6 Unbelievable Cinnamon Uses in the Garden

There are so many Cinnamon Uses in the kitchen but did you know it is so useful in the garden that it can transform your garden into a lush and healthy place.

Cinnamon has so many uses in the garden that you won’t believe it’s possible

1. Propagate Cuttings

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Image Credit: HGTV

Use cinnamon to propagate the cuttings if you don’t have access to a rooting hormone. Just wet the cutting in a clean water and roll it in cinnamon powder before planting. Application of cinnamon will prevent disease and infections during the process when your cutting will start to root. It can also be used when grafting.

Also Read: Aspirin Uses in the Garden

2. Kill Mushrooms

Tired of pulling wild mushrooms from your garden? Call cinnamon to the rescue! Sprinkle cinnamon around the places where those mushrooms pop up. It will definitely keep them in check.

3. Deter Ants

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If you want to get rid of ants from your garden, use cinnamon. Sprinkle cinnamon on ants tracks or where you don’t want ants. They hate the smell of cinnamon and will start to avoid those places where you sprinkled it.

Also Read: Turmeric Uses in the Garden

4. Protect Seedlings from Diseases

Several fungal and other diseases could cause your seedlings to die. Dust your soil with cinnamon powder to safeguard your seedlings from various diseases.

5. Fungicide

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Plants suffering from fungal diseases? Mix some cinnamon into warm water and let it steep overnight. Sprain and fill it in a spray bottle. Spray your plants with this solution. It’ll work!

6. Heal Plant’s Wounds

Cinnamon is great for the plants suffering from wounds. Dust cinnamon on the wound to help promote fast healing by sprinkling cinnamon dust onto the plant’s wound.

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There are so many Cinnamon Uses in the kitchen but did you know it is so useful in the garden that it can transform your garden into lush and healthy place.


  1. I have really bad ants issues above and under ground. Also neighborhood cats crapping in my garden beds. I haven’t started gardening cuz they will not stop coming into my beds. I clean them out and take out the surrounding soil the crap touched and this happens every year….Help…. How do I stop these two Pests?

  2. I have ant issues and Cat issues in my garden. The ants or nesting within the soil and on top traveling around. How do I get rid of those and cats are crapping in my garden beds from around the neighborhood and I have to clean it out every day and remove the soil that it touched. How can I stop this help please

  3. Rose or hawthorn cuttings, on the bare earth, will keep the cats away. When the seeds emerge and the plants are big enough, mulch them. Cats want bare soil for their toilet. If you cover it, they will look elsewhere. A motion sensor sprinkler would work too.

    • Pallets have been treated with God knows what in the countries where they are made. Do you really want that crap leaching all over your vegetables?

      • just look for the HT stamp, this means they have been heat treated, and is safe, if you find a MB stamp this means it has been treated with methyl bromide, which is harmful when handled so don’t use, theses are banned in europe and canada, but still used in asia and oceana, MB was outlawed in 2005 not harmful to plants used in the us to fumigate soil but bad for humans

  4. I used the rose cutting with the thorns on it and laid it criss cross on all the bare soil no cats ever came back after that

  5. I used the barberry bush cuttings to keep out cat side affect…kept out the teen boys that thought them would peek in my daughter’s window one night. Bushes stuck I their legs no cats allowed.


  6. Red pepper flakes worked well for me , sprinkle a bit around the perimeter of your garden and the spot they use , only need to do it a couple of times a season . Have done this for several years