When it comes to cinnamon powder, people may think of food, as it is a common spice found in households. However, cinnamon powder has other clever uses. Experts recommend using cinnamon powder in the garden because it has various benefits like deterring pests.
The American website “Gardening Know How” points out that while cinnamon is a great seasoning for cookies, cakes, and many other foods, its significance goes beyond that for gardeners.
This versatile spice helps with root cuttings, prevents fungi from killing seedlings, and can even keep pests away from your home. Once you understand how to use cinnamon powder to promote plant health, you will not consider using environmentally polluting and irritating chemical pesticides.
Experts on the website say that there are many benefits to using cinnamon powder on plants. Here are a few of the most common ones:
If you have an ant problem in your home or greenhouse, using cinnamon powder is a good solution. Ants do not like to walk where there is cinnamon powder, so it can help prevent ant invasions.
You can use cinnamon powder indoors and outdoors. Find the entrance of the ants and sprinkle cinnamon powder along their paths. Cinnamon powder will not kill the ants in your home, but it can help prevent them from entering indoors.
Cinnamon powder works as a rooting hormone and is as useful as rooting hormone. When propagating cuttings, simply apply cinnamon powder once on the stem of the plant to stimulate root growth for almost all types of plants.
Pour a tablespoon of cinnamon powder on a paper towel, then dip the moist end of the stem into the cinnamon powder before planting the stem in fresh potting soil. Cinnamon powder will promote the growth of more roots on the stem and prevent fungi that can cause damping off.
Damping off occurs when seedlings start to grow. Cinnamon powder can prevent this problem by killing fungi. It can also address other fungal issues that occur on older plants, such as slime mold, and prevent mushrooms from growing in flower pots.
You can make a spray with cinnamon as a fungicide. First, mix some cinnamon in warm water, soak it overnight, then filter the liquid through a coffee filter and place it in a spray bottle. This spray can be applied to the stems and leaves of affected plants, as well as sprayed on the soil of plants with fungal growth.
In addition to cinnamon, experts also recommend using common coffee grounds in the garden to help plant growth. They contain nutrients essential for plant growth, such as nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, and are a source of organic matter.
The British magazine “Gardeners’ World” states that the safest way to use coffee grounds in the garden is to add them to a compost bin. This homemade compost is very effective for improving soil and growing healthy plants.
Although it is generally safe to directly add coffee grounds to the soil around most plants, caution should be exercised as this is not a foolproof method.
The main issue may arise if a large amount of coffee grounds are directly applied to the soil surface around plants, as the coffee particles may clump together, preventing water and air from reaching the plant roots.