeten” soil, but white vinegar can help ease the effect to ensure soil isn’t “too sweet.”
15) Sanitize Outdoor Furniture
Wipe down your outdoor patio furniture with white vinegar to sanitize them.
16) Remove Berry Stains From Hands
Rub white vinegar between your hands to remove berry stains.
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If you want to keep an organic garden, then you might want to consider ditching chemical pesticides and plant foods and opt for vinegar instead. Vinegar is natural and can be used to clean and both kill and give life to the weeds, fruits, and vegetables in your outdoor spaces.
Here are 16 ways to safely use apple cider and white vinegar in your garden.
