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### 🌿 Why Baking Soda Works
Baking soda helps to:
* **Balance soil pH**, making nutrients more available to the roots
* **Discourage fungal growth** that can hinder flowering
* **Stimulate greenery** and overall plant health
It’s especially helpful for **acid-loving or nutrient-deprived flowers** like roses, hydrangeas, petunias, and geraniums.
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### 🧪 How to Use It
Here’s how to give your flowers a second life:
1. **Sprinkle 1 teaspoon** of baking soda **around the base** of the plant—not directly on the leaves or stem.
2. **Water lightly** to help it dissolve and soak into the soil.
3. Repeat **once every 2–3 weeks**, especially during the growing and blooming season.
🌼 **Tip:** For extra power, mix the teaspoon into a quart of water and pour directly into the soil as a gentle tonic.
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### 🌻 The Results? Stunning.
Within **5 to 7 days**, you may notice:
* **Greener, healthier leaves**
* **Less yellowing or browning**
* **Fresh new growth**
* And most impressively—**reblooming flowers** where you thought it was too late!
Gardeners rave about this trick for reviving potted plants, flower beds, and even balcony blooms that looked beyond saving.
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### ⚠️ A Few Notes of Caution:
* Don’t overdo it—too much baking soda can harm plants or alter soil too drastically.
* Avoid using it on succulents or cacti, which prefer more alkaline, dry soil.
* Always test on a small area if you’re unsure how your specific flower will react.
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**So next time your flowers look tired or wilted, don’t give up. Just reach for that humble box of baking soda. One teaspoon might be all it takes to spark new life.**
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