Cheap 89p kitchen ingredient helps to keep your lawn looking green and soft – and it repels pests too
A SIMPLE garden hack can help to protect your plants from dangerous diseases.
The 89p kitchen ingredient could prevent the spread of disease in your plants.
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Cinnamon has several anti-fungal qualities that can prevent diseases from spreading among your plants.
Experts recommend using the cheap kitchen item to help keep your garden healthy.
Plants can benefit immensely from a sprinkling of cinnamon.
The ingredient can be bought for just 89p in Aldi and could drastically improve the health of your garden plants.
Adding both a lovely smell and a health benefit to your garden, using the cheap item is the ideal garden hack.
Because cinnamon sucks the moisture out of fungus it prevents it from spreading.
Fungus needs damp conditions to grow and can infect your plants quickly.
Using a sprinkling of cinnamon prevents this by sucking the moisture from the fungus and preventing its growth and spread.
Aldi sells 40g of cinnamon for less than a pound, more than enough to cover your garden plants and not break the bank.
The powdered seasoning can be spread on lawns, plants, flowers and bushes to help prevent fungal diseases from spreading.
The ingredient can also reportedly keep flies and other pests off plants.
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It is said to work as a natural pest repellent and experts recommend using a dash on your plants to reap the benefits.
The budget buy poses no risk to the plants themselves and is purely beneficial.
Experts have warned that when plants are watered the cinnamon washes away.
Reapplying the cinnamon each time your plants are watered is the easiest solution.
Using a small amount on plants first is recommended as some may recoil from the kitchen item.
Experts recommend using organic cinnamon for gardening only.
Cinnamon with added sugar, chemicals or artificial ingredients could be harmful to your plants.
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