Black Soap To Treat The Garden In A Natural Way

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Black soap is used for many things in the garden, because of its insecticidal and bactericidal properties, not forgetting that it is a first class adjuvant in various preparations for treatment. But, let's see what it contains, how to choose it, use it and what distinguishes it from the famous Marseille soap.

Ecocert soft black soap to treat the garden in a natural way

What does black soap contain?

It should be known that the composition of black soap is not at all framed from the point of view of regulation. In general, it is made from vegetable oil (olive or linen) saponified with potash, which gives the product soft, pasty, rather liquid that we know, very different from hard bread soaps saponified with soda. It has the advantage of being completely biodegradable, provided that manufacturers have not added to it a lot of unwanted ingredients.

Which black soap to choose?

Before buying black soap, read the labels because, with greenwashing, manufacturers tend to make you believe that you buy environmentally friendly black soap when it is not. And especially flee the products "black soap" since you are looking for the authentic "black soap".

As we have just seen, to be green, it must contain only water (aqua), vegetable oil derivatives (sodium olivate, sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, sodium palm kernelate...) and potash ( potassium hydroxide). It will contain neither preservative nor perfume and ideally will be certified by Ecocert.

How to use black soap in the garden?

As an insecticide, black soap is effective against aphids, mealybugs, thrips, red spiders. It can be used all year round on all sorts of plants: annual and perennial plants, roses, shrubs, trees.

  • See the black soap insecticide recipe for aphids

It serves as a bactericide especially against sooty mold, black mold that often covers the leaves after an invasion of aphids. You can remove it by wiping a cloth soaked in a solution of black soap (1 tablespoon black liquid soap to 1.5 l of water).

Used as an adjunct to various preparations, black soap has the ability to allow a better grip of the sprayed product which will be less easily leached, thanks to its sticky properties. It also serves as a surfactant by helping to emulsify preparations that contain water and essential oils. Finally, it perfectly complements treatments based on baking soda, for example.

What is the difference between black soap and Marseille soap?

Marseille soap is regulated by the DGCCRF (Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and the Repression of Fraud) very insufficiently: minimum of 15% of vegetable oils, maximum 63% of total fatty acids, ban on synthetic fats. All additives, such as preservatives or dyes, are therefore potentially authorized. Despite attempts to charter and IGP (Protected Geographical Indication), nothing has succeeded today.

Marseille's soap

Marseille soap should contain only vegetable oils, water and caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) which makes it hard and distinguishes it from black soap. However, if you have a real natural Marseille soap, you can use it as black soap in your garden preparations, knowing that it has a softer action.

Black Soap To Treat The Garden In A Natural Way

FAQ - 💬

❓ How to make homemade insecticidal soap for plants?

👉 Homemade insecticidal soap is extremely cheap and easy to make, and is just about as natural and gentle as you can get. To create your own homemade insect soap spray, you only need two ingredients: liquid soap and water. Pure castile soap is the best choice for making soap spray. It is effective and won’t harm your plants.

❓ How do you use African black soap?

👉 To use African black soap, pinch off a small piece of the soap and roll it into a ball. Then, wet the soap and rub it to create a lather, which will be gentler than using the bar directly on your skin. Rub this lather on a washcloth or apply it using your fingertips.

❓ How to use soap in the garden?

👉 Additionally, if you place a wrapped bar of soap or soap shards in a pair of stinky garden boots or shoes overnight, then you’ll have fresh-smelling footwear the next day. Bars of soap can prove useful for tools in the garden as well. For instance, you can swipe a bar of soap over the blade of your pruners for easier cutting.

❓ How to lather black soap?

👉 Wet the soap and rub it to create lather. Black soap contains ingredients like palm kernel oil and coconut oil, both of which contain lauric acid. The lauric acid creates a natural, foamy lather when you rub the soap between your wet hands. [4] You only want to create enough lather to create a light layer on your skin.

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