Neem is an extremely valuable resource for any home garden. One of the best solutions for pest management, this gift of nature naturally eliminates fungi, preventing nematodes in the soil, while protecting against literally hundreds of insects. Neem cake also works as an effective fertilizer. offering many nutrients vital to plant health and successful growth such as potassium, sulphur, magnesium, phosphorus, carbon, and calcium.
Neem use in a garden also:
- Slows conversion of nitrogen in fertilizers, allowing the nitrogen to be released over a longer period of time, increasing total uptake by plants and prventing runoff in the environment.
- Improves the appearance of fruits and vegetables.
- Strengthens roots and accelerates their development.
- Increases the nutritional value of produce
- Reduces soil alkalinity when mixed with organic acids
- Improves soil fertility because of positive mixing with microbes
Note: Neem cake is made from the left over neem seeds and fruit from the oil extraction process, and its effectiveness is dependent upon the type of extraction process and the concentration of active ingredients.
Have you tried neem products in your garden?
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