Plant protection with milk - how to prepare and use milk for plant protection?

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2. apart from being a foodstuff, milk is very useful in the garden as a means of protecting and fertilizing various plants . 
   1. What is cow's milk used for in plant protection?
   2. How to protect plants with milk?
   3. Milk preparation for plant protection
   4. Whey

 

apart from being a foodstuff, milk is very useful in the garden as a means of protecting and fertilizing various plants . 

It contains nutrients that allow plants to grow normally and improve their immunity. Cow's milk is usually used to protect plants .

Some of these above nutrients are:

• potassium,
• calcium,
• sulfur,
• phosphorus,
• magnesium ,
• copper,
• manganese,
• iron.

What is cow's milk used for in plant protection?

• as a means of protection against pathogenic microorganisms,
• as a means of protection against insects (natural insecticide),
• as a natural fertilizer and biostimulator.

How to protect plants with milk?

After treating the plants with milk, a thin film is usually formed on the surface that protects the plants from the penetration of pathogenic microorganisms . 

With this preventive treatment, milk protects plants from various fungi and viruses. 

Milk protects plants from various pests due to milk sugar, or lactose . Namely, many insects cannot digest this sugar.

Due to the high concentration of potassium, milk is great for protecting vegetables during fruiting, especially for protecting tomatoes or peppers.

Spraying peppers with milk or other types of vegetables greatly helps their natural development . 

On the other hand, milk can also be used to protect houseplants. It is necessary to avoid spraying dry plants such as cactus because in such types of plants milk can cause decay.

It is also important to note that it is best to use raw milk that has not been heat-treated , as many vitamins and other nutrients are lost during heat treatment.

Especially during the cultivation of plants, attention should be paid during the summer days , 

because there is a phenomenon called flamingo , a disease that can completely destroy foods such as tomatoes and potatoes, cucumbers, etc. 

The main means of protecting tomatoes (tomatoes) from flamingos is milk. 

Also, the natural protection of cucumbers from powdery mildew is mainly carried out using milk for the above reasons.

Milk preparation for plant protection

Milk is used to protect a variety of foods such as tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini, and even roses.

It is most often used as a preventive protection against scabies in a ratio of 1:10, one part milk and 10 parts water . 

It is important to note that in its pure form milk should not be used for preventive purposes for plants .

Preparation of milk, water and baking soda

Milk can also be used in combination with baking soda, or spraying plants with baking soda. 

It is used preventively to treat vegetables, mainly against scabies . 

This preparation is especially good for treating potatoes because it protects the above-ground mass of potatoes from powdery mildew. 

Among other things, it prevents the appearance of the potato beetle since the potato beetle cannot digest milk.

This preparation is prepared from:

• 1 liter of milk,
• 1 teaspoon baking soda ,
• 10 liters of water.

 Milk and iodine

A milk and iodine preparation is often used to protect tomatoes . 

The ratio of milk and water is 1: 4 or 1: 5. To this solution it is necessary to add 15 drops of iodine . 

In case the addition of iodine results in accelerated fruit ripening, the number of drops should be reduced to 5 or 6.

Whey

The whey preparation is great for protecting cucumbers, tomatoes and zucchini .

Whey should be heated to 20 to 25 degrees and serves to protect against mold. For this preparation it is necessary to mix:

• 1 liter of whey,
• 10 liters of water,
• 10 drops of iodine.

Milk as protection against white butterfly lice

Milk can even be used to protect against this pest, and sour milk is used for this . 

What is important is to spray the plants well, especially the underside of the leaves . 

The preparation consists of:

• 250 milliliters of sour milk,
• 1 liter of water,
• 2 tablespoons flour.

Milk is definitely a great food for plant protection. 

What is even more important to note is that hands and tools after working in the vegetable garden can be washed with a preparation of water and milk (ratio 1: 1) to prevent the occurrence of disease.