Ammonia is a medicinal substance common to all that is an aqueous solution of ammonia (10%) with a very pungent odor. In medicine, it is used to withdraw from fainting, induce vomiting, in the treatment of myositis, neuralgia, etc. However, experienced gardeners know that ammonia is widely used in the garden.
Did you know? The properties of liquid ammonia were first discovered by Egyptian priests. They were the ones who took out the Nushadir camels from the manure - transparent crystals.
How is ammonia ammonia ammonia useful?
Ammonia, a gas without color and with a strong specific smell, combining with water, forms a new substance - ammonia. This is a truly universal fertilizer suitable for top dressing of most garden and horticultural crops. A characteristic feature is harmless to pets and people. Also used to protect against many common pests.
Ammonia as a fertilizer
Nitrogen source - useful properties of ammonia solution
In addition to medical properties, ammonia also has a number of other characteristics, thanks to which it has found wide application in horticulture, where it acts as a good fertilizer for plants. Most often, it is used as a wonderful source of easily assimilated nitrogen - the main component of plant organelles, chlorophyll and lipids. Indeed, despite the sufficient amount of substance in the air (78%), plants can absorb it only from the soil, in a bound form.
Nitrogen fertilizers are applied to enhance the growth of branches and foliage, and thanks to them the plant has a rich, bright green color. It is advisable to start feeding garden crops when they signal a lack of nitrogen in a pale color (the formation of chlorophyll is disturbed). Onion, garlic, tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers react well to ammonia as a source of nitrogen. They will also thank for their lush flowering for fertilizing with lilies, geraniums, clematis, and hydrangea.
How to fertilize plants with ammonia
Ammonia can be a great help in the fight for the harvest.
Tomatoes are sensitive to the introduction of this medication. But only here it is necessary to gradually increase the amount of fertilizer in order not to overfeed the plants. The maximum allowable concentration of the solution is 1 tsp of ammonia per liter of water. This liquid is watered and the soil under the bushes.
Ammonia is a real treat for onions. First of all, the substance contributes to the rapid and lush growth of foliage, therefore periodic watering of onions with a solution of ammonia (1 tsp per 1 l of water) will help the formation of strong green feathers.
To get large fruits, they also feed onions with ammonia. For this, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of medication is added to a bucket of water, after which the mixture is poured over the beds once every 7 days.
At the beginning of the formation of fruits, it is advisable to feed with ammonia and cucumbers, so once a week a suitable solution is added to the soil under the crop (2 tbsp ammonia per 10 liters of water).
Feeding garlic with liquid ammonia will significantly increase the yield of this crop. The plant is watered twice a season with a mixture of the drug substance in the calculation of 1 tbsp. spoon for 10 liters of water.
Important! Preventive fertilizing with ammonia is carried out no more than 1 time in 6-7 days, starting with weakly concentrated solutions. Further, the dose, if necessary, can be increased.
How to protect the garden and garden against pests with the help of sal ammoniac
What pests can protect ammonia from
Processing plants with ammonia will help get rid of such pests as:
- aphid;
- onion, carrot fly;
- Medvedka;
- wireworm;
- covertly;
- midges living in indoor flowers;
- ants
Did you know? Soap needs the mixture to stick better to the surface of the foliage.Ammonia against the aphids will not only help get rid of the insect, but is also a good plant food.
The fight with Medvedka with liquid ammonia is that with a solution of the substance (10 ml per 1 bucket of water) water is sprinkled over cabbage, tomato seedlings (under the root). One such treatment at the beginning of the season is enough to completely get rid of the pest.
The pungent smell of “sallow” will also help in the fight against onion and carrot flies (5 ml of the medicine is diluted in a bucket of water and watered the soil under the plants). To protect the tomatoes from the wireworm, 10 ml of ammonia is dissolved in 10 liters of water, and then half a liter of the mixture is poured under each plant.
It does not tolerate the smell of ammonia and the secretive barrel, which means that 25 ml of therapeutic liquid diluted in 10 liters of water will help to cope with it. The mixture is watered beds.
Important! Onions and garlic from the stealth are treated this way once a week, at the beginning of summer.
A very weak solution of ammonia (1-2 ml per 5 liters of water) can also be used for watering houseplants, which will help get rid of small midges. In addition, ammonia is also an excellent remedy for ants, and all that is required of you is to pour an anthill with a mixture of ammonia (100 ml) and boiled water (1 l).You can process the plants themselves. For this, 1 tbsp. spoon substance is dissolved in 8 liters of cooled boiling water. Allowed to brew for half an hour, and then the leaves and branches of the plants from the ants are sprayed with liquid.
As a preventive measure with a solution (10 ml of ammonia per 10 liters of water), you can water the garden crops under the root.
Ammonia: security measures
The use of ammonia in the garden and garden requires careful observance of precautions. In particular:
- salmon should not be prepared for people with hypertensive disease, as this may cause an increase in pressure;
- do not mix this medicine with chlorine-containing substances (eg bleach);
- it is necessary to work with ammonia only in rooms with good ventilation, and even better - to prepare a solution in the open air;
- contact with ammonia in the eyes and on the skin causes severe burning, so when using it you should be as careful as possible. It is advisable to use personal protective equipment (gloves, mask);
- The substance should be stored in a place inaccessible to animals and children, as with sudden inhalation it can cause a reflex stop breathing, and when taken orally undiluted - a burn of the oral cavity and esophagus.
