Anyone who grows plants in the garden or in the garden is familiar with green soap. This tool has long been recognized for its safety, compatibility with other plant protection products and its effectiveness.
Green soap: description and composition
So, what is green soap. It is a green or brownish thick liquid mixture with the smell of soap, the main ingredient of which are potassium salts of fatty acids. The mixture is not a soap in the literal sense, but has a soap adhesive basis.
The composition of green soap includes: water, vegetable oils and animal fats, potassium salts. For the production of soap, only natural ingredients are used: cattle fats, mutton fat, oils - soybean or sunflower.
How does green soap
Why do we need green soap in the garden and in the garden - let's see how it works. After the plants are sprayed, an environment is formed around them and on the treated surfaces, which prevents the development of parasites. Individuals that were on the plants during processing die without the ability to feed and reproduce. Why is this happening? Green soap has in its composition fats and salts, which cover all the treated surfaces and fabrics with a film, including the bodies of insects. The film does not allow parasites to breathe, covering the eggs laid by them, also prevents the larvae from developing.
Green garden soap is used as a prophylactic, preventing the appearance of sucking insects.
Did you know? The first description of the preparation of soap, scientists have found on the plates of the ancient Sumerians (2500 BC). The recipes describe making soap from water, animal fat, and wood ash.
Green soap: instructions for use
Instructions for using green soap is quite simple. The prepared mixture before work needs to be stirred up. Precipitation is possible, but it is considered normal.
The emulsion is prepared as follows: 40 g of soap is stirred in a liter of boiling water, then two liters of kerosene are added to the cooled mixture, while stirring. The density of this substance is similar to sour cream. Green soap prepared in this way is used against pests according to the following instructions:
- in early spring, before the formation of buds, they are treated against the offspring of parasites, the same treatment is carried out on the threshold of winter;
- As a preventive measure against parasites, they are treated with a 2-4% liquid solution; it is used against aphids and spider mites.
To treat the trees, the composition is diluted with water to a twofold increase. When spraying is carried out at the height of the season, when the leaves are still green on the trees and shrubs, green soap for plants is diluted with instructions up to 12 times with water.
Important! Spraying is carried out on cloudy days or in the evening when the sun sets at sunset.As a preventive measure against rust, phytophtoras, powdery mildew and scab culture are sprayed with a one percent solution of soap.
How to apply green soap for diseases
To combat disease green soap is often used together with chemicals. As in this case, dilute the green soap: 100 ml of soap is added to ten liters of the solution. In many plants, the surface of the leaf plate is covered with a wax coating, which prevents the penetration of fungicidal or insecticidal preparations, the soap solution helps to be absorbed by dissolving the protective wax film. Thus, the soap enhances the effect of therapeutic chemical compounds. Green soap for spraying is used with copper sulfate against fungal infections. Ten liters of water - 200 g of soap, 25 g of vitriol per two liters of water, the compositions are stirred separately and then combined, the treatment is carried out three times a month.
If you pour one and a half kilograms of wood ash with ten liters of water, boil and let it settle for three hours, and then add 30 grams of soap to the mixture - you will get an excellent fertilizer from green soap for vegetables, for example, cucumbers, cabbage and others.
Pest protection with green soap
As an independent remedy for pests, soap is dissolved in water: 250 ml of soap per ten liters of water. Treated in the initial stages of the lesion and as a preventive measure. The resulting solution is applied to the plant by spraying the bottom and sides.
Green soap from pests on the flowers used according to the following instructions: 200 g of soap per 10 liters of water, up to three sprays at weekly intervals. With a strong lesion solution fix the action of previously used insecticides.
The toxicity of green soap: whether the drug is dangerous for people
The drug green soap is completely safe for humans, animals and the environment. There was no poisoning or allergies. The drug is not toxic to bees and earthworms. However, green soap has a specific use on fruit-bearing crops: it is desirable to treat them either before the formation of the fruit, or after harvest.
Interesting! The word "soap" in a foreign sound comes from the name of the mountain of ancient Rome - Sapo. Actually, soap making as a craft was put on a grand scale precisely in ancient Rome. Italian soap - sapone (the Romans had - sapo), in French - savon, in English - soap.
Security measures and first aid for poisoning with green soap
Despite the fact that green soap is not toxic, instructions for safe use are still there:
soap is used only as a spray, not for root treatments;- not used in everyday life (for washing);
- should work with the solution, protecting hands and eyes;
- after work, all tools, containers and apparatus should be washed;
- Do not exceed the dosage of the solution on your own; this may have an undesirable effect. Use and dilute according to the package instructions.
soap is used only as a spray, not for root treatments;Attention! If you use the tool for indoor plants as a fertilizer, insecticide or fungicide, protect the soil around the barrel with a film from ingress of green soap.After contact with skin, wash it thoroughly under running water and apply a remedy for burns. If swallowed, wash the stomach with a weak solution of potassium permanganate and plenty of water.
Green soap: storage conditions
Store the drug should be in a dark, dry room, away from drugs, animal feed and products. Green soap should not be available for children and animals. At the storage location, temperature from -10 ° C to +35 ° C is permissible. Divorced working solution is not stored. Shelf life of insecticidal soap for plants - 1-2 years.
Parasites, especially sucking, are the main cause of fungal infections. Because of their impact, the growth and development of plants slows down, if not to take measures, the plant will simply die. Insects are active throughout the summer and during the fruiting period as well, which makes it impossible to use chemical control agents. Green soap is one of the safe preparations that can help a gardener, a grower and a gardener.
