Cinnamon is a common spice that's a key ingredient in cakes, muffins, and so much more. However, you can use it in many more surprising ways too—even in the garden. In fact, cinnamon can be used to repel certain pests, remove fungal diseases, and even stimulate growth in cuttings.
Of course, it's important to know how to properly apply cinnamon to your garden before giving any of these applications a try. Here, AOL spoke to gardening experts about how they use this kitchen staple to help their plants thrive.
Cinnamon is a natural way to deter common garden pests, so you won't have to resort to using harmful chemicals or traps. In particular, you can use it to protect plants from mice, rats, squirrels, and moles.
"Simply sprinkle cinnamon around your plant to create a barrier line," says Lucie Bradley, gardening and greenhouse expert at Easy Garden Irrigation. As these animals inhale the cinnamon, it will irritate the mucous membranes in their nose and mouth. Cinnamon can also protect plants from ants, fungus gnats, mites, aphids, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and wasps. "[It] contains cinnamaldehyde, which disrupts the nervous system of insects, making it difficult for them to move, find food, or locate mates," she adds
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