Baking soda can sweeten tomatoes and deter pests, but must be used sparingly to avoid harming plants. A light sprinkle around the base wards off slugs, ants, and aphids, and a diluted spray mix helps ...

Baking soda may not seem like an obvious choice when you’re looking to nurture the tomato plants in your garden, but it has some potential to help grow sweeter and healthier tomatoes. While tomatoes ...