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19. Refresh Wilted Crops
If your leafy greens have been hanging around for a while and are starting to wilt after harvest, mix cold water and two teaspoons of vinegar and throw in the vegetables and leafy greens. Let them sit for a few hours and watch them recover.
20. Make your soil alkaline neutral
Most plants grow in neutral soil, so if your soil is alkaline, try this trick. Add 2 to 6 tablespoons of plain vinegar to a gallon of water. The exact amount depends on the result you will get after testing the water with a pH meter. Once you’ve successfully acidified your water, pour it into a watering can and water the plants.
21. Do a soil test
Want to check the soil in your garden? If it is acidic or alkaline? Here’s an easy trick with vinegar: do a quick test by putting some soil in a container and adding half a cup of vinegar to it. If you can see the vinegar bubbling, the soil is alkaline. This happens because vinegar is too acidic in nature.
22. Remove calcium buildup from garden bricks and concrete
Most gardeners know how difficult it can be to clean bricks without scraping off a layer. But vinegar is an easy and natural way to get rid of calcium and lime deposits on bricks and concrete in the garden.
You can add a cup of white vinegar to every gallon of water in a bucket, then dip a scrub brush in to scrub the stain. Once the area has been cleaned, wash off the calcium and limescale.
23. Treat a pond
Thoroughly clean a pond before adding plants and fish to it or even thinking about swimming in it. To sanitize the pond, add one gallon of distilled white vinegar to every 200 gallons of water. Leave the added vinegar in the pond water for 3-4 days. Then empty the water and wash it thoroughly to get a cleaner pond.
24. Turn pink hydrangeas blue!
The acidity of vinegar can turn your pink hydrangeas blue. Just add a half-cup to a cup of white vinegar to each gallon of water to dilute it and pour it around your hydrangeas. You can do it occasionally, but be careful, this trick is not to be used regularly!
