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The One-Ingredient Trick To Make Homegrown Tomatoes Sweeter - Tasting Table

You might wonder, "Baking soda isn't exactly sweet to the taste, so how does putting a dash of it in your garden improve the taste of tomatoes?" The answer comes down to the chemistry. Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is a highly alkaline substance, which means it counteracts acidity — something tomatoes have a lot of by nature. By sprinkling baking soda around the base of your plants during the growing season lowers the soil's acidity and impacts the nutrients being absorbed. As a result, the tomatoes produced by plants in the alkaline soil will have less acidity and taste sweeter, making them an excellent addition to salads or, if you are growing a smaller variety, for munching on like table grapes.

In addition to sweeter tomatoes, sprinkling some on the soil is great for warding off harmful insects, fungi, and even small weeds, so it's really a win-win. Just be careful to keep the baking soda in the dirt and not on the plants themselves to avoid damage or changing the soil chemistry for plants that prefer the acid, like peppers, carrots, and berries. 

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