Even if they are sheltered in our homes, indoor plants can be victims of insects that damage them, and even sometimes devour them. To protect them, however, there is a special method, thanks to an ingredient widely used in cooking.
Do you know the properties of cinnamon? Used in cooking to enhance the taste of dishes, especially desserts and compotes, this spice also provides many benefits for the body, thanks in particular to its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. Very powerful antioxidant, it also helps to calm heartburn and digestive problems. But if it is the ally of our body, it is also that of… our plants. Whether indoors or outdoors, our plants can indeed be protected with cinnamonespecially insects that tend to pounce on them to feast on them, such as midges, ants, whiteflies, or even spider mites, which attack both leaves and roots.
In addition to its very effective antibacterial, but also antifungal and insecticidal properties, cinnamon has a very strong smell capable of repelling parasites and pests. Nothing could be simpler: just sprinkle this spice on the plant soil to prevent pest attacks. And even know that cinnamon is very effective in keeping cats away from your vegetable plants or your indoor green plants that they use, in spite of you, to purify themselves. Indeed, felines do not like the smell of this spice very much, which you can place in powder or stick in the pots of your plants. If it repels insects, cinnamon also prevents the development of mold that can appear when the soil is too humid.
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These natural ways to protect your plants
If you are not very fond of commercial insecticides, you can also use natural methods to prevent your plants from being attacked. Among them, essential oils such as lavender or eucalyptus, whose strong odors will repel pests, but also matches. Placed in the ground, the red part of the match, which contains sulfur and phosphorus, will naturally repel the insects that develop there. Another natural way to protect your houseplants is to place them next to others whose scents will repel pests, such as lemon basil, lemon balm, lemon thyme, or scented geranium, which are known to be repellents.