- 1). Determine whether your soil needs boron. The best way to do this is to send a soil sample to a testing lab.
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Cabbage plants need boron.cabbage image by aag from Fotolia.com
Determine whether your plants need boron. The kinds of plants that most need boron are cabbage-family crops, strawberries and some root vegetables like beets and carrots. Bean plants do not like much boron, so hold off if you are growing beans. - 3). Mix 1 tbsp. of borax with 1 gallon of water.
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Apply the borax mixture using a watering can.watering plants with watering can image by david hughes from Fotolia.com
Put the mixture into a watering can and give each plant 1 fluid oz. - 5). Wash out your watering can.
- 6). Make a beer fertilizer by adding 1 cup of Epsom salt, 1 cup of beer and 1 cup of ammonia, in that order, to 2 cups of warm water. Ammonia adds nitrogen to your homemade fertilizer, and the salt helps aerate the soil. Avoid inhaling the ammonia fumes.
- 7). Pour this mixture into your watering can, and sprinkle it around the base of your plants.
- 8). Repeat the beer treatment every few weeks if necessary and the borax treatment only once every three years.
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