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Can I sprinkle cinnamon on my indoor plants?

One tip every houseplant lover should know about is the occasional use of cinnamon. Cinnamon comes from the bark of a tropical tree, and has some amazing antifungal, antibacterial, and drying properties that come in very handy around the house.

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Spring has sprung, and many of us are cleaning house - including house plants! One tip every houseplant lover should know about is the occasional use of cinnamon. Cinnamon comes from the bark of a tropical tree, and has some amazing antifungal, antibacterial, and drying properties that come in very handy around the house. Accidentally break a stem on your precious houseplant? Make a clean cut and the base of the break, and dust liberally with powdered cinnamon to keep the cut from becoming infected and killing your plant. A cut stem end dried with cinnamon will heal faster. Have you had it with those little black gnats that buzz around your houseplants? Those are fungus gnats feeding off of the rich damp compost in your plant pots. Lucky for you, cinnamon is a poison-free way to keep the fungus at bay, which then discourages gnats, naturally! Is your beloved green buddy covered in aphids and mealy bugs? Follow this easy cinnamon “tea” recipe to discourage those dastardly plant suckers from ruining your plant! This “tea” also works wonders on ridding your plant pots of ant infestations. You’ll need:

4 tablespoons cinnamon powder

3 cups water

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 tablespoon Dish Soap

Bring all of the ingredients to a simmer for 10 minutes. Once cool, strain into a household spray bottle, and add 1 tablespoon dish soap. Spray the affected plant top to bottom, including the potting mix surface. For the best effect, leave the spray on the leaves over-night, and wipe the leaves down with a damp cloth the next day. Repeat this process several times to make sure the bugs know they aren’t welcome!

With a little help from a common pantry spice, your plants can do better, naturally. Oh, and as long as you have it handy, why not make some snickerdoodles?

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Is killing rats good?

Killing rats is not an effective way of removing them from an area, and any killed will be replaced by others, the issues that attracted them are not addressed. Never buy poisons and traps for rats. Instead, adopt effective humane deterrence measures.

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It is commonly presumed that rats spread disease wherever they go – a belief that stems from the spread of the Black Death 700 years ago. In fact, researchers have recently found that the Black Death was not spread by rats at all but by human-to-human contact. Originally native to Asia, both brown and black rats can now be found all across the globe. They are highly intelligent, and have adapted to survive in many different habitats. Typically nocturnal, they live in small family groups, usually near to human habitation because of the ease of finding food. Black rats are one of the rarest mammals in the UK, but both they and the brown rat are routinely persecuted. Even some conservationists kill rats, even though black rats are rarer than the types of birds they say they are trying to help. Despite this, the media and pest control companies continue to spread fear about rats. It is true that rats – along with all animals, including humans – can carry and may spread disease. However, much of any threat can be eradicated with good personal hygiene and by keeping neighbourhoods clear of food and litter. Methods of killing rats are barbaric, with poisons taking up to nine days to kill the animals, who bleed internally and are conscious throughout. Killing rats is not an effective way of removing them from an area, and any killed will be replaced by others, the issues that attracted them are not addressed.

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