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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baking soda helps keep common garden pests away, especially slugs, which can't tolerate the salt levels in baking soda. Meanwhile, ...