Baking soda can sweeten tomatoes and deter pests, but must be used sparingly to avoid harming plants. A light sprinkle around the base wards off slugs, ants, and aphids, and a diluted spray mix helps ...

Why Smart Gardeners Are Keeping Baking Soda in the Tool Shed originally appeared on Dengarden. Baking soda, an essential part of many baking recipes, is also valued for the many ways it can be used ...

Baking soda may not seem like an obvious choice when you’re looking to nurture the tomato plants in your garden, but it has some potential to help grow sweeter and healthier tomatoes. While tomatoes ...