There is no harm in watering your plants with flavored water provided you keep a close eye on each plant’s reaction and use safe water and flavors.

Avoid using sugar water on plants that are growing properly. Plants use photosynthesis to produce the amount of nutrients they need, and often if you add sugar when the plants area already growing well on their own, the plant roots will not accept the sugar and plants will wilt and die off.

The source of sugar doesn’t really seem to matter. If you are looking for a good way to sweeten a fruit put cotton seed meal on it when you plant it. Farmers use that as a trick when they plant both fruits and vegetables because it makes the fruit both sweeter and juicer.

No, thank you. In conclusion, a little dose here or there of carbonated or sparkling water won’t hurt your plant and could in fact, promote faster growth. But stay away from feeding your plants flavored sodas.

Baking Soda: You’ll need one tablespoon of baking soda, mixed with a gallon of water and two and a half tablespoons of vegetable oil. Once the mixture is ready, add it to a spray bottle, shake the contents and spray the affected areas. This remedy works especially well with powdery mildew, leaf blight and anthracnose.

While this acidic liquid is sometimes recommended as a plant fungicide, spraying vinegar directly on plants is a bad idea since you may kill or damage foliage. While some homemade fungicide recipes include a little vinegar, no scientific studies to date support the idea that vinegar kills plant fungi.

Prevention & Treatment Water your plants in the morning because it gives the plant leaves all day to dry out. Fungal diseases can only infect the plant foliage if it’s consistently moist during the day. Spacing the plants and removing weeds can also reduce humidity around the plants and provide good air circulation.

High humidity and low airflow are the primary causes of white mold. Planting your vegetation without adequate spacing where it cannot get proper air circulation, or overwatering your garden or potting soil can create prime conditions for white mold to grow.

Note: It’s not necessary to spray vinegar directly on your plants to deter pests. In fact, this can damage or kill plants, especially if you’re using large amounts of vinegar. Ideally, you should be using vinegar to spray areas in and around the garden, not directly on your plants.

Make a typical baking soda spray by dissolving 1 teaspoon of baking soda into one quart of water. You can add a few drops of insecticidal soap or liquid soap to help the solution spread and stick to the leaves. Only use liquid soap, like Ivory, and not laundry detergent.

Here’s how: The chemical kills the bacteria that causes root rot in plants. It also breaks down into the soil and releases extra oxygen that helps the plant grow new, healthy roots. Before you use hydrogen peroxide on your plants, you’ll need to dilute it.