Baking soda has many clever uses - both households and agricultural production depend on it

Baking soda has been discussed before, and it really can have a sterilizing effect in agricultural production. One of the key factors behind its ability to sterilize is that it uses the alkalinity of baking soda to break the environment in which pathogens grow, thereby achieving the goal of inhibiting pathogen growth.

However, in the previous discussion, Science Agriculture never mentioned underground pathogens. So can it be effective against pathogens affecting underground crops? Let's explain this in detail below.

First, we need to be clear about one point: only by using the alkalinity of baking soda can its goal of inhibiting pathogen growth be achieved. In the previous discussion, the application of baking soda was limited to foliar spraying. In that case, there is naturally no problem, but when it comes to underground pathogens, this becomes difficult.

If foliar spraying is used, since baking soda cannot be absorbed and translocated to underground parts like some pesticides to exert its alkaline effect, it naturally cannot be effective.

Then the only option is broadcasting, directly scattering baking soda into the field. In this way, the alkalinity of baking soda makes the soil alkaline, which can achieve the goal of inhibiting pathogen growth.

However, in agricultural production, no one has ever been seen scattering baking soda into fields to eliminate pathogens! What is often seen in agricultural production is the practice of broadcasting quicklime to control soil-borne diseases. This is not because baking soda cannot achieve an effect similar to quicklime, but because the cost of baking soda is indeed too high.

Therefore, even if baking soda has the ability to kill underground pathogens, it is not recommended for use here; quicklime can be considered instead.

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