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Old May 24, 2012   #13
MarinaRussian
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You can use a Coca-Cola/ water cocktail (1:1) and spray the plants with it to get rid of aphids. Aphids hate the smell of Coke. This recipe is not just for tomatoes, works well for other veggies and roses, etc.

Another recipe: 1 tablespoon of Mustard Powder/ 10 liters of water. This helps if you have spidermites and it's also an excellent fungicide, especially for cucumbers.

And this is a natural fungicide: 1 liter of milk/ 9 liters of water/ 20-30 drops of Iodine. My mother-in-law uses this mixture every 10-14 days on her tomatoes and her plants look great until frost kills them. The Iodine also makes the tomatoes ripe sooner, for some reason.
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