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Old July 3, 2019   #1
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Default Baking soda spray

Any experiences with baking soda spray? Does it work? How do you make it?
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Baking soda, water, few drops of dish soap, few drops of oil.

What it does is change th PH of the leaves. Gives a nice shine also

Yes it works.

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Old July 4, 2019   #3
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Could you give me the ratio of water to baking soda? How often can it be used?
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If you have access to YouTube, there are many videos on this with formulas. The formulas differ in their complexity. Google also provides plenty of (less entertaining) options. Personally, I like copper soap, but it is more expensive.
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I use it about 10 years for:

Blights (early and late)
pests ( including mites)

o,264 gallon (1 Liter) water
1 tablespoon oil (cornoil - no sunflower oil) or plant oil in hot countries only a teaspoon
in Germany I do get cornoil, that is the best one
7,5 gram baking powder or 5 gram bicarb (natron Na2CO3 10H20)
and a splash washing-up liquid

I spray by blights: 3 times a week - the plants do not look very good, but after a week they do get new healthy side shoots. The ill leaves get black - theese cut away.

I spray by pests every 3 days and that 4 times.

you can take soft soap - 1/2 teaspoon for 0,264 gallon.
and - you can use it as often as you want.

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Thanks.
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Seems like a good recipe? https://migardener.com/prevent-kill-...w-baking-soda/
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Default Hornworm or Slug??

First Dwarf of year: Tasmanian Chocolate and something got it!! What was/is eating it?
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